אלא אמר מר בר רב אשי לא נצרכה אלא לעיקר זבינא דאילונית סד"א דאתיא סימני נערות הוי זבינא דלא אתיא סימני נערות לא הוי זבינה זבינא
I might have thought, she [a Hebrew maidservant] is freed only by na'aruth, but not by bagruth: hence we are informed [otherwise]. Mar, son of R'Ashi, demurred: But does this not follow a minori? If symptoms [of na'aruth], which do not free her from parental authority,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. p. 7.');"><sup>27</sup></span> free her from her master's authority: then bagruth, which liberates from parental authority, surely liberates her from her master's authority! - But, said Mar, son of R'Ashi: This is necessary only in respect of the sale itself of barren woman:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., a minor who shews symptoms of constitutional barrenness.');"><sup>28</sup></span> I might have thought, with one who will [subsequently] produce evidence of na'aruth, the sale is valid: but with one who will not produce such evidence<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. n. 5.');"><sup>29</sup></span> the sale is altogether invalid:
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
The argument here is getting more complex. We might have thought that a girl who will never reach na’arut, meaning she will never hit puberty could not be sold. After all, if she goes free at na’arut then maybe if she will never be a na’arah, meaning she is an aylonit who will never hit puberty, then she could not have been sold in the first place. Therefore, we have a verse that says (midrashically) that an aylonit goes out of slavery at bagrut (age 20). This teaches us that she can be sold in the first place.
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Tosafot on Kiddushin
"If the signs of na'arut have not arrived, then the sale would be invalid". [Problem:] But if you say: While she is a minor, how would we know that she would not produce the signs of na'arut since the signs of being an aylonit are if she is 20 years old and hasn't produced 2 hairs, as is in chapter Ha-Arel (Yevamot 80b)!? [Additional layer to the problem:] And even though there are signs of being an aylonit that are possible to recognise while she is a minor, such as a thick voice and her lower abdomen is not like those of women, we say regarding a eunuch: "Until he should have all of [the signs he is not considered a eunuch", and we would assume that this is the case also for an aylonit! Solution: This is what it meant to say: "The sale is invalid" and the master needs to return her handiwork and the father should return the money [so you can wait until all the signs of an aylonit are there and then retroactively undo the sale]. This all would be the case also if she were designated [and sold as a wife to a freeman, and not just sold for her handiwork, the sale would be disqualified].
