Giving Gifts to Non-Jews

From Halachipedia

Source

  1. One is forbidden to give a free gift 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 something in return from the non-Jew, it is permissible to give gifts.[4]

Sources

  1. ↑ Avoda Zara 20b quoting Devarim 7:2. Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 151:11
  2. ↑ Tosfos Avoda Zara 20a s.v. d'amar. Beis Yosef C.M. 249. Shach Y.D. 151:18
  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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