Hope everyone enjoyed their Shabbos. We had a real wet one here in Yerushalayim, Please daven that the rain continue.
The following d’var torah is an Avnei Nezer, as quoted in the Tallilei Oros.
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Why does the Torah refer to the Jewish slave as an ??? ????? Why not ??? ???????
The origin of the word ???? comes from Avraham Avinu (and applies to all of Klal Yisroel) for his ability to stand up against the world. As the midrash says, the whole world was on one side, and Avraham, alone, was on the second side.
This strength is true freedom. A person is not pressured by the foreign ideals and opinions of others. in fact, he ignores them. Something which is ??? he will cling to, even if nobody else is doing so. This is a truly free person
Therefore, when discussing the Jewish slave. A slave who cannot be forced into slavery more than 6 years, because the essence of a Jew is to be a truly free person. Therefore the Torah uses the term ????. Because even as a slave, his essence is still that of a truly free person.