Freedom VS Slavery

In 2008, 3.8 million companies had fewer than 10 workers, and they employed 12.4 million people, or roughly 11 percent of the private sector work force, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

In the Torah slavery is one of the options available for those in need of money. There are strict laws written in the Torah about how to treat the slave and the obligations of the owner to the slave.

The slave goes free if you hurt him, meaning the owner loses the money to the slave—we call it Workman’s Compensation; the owner must provide for the slave a place to live for him and his family plus medical and sustenance. What makes the person a slave is his is not his own person.

The Torah points out if the slave loves being a slave and wants to be a slave forever, the master puts a hole through the ear lobe of the slave to signify that this is the ear that heard in the Torah that it is best to be free. Work and service are the same word, Avoda, which can also mean Slave and Worker.

To do what you love is work; to do another person love is slavery.