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##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> | ||
##Others explain that this only applied to the seven nations that inhabited the land of Israel in the days of Yehoshua.<ref>Torah Temimah in Devarim 7:2</ref> | ##Others explain that this only applied to the seven nations that inhabited the land of Israel in the days of Yehoshua.<ref>Torah Temimah in Devarim 7:2</ref> | ||
#The prohibition is not about the act of giving, but the non-Jew benefiting. Therefore, it only applies if the non-Jew | #The prohibition is not about the act of giving, but the non-Jew benefiting. Therefore, it only applies if the non-Jew receives the benefit.<ref>Avoda Berura Avoda Zara 20</ref> | ||
#One is permitted to accept a gift from a non-Jew.<ref>Yad Rama Bava Batra 6</ref> | #One is permitted to accept a gift from a non-Jew.<ref>Yad Rama Bava Batra 6</ref> | ||
