Sefer HaMitzvot · Negative Commandments, Chapter 234
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הזהיר שלא לבקש המלוה מן הלוה כשנדע שלא יכול לפרוע. והוא אמרו לא תהיה לו כנושה. ובגמרא מציעא (דף ע"ה:) מנין לנושה בחבירו מנה ויודע שאין לו שאסור לעבור לפניו שנאמר לא תהיה לו כנושה. ובמכילתא לא תהיה לו כנושה שלא תראה לו בכל זמן. ודע שזאת האזהרה כוללת גם כן מי שיבקש חוב של רבית, וכן אמרו שמי שילוה ברבית עובר על לא תהיה לו כנושה כמו שאבאר במה שאחר זה. (משפטים, הלכות מלוה ולוה פ"ד):
He prohibited that the lender seek out the borrower, when he knows that he is not able to pay. And that is His saying, "do not be to him as a creditor" (Exodus 22:24). And in the Gemara, Metzia (Bava Metzia 75b): "From where [do we know] about one who is owed one hundred dinars by his fellow and knows that [the latter] does not have [the funds] - that it is forbidden for him to pass in front of him? As it is stated, 'Do not be to him as a creditor' (Exodus 22:24)." And in the Mekhilta (Mekhilta d'Rabbi Yishmael 22:24:4): "'Do not be to him as a creditor' - do not appear to him at all times." And know that this prohibition also includes one who seeks out a debt of interest. And so did they say (Mishnah Bava Metzia 5:11) - that one who lends with interest transgresses, "do not be to him as a creditor," as I will explain in what follows this. (See Parashat Mishpatim; Mishneh Torah, Creditor and Debtor 4.)
הזהיר שלא לבקש המלוה מן הלוה כשנדע שלא יכול לפרוע. והוא אמרו לא תהיה לו כנושה. ובגמרא מציעא (דף ע"ה:) מנין לנושה בחבירו מנה ויודע שאין לו שאסור לעבור לפניו שנאמר לא תהיה לו כנושה. ובמכילתא לא תהיה לו כנושה שלא תראה לו בכל זמן. ודע שזאת האזהרה כוללת גם כן מי שיבקש חוב של רבית, וכן אמרו שמי שילוה ברבית עובר על לא תהיה לו כנושה כמו שאבאר במה שאחר זה. (משפטים, הלכות מלוה ולוה פ"ד):
He prohibited that the lender seek out the borrower, when he knows that he is not able to pay. And that is His saying, "do not be to him as a creditor" (Exodus 22:24). And in the Gemara, Metzia (Bava Metzia 75b): "From where [do we know] about one who is owed one hundred dinars by his fellow and knows that [the latter] does not have [the funds] - that it is forbidden for him to pass in front of him? As it is stated, 'Do not be to him as a creditor' (Exodus 22:24)." And in the Mekhilta (Mekhilta d'Rabbi Yishmael 22:24:4): "'Do not be to him as a creditor' - do not appear to him at all times." And know that this prohibition also includes one who seeks out a debt of interest. And so did they say (Mishnah Bava Metzia 5:11) - that one who lends with interest transgresses, "do not be to him as a creditor," as I will explain in what follows this. (See Parashat Mishpatim; Mishneh Torah, Creditor and Debtor 4.)