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Sma C.M. 249:2 explains that a ger toshav is a person who accepts the sheva mitzvos bnei noach and we are therefore obligated to provide for him if he doesn't have and are allowed to give him gifts. However, one who doesn't abide by the sheva mitzvos can only be sold to</ref> | Sma C.M. 249:2 explains that a ger toshav is a person who accepts the sheva mitzvos bnei noach and we are therefore obligated to provide for him if he doesn't have and are allowed to give him gifts. However, one who doesn't abide by the sheva mitzvos can only be sold to</ref> | ||
##Others explain that this only applies to idolaters<ref>Meiri Avoda Zara 20a, Shut HaRashba 1:8, and Sefer HaChinuch Mitzvah 426</ref> | ##Others explain that this only applies to idolaters<ref>Meiri Avoda Zara 20a, Shut HaRashba 1:8, and Sefer HaChinuch Mitzvah 426. Shut Titz Eliezer 15:47:5</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. Titz Eliezer 15:47 says this is not accepted as it is against the rishonim</ref> | ||
#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> | #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> | ||
#Some prohibit one from donating blood | #Some prohibit one from donating blood in a country that is mostly non-Jews.<ref>Rav Menashe Klein (Mishneh Halachos 4:245) says this would be an issue of giving a free gift and healing non-Jews</ref> Nowadays many permit donating blood.<ref>Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz in a [https://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecture.cfm/750344/rabbi-aryeh-lebowitz/ten-minute-halacha-donating-blood/ shiur] strongly encourages donating blood. He explains that you are donating to a system (just like paying taxes), so there is a reciprocity. It helps when everyone donates and this is similar to the Taz Y.D. 151:8. Additionally, your blood may be going to a Jew and he may need it immediately. Finally, many poskim including Rav Heinkin say that the prohibition only applies to idolaters. Rabbi Lebowitz quoted from Rabbi Mordechai Willig and Rabbi Tzvi Sobolofsky that it is permissible to give blood</ref> | ||
==Exceptions== | ==Exceptions== | ||
