Related for Kiddushin 46:2
או דילמא אשה דאיהי מצי מקבלת גיטה שליח נמי מצי משויא עבד דאיהו לא מקבל גיטיה שליח נמי לא מצי משוי בתר דבעיא הדר פשטא לה לה מאשה כאשה
since he deduces 'lah', 'lah', from a [married] woman, he [the slave] is as a married woman:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And just as she can appoint an agent, so can he (or, so must he - v. preceding note) .');"><sup>3</sup></span> or perhaps, a woman, who can accept the divorce herself, can also appoint an agent; whereas a slave, who cannot accept his deed of emancipation himself, cannot<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Or, need not.');"><sup>4</sup></span>
Tosefta Kiddushin
[The Hebrew slave] acquires himself with [loss of] major limbs (see Shemot 21:26). He acquires himself with money via others and a contract via himself, [and he can't acquire with his own money] because he is like one who gives from the left hand to his right [i.e. whatever is his is his master's, so the money needs to come from elsewhere]—words of Rabbi Meir. But Hakhamim say: [Even] money via himself or a contract via others, as long as the money belongs to others and he says to him [when he gives him the money], "[This is] with the understanding that you can only redeem [yourself] with this money". Rabbi Shimon ben Elazar said in the name of Rabbi Meir: Even a contract via others, but not one via himself.
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