Mitzvah: The Female Jewish Slave (#43-45)

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The Torah allows a father to sell his minor daughter as a servant, and the new master can opt to marry her or wed her to his son, but he cannot restrict her from redeeming herself prior to the conclusion of her term and he cannot sell her to someone else. How can we make sense of these highly unusual mitzvos?

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Mitzvah: The Female Jewish Slave (#43-45)