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Transfer of loan / mortgage from non-Jew to Jew
What happens if a Jew borrows money on interest from a non-Jew, and then the lender turns around and sells the debt to a Jew? (Such transactions are very common in the mortgage industry.) Is it ...
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Are late or overdue fees Ribbis?
If I take out a library book, and they charge me $.10 per each additional day extra.
Or if I owe money on a bill, and they charge me a $10 late fee for being overdue.
Are these a case of Ribbis? Or ...
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Compromising a Doubtful Loan and Ribbis
First let's get the case:
Reuven lends $100 to Shimon to be paid back in a year. There is no record of the amount of the loan.
And then, one month later, one of the following happen:
Shimon ...
