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דפוס לבוב 375

Teshuvot Maharam · Lemberg Edition, Chapter 375

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    טארוכות סי' קמ"ח עי"ש קצרות סי' נ"ט עי"ש. ראובן שהלוה לעכו"ם ובא שמעון לעכו"ם וא"ל אלוה לך בפחות ותפרע לו אינו חייב לשלם לו כלום דלא ברי הזיקא ואין כאן אלא ספק גרמאיצ"ל אבל מותר. לקרותו רשע דהוי רשע טפי מעני המהפך בחררה ובא אחר ונטלה נקרא רשע: (קידושין ד' נ"ט.)

    Q. A lent money to a Gentile at a definite rate of interest. B, then, approached the Gentile and said: "I shall let you have the money and charge you a smaller rate of interest than A. Take my money and pay him off."
    A. It is doubtful whether B caused A a loss of money, since A may find another borrower for his money as soon as he receives it from the Gentile. Even if B definitely caused A a loss of money, he did so indirectly; therefore, B is under no obligation to A. However, B acted unethically and should be denounced and called rashah (wicked).
    SOURCES: Cr. 59; Pr. 148; L. 375.

Hebrew: Teshuvot Maharam bar Barukh, Lemberg, 1860 · Public Domain

English: Rabbi Meir of Rothenburg, his life and his works, by Irving A. Agus. Philadelphia, 1947 · Public Domain

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