[Avodah] haaramah

[Eli Turkel]

<This led to discussion of heter iska and changing nature of borrowing
(providential loan to capital formation)

Question. Where would pruzbol fit into this classification scheme?  Are
there any other classification schemes?  There are other obvious
interesting implications this year but I'd rather stick to the
classification issue for now.>

RAL once characterized prozbul as Hillel crying or sighing while having
to make a necessary takanah. I assume he would also call heter iska
a necessary evil.
ie ideally we should lend without interest. Given the facts of a commercial
economy we do what is necessary.

In a slightly different vein I have never understood heter iska when there is no
business involved, eg taking out a loan to finance a mortgage or a car loan
or even to go on vacation. According to this classification is this
still something positive?

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Eli Turkel