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Each time I read this chapter in Jeremiah, my breath catches in my throat in pain. The behavior of the elite class of Jews described within is unthinkable and reprehensible. They are holding slaves far beyond the time that they should have set them free.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Torah is very clear about its attitude towards keeping Hebrew slaves. It does not assume slavery to be a condition of birth that can never be changed. The Hebrew slave is to be set free after 6 years or during the Jubilee year if it comes first. It is only due to unfortunate economic circumstances that Jews allowed themselves to become slaves to other Jews in the first place.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

These upper-class Jews have been repeatedly warned by Jeremiah regarding the consequences of their actions. And – finally – it seems that they have learned their lesson, they heed the warning and they let their slaves go:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone, officials and people, who had entered into the covenant [with King Zedekiah] agreed to set their male and female slaves free and not keep them enslaved any longer; they complied and let them go\u201d (v. 10).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Imagine the joy and jubilation among the Hebrew slaves. Men and women dancing in the streets with smiles on their faces as they return to their homes and their families. Yet they barely had time to drink in their newly found freedom when it was abruptly taken away.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/b>But afterward they turned about and brought back the men and women they had set free, and forced them into slavery again\u201d (v. 11).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

These Jews did the unimaginable and went back on their word, seemingly without a moment\u2019s thought or regret. This very action is what tipped the balance and set the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem in motion. God cannot abide a world where people mistreat each other.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We recently read Parashat Terumah containing a dazzling description of the holy Ark, that housed the Tablets in the Temple. It was made of acacia wood – overlaid with pure gold on the outside and inlaid with pure gold on the inside. There is a powerful message embedded here: we must not be duplicitous, we must live with integrity and honesty.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

May our actions on the outside match our values on the inside and may they both reflect the ethical and moral code of conduct prescribed in the Torah.<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":51447,"id":51447,"title":"dt23-slavery","filename":"dt23-slavery-1.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt23-slavery-1.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/we-are-runaway-slaves\/dt23-slavery\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"dt23-slavery","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":51446,"date":"2019-03-17 15:36:36","modified":"2022-04-21 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