Halakhah for Kiddushin 57:17

ואיהי מנלן דלא מיחייבא למיפרק נפשה דכתיב תפדה תיפדה כל שאחרים מצווים לפדותו מצווה לפדות את עצמו וכל שאין אחרים מצווים לפדותו אין מצווה לפדות את עצמו ומנין שאין אחרים מצווין לפדותה דאמר קרא (שמות יג, ב) כל בכור בניך תפדה בניך ולא בנותיך

How do we know it? - Because it is written, and all the firstborn of man among thy sons shalt thou redeem.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. XIII, 13.');">²⁹</span> And if his father did not redeem him, he is bound to redeem himself, for it is written, [nevertheless the firstborn of man] thou shalt surely redeem.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. XVIII, 15. The deduction is from the emphatic 'surely', expressed in Hebrew by the doubling of the verb.');">³⁰</span> And how do we know that she [his mother] is not obliged [to redeem him]? - Because it is written, thou shalt redeem [tifdeh] [which may also be read] thou shalt redeem thyself [tippadeh]: one who is charged with redeeming oneself is charged to redeem others; whereas one who is not charged to redeem oneself is not charged to redeem others.

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