Reference for Kiddushin 31:17

ואלא ניתני תנא דבר שיש לו קצבה קתני דבר שאין לו קצבה לא קתני

which do not free her from her father's authority, free her from the authority of her master;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As stated in the Mishnah, 14b.');">³²</span> then how much the more death, which frees her from her father's authority, should free<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In that he does not transmit his rights to her earnings to his heirs.');">³³</span> her from her master's authority! R'Hoshea raised an objection: A HEBREW MAIDSERVANT IS MORE [PRIVILEGED] THAN HE, IN THAT SHE ACQUIRES HERSELF BY 'SIGNS'; but if this [Resh Lakish's dictum] be so, let her father's death also be stated? - He [the Tanna] teaches [some ways,] and omits<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'leaves over.'');">³⁴</span>

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