Venue: YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov

Halacha:

Eved Ivri 

Parsha:

Behar,  Mishpatim 

Collections: Laws of Slavery

References: Kiddushin: 22a ,  Kiddushin: 20a  

Description

Why does the Torah free a non-Jewish eved for loss of an eye or tooth, but not a Jewish eved? Three approaches, and a thought on the nature of Jewish slavery in general.