Mesorat%20hashas for Kiddushin 41:14

ר"א אומר וגאל את ממכר אחיו חובה אתה אומר חובה או אינו אלא רשות ת"ל בכל גאולה תתנו הכתוב קבעו חובה

But is there a man in Israel who has no kinsman?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Every Jew must have relatives, if he goes back far enough.');">²¹</span> Hence it must refer to him who has [a kinsman,] who [however] refuses to repurchase it, [thus shewing] that he has [merely] an option. R'Eliezer said: 'and he shall redeem that which his brother hath sold' [implies] an obligation.

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