Rabbis in the New World 4: Slavery in Jewish Surinam

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June 24 2020
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1h 1min 25s
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Venue: YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov

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Non-Jews 

Collections: R' Torczyner Rabbis in the New World

References: Yevamot: 48b  

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Jewish Life in 16th and 17th century colonies. Slaves and Jewish life in Surinam. What would the Torah have expected of Jews, regarding slaveholding - and did Jews follow those rules? If not, why not? Last session in a Zoom-based series geared toward people without strong background in Torah text study.

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