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A Hebrew slave sold to a non-Jew can be redeemed by his relatives, as it is stated: “And if he is not redeemed by any of these, then he shall go out in the Jubilee Year” (Leviticus 25:54). R' Yehuda HaNasi says: He can be redeemed only through these, i.e., the assistance of his relatives, and he i
R' Yehuda HaNasi elaborates: As I might have argued that one sold to a non-Jew should be released after 6 years. Could this not be derived through an a fortiori inference: If one who cannot be redeemed by these relatives, i.e., a Hebrew slave who was sold to a Jew, as he cannot be redeemed by his re
The Talmud explains the proof: And if it enters your mind that R' Yehuda HaNasi derives the verbal analogy between “hired worker” and “hired worker,” why does he say: If one who cannot be redeemed by these, with regard to one who is sold to a Jew? Let him derive that halakha from the case of one so
Rav Naḥman bar Yitzḥak said: This proof can be refuted, as one can say that actually R' Yehuda HaNasi does derive the verbal analogy between “hired worker” and “hired worker,” and it is different here, with regard to one sold to a non-Jew, as the verse states: “Either his uncle or his uncle’s son
With regard to the dispute itself the Talmud inquires: And who is the tanna who disagrees with R' Yehuda HaNasi with regard to this? It is R' Yosei HaGelili and R' Akiva. As it is taught in a baraita concerning the verse: “And if he is not redeemed by any of these” (Leviticus 25:54), that R' Yosei H