Mesorat%20hashas for Bava Batra 298:4

אמר ליה אביי וכל היכא דתני קרקע קרקע דוקא והא תנן הכותב כל נכסיו לעבדו יצא בן חורין שייר קרקע כל שהוא לא יצא בן חורין ר' שמעון אומר לעולם הוא בן חורין עד שיאמר כל נכסי נתונין לפלוני עבדי חוץ מאחד מרבוא שבהן

[If] he left [for himself] any land whatsoever,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Not specifying which. ');">⁶</span> [the slave] does not go forth [as] a free man.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A slave is regarded as 'land', (real estate), and it is possible that by the reservation of 'some land' his master may have meant to exclude him. Hence, (since the property or a slave belongs to his master), the slave acquires nothing. ');">⁷</span> R. Simeon said: [The slave] is always<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Even if the master had reserved some land. ');">⁸</span> free<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since people do not describe a slave as 'land'. ');">⁹</span> unless [the master] said, 'All my possessions are given to my slave X, except a ten thousandth part of them'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By which expression he may rightly have meant the exclusion of the slave. Git. 8b; Pe'ah III, 8. ');">¹⁰</span>

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