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EXODUS | 20:14 covet — EXOD474 "You must not covet your fellowman's hous...

EXOD474 "You must not covet your fellowman's house" [this verse]; "Neither must you desire your fellowman's house" (Devarim 5:18). We have herein been admonished not to perform deeds in wickedness [Tehillim 141:4] for acquiring a field, vineyard, or any of the possessions belonging to our fellowman, even when paying their value. We have further been admonished concerning thoughts associated with this wickedness--that our thoughts should not consent to such actions, as the pasuk says, "You must not covet." [For example,] if one craves for another to sell him his field, vineyard, or one of his belongings when the other is not interested in doing so, and yet, by persistently pleading with him he knows that the other will be too embarrassed to refuse him--it is forbidden to pressure him, for this would be akin to duress and coercion. [Another example:] if a highly respected individual were to desire the acquisition of any possession, knowing that by "merely" making the request his fellowman would not dare refuse him, [Iyov 29:24], he is forbidden from asking the other to sell or give it to him, unless he knows that he will give it to him wholeheartedly, without any misgivings.

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