[Avodah] Tzinius and the ILG

[Michael Elzufon]

If in the cases of yibum and kiddushei biah, Hazal discouraged an action which was sanctioned by the Torah because people today will not do it lishmah, might not a similar argument apply to slavery?  Perhaps owning slaves demands a level of care with the various relevant halachoth or even a sensitivity that most people will not manage.  By not achieving the halachic or moral level demanded, the slaveholder may wind up doing things that he should not or even flat-out issurim.  If so, that might be a reason to do away with it altogether.  

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