One may not borrow anything from a fellow Jew, if one is expected to repay more than the original loan.
This includes money, goods and even services.
Applies to everybody, everywhere, always
Verse: "Don't borrow with interest" (Devarim 23:20)
The borrower also transgresses "Do not put a stumbling block" (Vayikra 19:14), since he causes the lender to sin.
Source: The Chafetz-Chaim's Sefer haMitzvot haKatzar; Prohibition 55
Shabbat Shalom
- Danny
Thursday, 13 Shvat 5770
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