[Avodah] Redemption

[Zev Sero via Avodah]

On 12/06/17 22:49, Akiva Miller via Avodah wrote:
> 
> Exactly*why*  is it that we can't take nekama if the object is a Jew?
> RZS gets it from "V'ahavta l'rayacha kamocha", but it seems to me that
> "Lo sikom" [without the nun, I finally noticed!] is a more direct
> source. But either way...

It seems to me that all the mitzvos that enjoin special consideration 
for one's fellow yidden are based on the mitzvah of V'ahavta.  Since you 
must love him, therefore you must not hold grudges against him, let 
alone take revenge, must lend him what he needs without charging 
interest, must not gossip about him, must not stand by while he's in 
danger, etc.


> There seem to be three categories: (A) Things that may may not do even
> to non-Jews, such as stealing. (B) Things that are technically allowed
> against non-Jews, but we are taught to avoid it, such as Lashon Hara.

Where do you see that LH about strangers is to be avoided?  The pasuk 
says "lo telech rachil *be`amecha*", and "makeh *re`ehu* basater".


> (C) Things that we may not do to a Jew, but are clearly allowed with a
> non-Jew, such as Ribis. I had thought Nekama was in category A, but I
> admit my error. I would like to know more clearly whether it is in B
> or C. (I can even imagine some saying that it is in a fourth category,
> things that we may not to do a Jew, but are *encouraged*  to do to a
> non-Jew.)

Ribis.  Lanochri tashich is a mitzvat asei.


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