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In the Morning a Capitalist, in the Evening a Socialist?

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Rabbi YY Jacobson

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24 25 and 26. I'm going to read the verses in side and translate. Im kesef talveh es ami es ha oni imach lo sime lo ke noshe. When you lend money to my people to the poor person among you do not press the person for repayment. Lo sesimun alav neshech. Also do not take interest from the borrower. Im chaval tachbol salmas reiyacha Im chaval tachbol salmas reiyacha ad boi hashemesh teshivenu lo. If you take your friend's the borrower's night garment as security for the loan you must return it to him before sunset. Of course people often took collateral as they still do for a loan as a security that you're going to pay me back my loan. The Torah says im chaval tachbol if you took a security as collateral salmas took a security as collateral salmas reiyacha the night garment of your neighbor of your friend who needed the money make sure to return it to him before sunset. And here the Torah goes on to say listen to the words. Ki hi susoi levado. Hi simlosoi leorei. Bameh yishkov? V'haya ki yitzak You know why you must return it to him before sunset? Because this alone is his before sunset? Because this alone is his covering. It's the garment for his skin. With what shall he sleep? Therefore, if he cries out to me, I will listen. Because I am gracious and compassionate. There are 613 mitzvahs in the Torah. Most of them are recorded without an explicit reason, or at least not with a detailed, nuanced, elaborate

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