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#One is forbidden to give a compliment to a non-Jew.<ref>Avoda Zara 20b quoting Devarim 7:2.</ref> | #One is forbidden to give a compliment to a non-Jew or to his actions.<ref>Avoda Zara 20b quoting Devarim 7:2. Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 151:14</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. | ||
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#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 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> | ||
#It is permissible to praise a non-Jew as a form of praise of God.<ref>Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 151:14. Shut Btzel HaChochma 1:46</ref> | |||
#It is permissible to praise a non-Jew as a springboard to praising a Jew.<ref>Sefer HaChinuch Mitzvah 426</ref> | |||
#Some allow praising the wisdom of a non-Jew.<ref>Shut Teshuvos V'Hanhagos 4:197</ref> | |||
#Some allow praising a non-Jew if there is no personal connection.<ref>Shut Teshuvos V'Hanhagos 4:197</ref> | |||
#Some allow praising a non-Jew after he dies.<ref>Avoda Berurah Avoda Zara 20a</ref> | |||
#Some allow praising a non-Jew with above normal abilities.<ref>Shut Divrei Yatziv 10:43</ref> | |||
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