לַנָּכְרִ֣י תַשִּׁ֔יךְ וּלְאָחִ֖יךָ לֹ֣א תַשִּׁ֑יךְ לְמַ֨עַן יְבָרֶכְךָ֜ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ בְּכֹל֙ מִשְׁלַ֣ח יָדֶ֔ךָ עַל־הָאָ֕רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּ֥ה בָא־שָׁ֖מָּה לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃ (ס)
Ao estrangeiro emprestarás com juros, mas a teu irmão não emprestarás com juros, para que Yehovah, teu Elohim, te abençoe em tudo o que colocares a tua mão para fazer na terra para onde vais para possuí-la. {ס}
Teshuvot Maharam
Q. What is the legal basis for permitting the lending of charity-funds upon a definite rate of interest?
A. Perhaps some persons have mistakenly ruled that charity-funds are in the same category as Temple-funds. However, this is incorrect, for the Talmud considers charity-funds as money belonging to "thy brother" and, therefore, must be included in the commandment: "unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon interest (Deut. 23,21)". You know, however, how readily people will heed those who permit the forbidden.
SOURCES: Cr. 101. Cf. Agudah B.M. 73.
A. Perhaps some persons have mistakenly ruled that charity-funds are in the same category as Temple-funds. However, this is incorrect, for the Talmud considers charity-funds as money belonging to "thy brother" and, therefore, must be included in the commandment: "unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon interest (Deut. 23,21)". You know, however, how readily people will heed those who permit the forbidden.
SOURCES: Cr. 101. Cf. Agudah B.M. 73.
Teshuvot Maharam
Those who lend charity-funds upon a definite rate of interest are doing an improper thing, for charity-funds are included in the commandment: "unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon interest (Deut. 23,21)." However, such funds may be lent on condition that the profits but not the losses be shared.
SOURCES: Cr. 109; Mordecai Hagadol, p. 276b. Cf. Agudah B.M. 73.
SOURCES: Cr. 109; Mordecai Hagadol, p. 276b. Cf. Agudah B.M. 73.