Generosity, Freedom, and Dignity: Wisdom from Parshat Re’eh

Moshe says something important. You shall surely open your hand to your brother, to your poor and needy in your land. There will always be people who need help, and it is our duty to help them. Don't be stingy, but give with a generous heart. Now, the Torah teaches us about the Hebrew slave. If a Jew is forced to sell himself as a slave because he owes a lot of money and has no way to pay, then after 6 years, he goes free. It is forbidden to send him away empty-handed. He is given sheep, grain, and wine so that he can start a new life. As stated in the verse, you shall surely give him. But if the slave loves his master and does not want to leave, they pierce his ear with an all. And he stays until the Jubilee year, which is the 50th year. Do you know why they pierce his ear? Because this ear heard at Mount Si that God commands the Jewish people not to sell themselves as slaves since we are servants of God alone. Therefore, this ear will be pierced with an all.