DEUT1277 See [[LEV969]] Leviticus 25:14 wrong BLOCH 170-1

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DEUT1280 It is a negative commandment not to borrow at interest from a member of Jewry since Scripture says, “You shall not give interest to your brother (D’varim 23:20), which is an admonition to the borrower. He would also violate the injunction, nor shall you put a stumbling-block before the blind (Va-yikra 19:14).

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DEUT1278 Do not lend money with interest to a fellow Jew. Key concept: See [[EXOD774]] Exodus 22:34 interest CHINUCH 44-5

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DEUT1286 See [[LEV1062]] Leviticus 25:36 interest OXFORD 46

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DEUT1284 See [[EXOD6902]] Exodus 22:24 interest SINAI1 17

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DEUT1285 See [[EXOD703]] Exodus 22:24 lend TELVOL2 191

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DEUT1283 People sometimes note that Torah law permitted Israelites to charge interest on loans to non-Israelites, but not to fellow Israelites [this and following verse], and that despite [French rabbi Menachem] Meiri [(1249-ca. 1310)]'s ruling [that all discriminatory legislation in the Talmud applied only to ancient pagans and idolaters who rejected the moral teachings of the Bible, and the belief in one God], Jewish law still permitted them to do so. However, this is not an example of discriminatory legislation. The reasoning of Jewish law can be described as follows: Since non-Israelites charged interest on loans to Israelites, and everybody else, and still do, Israelites were and are permitted to charge interest to non-Israelites. The regulation against charging interest to fellow Israelites was a special provision, a sort of family solidarity with our coreligionists (just as we can imagine a family patriarch or matriarch instructing his/her children and descendants not to charge interest on a loan to a close relative, particularly if the loan is made to cover urgent, personal expenses).

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DEUT1279 Even the borrower transgresses because of: "You shall not give interest to your brother," (verse 21): "You shall not cause your brother to take interest," and (Leviticus 19:14): "And you shall not place a stumbling block before the blind" (Bava Metzia 78b)

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DEUT1281 It was taught: R. Shimon b. Yochai says: Whence is it derived if one is owed a manah by his neighbor, and he [the borrower] is not accustomed to greeting him, he is not permitted to do so [such a greeting being construed as "interest"]? From: "interest of any thing" [davar (also construable as "dibbur" ["speech"])] -- Even speech [as in the above instance] is forbidden (Bava Metzia 78b)

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DEUT1282 It was taught: R. Shimon says: Whence is it derived that he [the lender] should not tell him [the borrower]: Go and greet that man, or: Find out if that man has come from his place? From: "interest of any thing" ["davar" -- "dibbur"] (Sifrei)

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