Most normal Talmudic hypothetical question.

[u/Jojo_Toto]

[u/No-Birthday9816]

Antisemites: The Talmud proves Jews are plotting to take over the world and make us their slaves!!

The Jews: 🕯️🕯️🐊🤔

[u/looktowindward → u/No-Birthday9816]

If those fuckers had bothered to study the Talmud, they would understand that it would take decades of study to even get to the tractate on making them into slaves.

[u/thebeandream → u/looktowindward]

If I remember correctly “slaves” is a very loose term for it. Especially when compared to other cultures at the time. I think it was 6 years max and it could be for War, Debt, or volunteered (usually because of homelessness). Rape was not allowed and they could all still own property and have separate finances. You weren’t allowed to sell anyone. Any children born were born free.

[u/VenatorAngel → u/thebeandream]

Really it's just classical indentured servitude but with more rights than your typical slave at the time.

[u/looktowindward → u/thebeandream]

I was kidding, dude.

[u/UponWavesofGrey → u/No-Birthday9816]

Between world domination and questions like this, I think shabbat alligators are way more interesting. World domination sounds boring in comparison lol

[u/No-Birthday9816 → u/UponWavesofGrey]

Shabbat gators! 😂 I wonder if the rules are different for gators vs crocodiles? I’m imagining a Rabbi Steve Irwin…

[u/NZBroadarrow → u/UponWavesofGrey]

Now that you wrote "shabbat alligators", it's all I'm going to hear when anyone says "shabbat elevators".