[Avodah] She-lo Asani Isha

Rich, Joel JRich at sibson.com
Wed Aug 24 11:55:12 PDT 2011


> Chana Luntz wrote: 
>> "But I can see no way that the level of obligation in commandments of
>> a woman can be said to be greater than that of a (male) eved... "
 
> I don't understand your problem. An Eved is worse than an Isha because
> it lacks the Kedushat Yisrael of a Jew!! An eved is forbidden to marry
> a Jewess for this reason
 
> Aryeh (from home) 
 
Also see Horiyot 13a -- an eved was bchlal arur. 

KT 
Joel Rich 



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