Giving Precedence to a Jew: Difference between revisions

##Some say this is only if it will be an insignificant loss.<ref>Rav Moshe Feinstein (Igros Moshe Y.D. 3:93) says the Gemora Bava Metziah 70A that says a Jew goes first is only referring to a small amount</ref>

##Others say that even though it is a significant lack of profit, one must be willing to lend a Jew (if this isn't your profession).<ref>Sefer Ahavas Chesed 5:5 quotes both opinions. Ateret Paz CM 1:3:10:6 writes at length on this topic. He explains that the dispute between these opinions is whether there's a limit to the amount of lost profit one must incur just like there's a limit to actual losses one must incur. He sides with the opinion that there's no limit for a loss of profit which would exempt one from the mitzvah. One proof for this position is the Ritva, Ran, and Tosfot Harosh on Kiddushin 31b that a son isn't obligated to do kibbud av at his own expense and suffer a loss. Yet, he must be ready to loss a profit even if it is very significant. Rama YD 240:8 cites the Ran.</ref>

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