I was asked: Rashi brings that one cannot marry a slave from the Hekesh of the nation which is similar to a donkey; why don't we say from this Hekesh that relations with a slave is like relations with a donkey and is forbidden with a capital punishment?
I found this question very intriguing, I posed it to a Talmid Chacham and this is what he answered:
The Drasha uses the word in the pasuk meaning "with" (im) and changes it to "nation" (am), and therefor the hekesh is limited to concepts of nationhood and therefor won't apply to the act of the relations but to the status of marriage and togetherness that they have,
any thoughts?
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