Commentary for Kiddushin 48:11
א"ל שאני אדם דכיון דבר דעת הוא איהו מיבעית נפשיה כדתניא המבעית את חבירו פטור מדיני אדם וחייב בדיני שמים כיצד תקע באזנו וחרשו פטור אחזהו ותקע באזנו וחרשו חייב
just as a woman [is sent forth] by deed, so is a slave too [sent forth] by deed. And R'Meir?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Does he not accept this exegesis?');"><sup>20</sup></span> - Were 'to freedom' written at the end [of the verse, it would be] as you say;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For then one might argue: he shall send him - in the manner that a woman is sent away, viz., by deed - and only then is he free.');"><sup>21</sup></span>
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
R. Ashi explains that the case of a noise damaging an object is different from the case of a person being damaged. A person is intelligent, and to a certain extent, brings this damage on himself by being frightened. This is proven by a case of a person who makes a loud noise and thereby deafens another. He is not liable unless he physically seizes the other person.
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