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Study Guide Gittin 40 Today's daf is sponsored by Rabbi Joel and Shulamith Cohn in loving memory of Rabbi Dr. Akiba Predmesky on his yahrzeit. What type of actions would be an indication that the master has freed the slave? If the owner gave up financial rights to the slave, can the owner or the son (in the case of the death of the owner) redeem the slave to permit marriage with a Jew or does they no longer have the right to do that as they no longer own the slave? What language should be used in an emancipation document? If one writes the language in the future tense, there is a debate about whether or not it is effective.