[Avodah] Torah and Slavery

[Arie Folger]

RAM wrote:
> I am reminded of a very (some would overly) Politically Correct
> explanation of what is meant by 'Kiddushin' and 'Haishah niknis'. Do
> I really 'own' my wife? The same way as I 'own' my shirt? To
> answer 'yes' would be very unsettling, just as I'm uncomfortable
> about 'owning' an eved. But the parallels are too numerous: from the
> procedure of the kinyan, to my status as her 'baal', and more.

IIRC the Tzlach (Rav Yechezqel Landau) stresses that qidushin [not equal] 
ownership.

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Arie Folger
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