Lifnei Iver

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Based on the pasuk "Lifnei Iver Lo TIten Michshol" - "Before a blind person one should not place a stumbling block,"[1] chazal understand that there is a prohibition to cause another Jew to violate a prohibition of the Torah. [2]

Practical Examples

  1. For example, one who borrows and pays back with interest, besides for other transgressions of interest, the borrower is in violation of Lifnei Iver. [3]

Sources

  1. ↑ Vayikra 19:14
  2. ↑ Rambam Sefer HaMitzvot (Lavin 299)
  3. ↑ Bava Metsia 75b
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