<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 8:17 AM, Marty Bluke <<a href="mailto:marty.bluke@gmail.com">marty.bluke@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
This issue of paper (fiat) money comes up in Hilchos Ribis. The gemara<br>
in Eizehu Neshech has an issur of lending and returning commodities.<br>
The poskim discuss whether banknotes or considered money or<br>
commodities. All of the modern day seforim on Ribis ( the most famous<br>
probably being the Bris Yehuda) quote the teshuvos Chasam Sofer that<br>
paper money is considered money and therefore there is no problem of<br>
sa'ah bsa'ah. In fact, they say that even those poskim who disagreed<br>
in the 19th century, would agree today because there is no "real"<br>
money today at all. The Chazon Ish in Hilchos Ribis agress with this<br>
as does the Aruch Hashulchan (I just saw it a week ago and now can't<br>
find it, if anyone can give me the exact reference in the Aruch<br>
Hashulchan I would greatly appreciate it).<br>
</blockquote></div><br>When I first posted this tangent, I was anticipating a serious Halachic discussion! Can you furnish more details as to the location of the sources? E.g. where is the Chasam Sofer, the CI etc. <br clear="all">
<br>-- <br>Kol Tuv / Best Regards,<br>RabbiRichWolpoe@Gmail.com<br>see: <a href="http://nishmablog.blogspot.com/">http://nishmablog.blogspot.com/</a>
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