Yaakov Weinberg asks:
How is it possible for a half slave to have heirs?
Yaakov Weinberg , LA,USA
The Kollel replies:
The Gemara later (43a) asks this very question. Rava concludes that in fact he does not have, nor can he have, any heirs. The Gemara means to say that half would go to his heirs if he had any.
All the best,
Yaakov Montrose