The prohibition on lending or borrowing at interest. Also known as usury.
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Problem of Ribis in giving loan in order to give Tzedeka
(In order to understand the dinim of Ribis and if this particular case would be problematic I will give a localized example. However please don't close the question or say it's too "local" because the ...
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Insurance and Ribit
What is the halachick treatment of a long term insurance contract issued by a company held by a Jew?
In particular -
Is the underlying investment that contributes to the ultimate amount of the ...
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Time-limited promotional giveaways for some, fees for everyone later
If someone provides a discount for early payment, and raises the price for others, there is reason to consider this a form offorbidden usury.
What if someone is giving away a gift to some as a ...
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Charging interest to “your brother”
A deleted post from a long time ago made the claim that
[W]e are [allowed to charge interest to other Jews] but not from
immediate family. Even from another Jew, if he or she is not a member
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Paying more for an item — Ribis?
I will ask the question using the following scenario:
Reuvan wrote a sefer that he was charging for it 50 Shekels. Came along Shimon who wanted to buy the sefer. At that time he didn't have money on ...
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Loan in exchange for keeping shabbos, ribis?
The Father (not frum) of a Baal Teshuva asked his son for a loan. The son agreed to give his Father the loan on condition that he starts to keep Shabbos. Is this a problem of ribis?
