Halakhah zu Mischlej 24:11

He who shuts his eyes against the ransoming of captives transgresses the negative precepts, "Thou shalt not harden thy heart",²Deut. 15:7. and, "[Thou shalt not] shut thy hand";²Deut. 15:7. also this, "Neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbor",³Lev. 19:16. and this, "He shall not rule with rigor over him in thy sight";¹Lev. 25:53. and he neglects the positive precepts, "Thou shalt surely open thy hand unto him",²Dent. 15:8. and, "that thy brother may live with thee,"³Lev. 25:36. The Hebrew text permits the rendition “Let thy brother live,” etc. and, "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself"⁴Lev. 19:18. and, "Deliver them that are carried away unto death."⁵Prov. 24:11.