I received the following question from a teenage girl: “How could the Torah command a father to sell his daughter into slavery?” She was referring to the verse in Parshas Mishpatim (Shemos 21:7) which states: ז וְכִֽי־יִמְכֹּ֥ר אִ֛ישׁ אֶת־בִּתּ֖וֹ לְאָמָ֑ה לֹ֥א תֵצֵ֖א כְּצֵ֥את הָֽעֲבָדִֽים Now if a man sells his daughter as a maidservant, she […]