Rabbi David Kaplan - Philosophy of Mitzvot: Interest

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so we were on yesterday with his mitzvah number 68 and this is a very very important myth because it has practical uh practical ramifications for us and that is the myth so that you're not allowed to be involved in a interest loan you cannot lend with interest in torah now before we even talk about what's behind the the idea behind it let's first talk about the what the what the limitations are just to get a a framework the torah says you're not to be involved in an interest loan now an interest loan means you're not allowed to lend to a jew with interest you're allowed to lend to a non-jew and you can take from me and you with interest we'll explain why but you are not allowed to lend to a jew with interests now what this does is it creates certain technical problems because if i want to borrow money you see if i want to borrow money from you i want about ten thousand dollars now the normal mindset is well why should i let you make money with my money if i could make money with my money and it's only logical you should pay me interest it's a very logical system you see the whole

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1. 0:13so we were on yesterday with his mitzvah number 68 and this is a very very…
2. 3:24there's a problem for me the lender you know the problem is because what's the whole…
3. 6:36somebody that you wouldn't normally say if not for the fact that that he lent you…
4. 9:43circumvent it but it is within the framework of aloha and that is what's called a…
5. 12:57very tight when it comes to these things and that has an effect on what the…
6. 16:04anything inherently evil it's expected exactly for mr fogel said i'm gonna lose three percent so…
7. 19:14of people yeah okay and yeah they played for money for a few dollars or a…
8. 22:22about god he feels he's doing it sometimes he doesn't treat people responsible he's responsible for…
9. 25:31ruins that connection it ruins that connection okay um now the next mitzvah is the prohibition…
10. 28:38or you wish harm on somebody then i'll say you get very hey say that again…

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