Reference for Kiddushin 48:21

א"ר חייא בר אשי אמר רב היתה לו

- He deduces this from 'and he destroy it', [instead of] 'and he destroy'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'And he destroy' implies that he must intend to destroy: 'and he destroy it' implies that even if he is doing something to it, his intention must be destructive.');">³⁸</span> And the other? - He does not interpret 'he destroy', [and] 'he destroy it'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., 'it' has no particular significance.');">³⁹</span> R'Shesheth said: If he has a blind eye and he [the master] removes it, the slave is freed on its account. A a Tanna supports this: Perfection<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., freedom from blemish.');">⁴⁰</span> and male sex are required in animals<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For burnt-offerings.');">⁴¹</span> but not In birds. I might think, [even] if its wing is palsied, its foot cut off, or its eye picked out [the bird is still fit]: therefore it is if [the burnt sacrifice be.] of fowls,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. I, 14 'of is partitive, excluding some fowls.');">⁴²</span> but not all fowls.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Thus, though blindness does not disqualify, the loss of a blind eye does. A similar principle operates in the case of a slave.');">⁴³</span> R'Hiyya B'Ashi said in Rab's name: If he had

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