You are called both children and slaves (avadim);
When you carry out the desires of the Omnipresent
you are called ‘children’
and when you do not carry out the desires of the Omnipresent,
you are called ‘slavess’.
Babylonian Talmud, Bava Batra 10a
Rav Kook on ‘Freedom (cherut)
Babylonian Talmud, Bava Batra 10a
