Monday, November 16, 2009

Slavery & Mashiach

Tziporah Leiser asks:

If the torah speaks about laws for freeing slaves, does that mean that when mashiach comes we will have slaves again?

Great question. The short answer is I don't think so, but I can't claim to know for sure. When it comes to the yemot hamashiach, all we really have to work with are the predictions, mostly from the Rishonim. I don't claim to be a Jewish philosophy expert, so perhaps someone else will supplement this post. I would like to start the conversation by referring you to two responses that were posted last year here and here that are relevant to your question.

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