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    sefaria.org.il/Guide_for_the_Perplexed%2C_Part_3.32?lang=en Commented Feb 8, 2023 at 15:23
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    G-d didn't ban killing our children??? Commented Feb 8, 2023 at 15:24
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    @RabbiKaii If by "when we do them", you mean according to our desire & not according to G-d's will as expressed through the mitzvot, then I would agree with you. But if you are trying to suggest that any of the mitzvot are terrible or "not good only", that is not in keeping with what the Torah teaches. All the requisites for each mitzvah must be present as described and are under Divine Providence. This is as the Ba'al Shem Tov teaches, "All of Creation, every moment of every day." Our choice is whether we "fear", meaning act, according to G-d's will. Make His will, your will, etc. Commented Feb 9, 2023 at 14:51
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    @RabbiKaii To my understanding Eved Ivri & Eved Cana’ani don’t mean you own the actual human being. You own their actions & results. (And there are very tight limits to that). G-d is the “Owner of everything “. The idea that ultimately evolved in the United States (for example) that in some jurisdictions slaves were not considered human beings, is definitely not the Torah view. 2 points concerning your closing comments… the Torah including all the mitzvot, preceded the (creation of the) world by 2000 years. And the Avot kept all the commandments prior to the giving of the Torah at Sinai. Commented Feb 10, 2023 at 2:00
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    Before the industrial age, most societies had to choose between using slave labor and food shortages. Agrarian societies couldn't make the economics work without it. Look when slavery ended in various places, and where they were up to in mechanizing their production. So, until about 150 years ago, leading us away from utilizing slave labor more cruelly than necessary was the least of evils. Commented Feb 12, 2023 at 20:55