EXOD692 (Continued from [[EXOD464]] Exodus 20:13 steal SINAI 1 16). In secular law, the legal rate of interest on money loaned is six percent a year [in 1964]. If the borrower is a corporation is (sic) may be charged more. According to Jewish law, however, even the smallest amount is considered usury and is forbidden [this verse, Leviticus 25:36–37, Deuteronomy 23:20–21]. But the Torah goes even further. Suppose that you lend money to someone who until now never greeted you if he saw you. After this day, however, he greets you regularly with a cordial "Good morning," perhaps a bit too warmly. That, say our Sages, is "the dust of usury"! Trifling and intangible though it be, it borders on the usurious; it smacks of usury. With its penetrating gaze of absolute justice, the Torah will not condone even this.