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# For example, one may not take supplies from work, even if his employer is a non-Jew.<ref>Halachos of Other People's Money pg. 33. </ref> | # For example, one may not take supplies from work, even if his employer is a non-Jew.<ref>Halachos of Other People's Money pg. 33. </ref> | ||
# According to some, this is even worse than stealing from a Jew as it causes a great chilul Hashem.<ref> Halachos of Other People's Money pg. 33, Tosefta Baba Kama 10:8. | # According to some, this is even worse than stealing from a Jew as it causes a great chilul Hashem.<ref> Halachos of Other People's Money pg. 33, Tosefta Baba Kama 10:8. | ||
* Aruch Hashulchan 348:1 writes that although some poskim maintain that the | * Aruch Hashulchan 348:1 writes that although some poskim maintain that the biblical prohibition against stealing from a Jew is limited to stealing more than the value of a perutah, stealing from a non-Jew is forbidden min ha-Torah even for an item valued less than a perutah. | ||
* Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 182:1 relates a story from the Tanna d’Bei Eliyahu of a certain person who shorted a non-Jewish customer in the measure of dates that he sold him. Later, he used the money from that transaction to purchase oil. The flask broke and the oil was spilled, causing the one relating the incident to exclaim, “Blessed is G-d, Who does not let people get away with such things!” Leviticus 19:13 says, “Do not oppress your neighbor or steal from him.” | * Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 182:1 relates a story from the Tanna d’Bei Eliyahu of a certain person who shorted a non-Jewish customer in the measure of dates that he sold him. Later, he used the money from that transaction to purchase oil. The flask broke and the oil was spilled, causing the one relating the incident to exclaim, “Blessed is G-d, Who does not let people get away with such things!” Leviticus 19:13 says, “Do not oppress your neighbor or steal from him.” | ||
* Hilchot Bayit Ne'eman pg. 189 quotes from the Chida in the name of the Arizal that anybody who steals from a non-Jew, even an idol worshipper, that non-Jew will scream and litigate against the Jew when he dies. | * Hilchot Bayit Ne'eman pg. 189 quotes from the Chida in the name of the Arizal that anybody who steals from a non-Jew, even an idol worshipper, that non-Jew will scream and litigate against the Jew when he dies. | ||
