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#One is forbidden to give a free gift to a non-Jew.<ref>Avoda Zara 20b quoting Devarim 7:2. Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 151:11 C.M. 249:2</ref>
#One is forbidden to give a compliment to a non-Jew.<ref>Avoda Zara 20b quoting Devarim 7:2.</ref>
##Some explain that this by all non-Jews except for a ''ger toshav''.<ref>Tosfos Avoda Zara 20a s.v. d'amar. Beis Yosef C.M. 249. Shach Y.D. 151:18.
##Some explain that this by all non-Jews except for a ''ger toshav''.<ref>Tosfos Avoda Zara 20a s.v. d'amar. Beis Yosef C.M. 249. Shach Y.D. 151:18.


Sma C.M. 249:2 explains that a ger toshav is a person who accepts the sheva mitzvos bnei noach and we are therefore obligated to provide for him if he doesn't have and are allowed to give him gifts. However, one who doesn't abide by the sheva mitzvos can only be sold to</ref>
Sma C.M. 249:2 explains that a ger toshav is a person who accepts the sheva mitzvos bnei noach and we are therefore obligated to provide for him if he doesn't have and are allowed to give him gifts. However, one who doesn't abide by the sheva mitzvos can only be sold to</ref>
##Others explain that this only applies to idolaters<ref>Meiri Avoda Zara 20a and Sefer HaChinuch Mitzvah 426</ref>
##Others explain that this only applies to idolaters<ref>Meiri Avoda Zara 20a and Sefer HaChinuch Mitzvah 426</ref>
#One is permitted to accept a gift from a non-Jew.<ref>Yad Rama Bava Batra 6</ref>


==Exceptions==
==Exceptions==


#If you may receive something in return from the non-Jew, it is permissible to give gifts.<ref>Taz Y.D. 151:8. Rosh Avoda Zara 1:19 explains that it is not a free gift, but an exchange, similar to a sale</ref>
#If you may receive benefit in return from the non-Jew, it is permissible to give a compliment.<ref>Taz Y.D. 151:8. Rosh Avoda Zara 1:19 explains that it is not a free gift, but an exchange, similar to a sale</ref>
#If you are giving a gift in order to maintain a peaceful environment, it is permissible.<ref>Shulchan Aruch C.M. 249:2</ref> Therefore, one may<ref>Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 151:12</ref>:
##Give charity to a non-Jew.
##Visit a non-Jew who is ill.
##Bury and eulogize non-Jew.
##Comfort a non-Jewish mourner.


==Links==
==Links==


#Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz - [https://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecture.cfm/741173/rabbi-aryeh-lebowitz/lo-sechaneim-gifts-and-compliments-to-gentiles/ Lo Sechaneim - Gifts and Compliments to Gentiles]
#Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz - [https://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecture.cfm/741173/rabbi-aryeh-lebowitz/lo-sechaneim-gifts-and-compliments-to-gentiles/ Lo Sechaneim - Gifts and Compliments to Gentiles]
#Rabbi Chaim Goldberg - [https://tablet.otzar.org/he/pages/?&restore=1&t=1563238228289&pagenum=406&book=50783 Bein Yisroel L'Nochri Siman 28 page 390]
#Rabbi Chaim Goldberg - [https://tablet.otzar.org/he/pages/?&restore=1&t=1563238228289&pagenum=406&book=50783 Bein Yisroel L'Nochri Siman 28 page 394]


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Revision as of 01:23, 16 July 2019

Source

  1. One is forbidden to give a compliment to a non-Jew.[1]
    1. Some explain that this by all non-Jews except for a ger toshav.[2]
    2. Others explain that this only applies to idolaters[3]

Exceptions

  1. If you may receive benefit in return from the non-Jew, it is permissible to give a compliment.[4]

Links

  1. Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz - Lo Sechaneim - Gifts and Compliments to Gentiles
  2. Rabbi Chaim Goldberg - Bein Yisroel L'Nochri Siman 28 page 394

Sources

  1. ↑ Avoda Zara 20b quoting Devarim 7:2.
  2. ↑ Tosfos Avoda Zara 20a s.v. d'amar. Beis Yosef C.M. 249. Shach Y.D. 151:18. Sma C.M. 249:2 explains that a ger toshav is a person who accepts the sheva mitzvos bnei noach and we are therefore obligated to provide for him if he doesn't have and are allowed to give him gifts. However, one who doesn't abide by the sheva mitzvos can only be sold to
  3. ↑ Meiri Avoda Zara 20a and Sefer HaChinuch Mitzvah 426
  4. ↑ Taz Y.D. 151:8. Rosh Avoda Zara 1:19 explains that it is not a free gift, but an exchange, similar to a sale
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