וְכִי-תְשַׁלְּחֶנּוּ חָפְשִׁי, מֵעִמָּךְ--לֹא תְשַׁלְּחֶנּוּ, רֵיקָם. הַעֲנֵיק תַּעֲנִיק, לוֹ, מִצֹּאנְךָ, וּמִגָּרְנְךָ וּמִיִּקְבֶךָ: אֲשֶׁר בֵּרַכְךָ ה' אֱלֹהֶיךָ, תִּתֶּן-לוֹ"
free translation: When you liberate a Jewish slave, you shall not send him off with empty hands, you shall give him from your sheep, from your foodstuff (?) and from your winery that Elohim gave you, give him.
Meaning that in Judaism everything is relative: My flock and my wine stock is not really mine but a gift from God, that eventually I shall have to share with my slave. And my slave is not really a slave working free for me but as I have to compensate him/her after her service, in fact, almost a salaried employee.
Reminds me of a Soros anecdote. Before the war, a friend of his father asked him for some money, as he was leaving for Vienna. The papa, a wealthy lawyer, was not generous, and the friend warned him: "You think your money is yours, you don't realize that it is Horthy's". Effectively, a few months later all the gold and monies of the Hungarian Jews were expropriated by the Nazis.
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