Commentary for Rosh Hashanah 18:8
דכולי עלמא דרור לשון חירות מאי משמע דתניא אין דרור אלא לשון חירות א"ר יהודה מה לשון דרור כמדייר בי דיירא ומוביל סחורה בכל מדינה
and he holds that a text may be expounded in connection with the clause immediately preceding it, but not with the one before that.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence we apply the limiting force of the words 'it is' to the dismissal of slaves, but not to the blowing of the trumpet, which does not immediately precede.');"><sup>12</sup></span> All authorities agree that the word deror<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In Lev. XXV, 10. E.V. 'liberty'. trhhs hc trhhs');"><sup>13</sup></span> means freedom.
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