Commentary for Kiddushin 7:16
א"ל אביי מי דמי התם תרי גופי נינהו דכי נמי כתב רחמנא תושב נרצע לא יאכל והדר כתב אידך הוה שכיר מילתא דאתיא בק"ו ומילתא דאתיא בק"ו טרח וכתב לה קרא
- Said Rabbah: One comes and illumines the other.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The two phrases must refer to two ages, na'aruth and bagruth. But if only one were written - and she shall go out for nothing - I would apply it to bagruth only.');"><sup>20</sup></span> For this may be compared to the case of toshab and sakir,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The reference is to Lev. XXII, 10: a toshab (E.V. sojourner) of the priest, or a sakir (E.V. hired servant) , shall not eat of the holy thing.');"><sup>21</sup></span>
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
Abaye says that the two cases are not similar. When it comes to the toshav and sakhir, these are two different people, and sometimes the Torah writes out a law that could be learned from a “kal vehomer” argument—an “all the more so” type of argument. Therefore, they are not really superfluous.
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