[Avodah] haaramah

[Richard Wolpoe]

On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 7:57 AM, Eli Turkel <eliturkel at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> 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?
>

I think a house - even a primary residence - is usually seen as  an
investment - and aisi in no way comparable to vacation/car [unless the car
is for business purposes]


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