Parasha Mishpatim

"Slaves continue in our generations (nothing is harder than when someone is acquired for money)"

“And these are the laws that you shall set before them: if you buy a
Hebrew servant, he shall work for six years; and in the seventh year he shall go out free, free of charge” (Shemot - Exodus 21:1)

At the beginning of this Parasha, Rabbenu Abraham Baal haIbn Ezra explained why the Torah began the section of laws with the case of the servants, as it says: “There is nothing more difficult for a person than to be dominated by another like him.” That is, the Torah is going from the strongest to the lightest, and since subjugation is something very strong for everyone, that is why the Torah begins with the laws regarding it.

Through his words we learn that there is nothing harder...
This servant, since he received the punishment of being under his master's command for six years, and still wants to submit to him and be acquired with silver, when he receives the master's command, at that moment he submits to the command of silver. Since the whole reason why he arranges to have his ear pierced is only for silver—that is why his ear is pierced when he wants to be acquired by the master, since his ear heard on Mount Sinai that: “The children of Israel are servants to Me,” and he went and acquired a pattern.
That is why the section referring to the giving of the Torah was combined with that of the Hebrew servant, to warn us that when one pursues every penny, there is nothing heavier to get it.
The Holy Torah has the power to free a person from the silver trap into which "everyone falls."
Why? Because one who studies Torah becomes a servant of Hakadosh Baruch Hu (The Holy One, Blessed Be He), and not a slave to silver, which is equivalent to idolatry.

And as Rabbi Elazar (son of Rabbi) wrote
Elimelech of Lichensek) “Iguéret Hakódesh”, at the end of the book “Noam
“Elimelech,” he says:
“I heard from a great Sage that the men of the Great Assembly killed his evil instinct of idolatry (Yomah 69b). This is very doubtful. How is it possible to kill an angel, who is a spiritual body? Rather, they only took away his office. So, what does he do now?”
Well, every Malach was created for a purpose!
They gave him the office of monetary matters to confuse people by making them pursue money and wealth, which is equivalent to idolatry.”
And the words from the mouth of a Wise Man are grace!
Our Sages already said in the Gemara, tractate Kiddushin (30b):
“I created the evil instinct and created the Torah as an antidote.”
It turns out that the person
He who occupies himself with the holy Torah is freed from the evil instinct of money, which is compared to idolatry!

And you, are you free?

(Dedicated to the peace of Israel and the entire world, to the speedy healing of all the sick, and to the speedy release of all hostages in good health)

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