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# It's a biblical mitzvah to lend to a Jew who is need of borrowing money <ref> Shemot 22:24 </ref> even if he is rich but doens't have the money right now. Additionally it's a greater mitzvah than giving tzedaka because the receiver isn't embarrassed. <ref>Ahavat Chesed (authored by the Chafetz Chaim) 1:1 </ref>
# It's a biblical mitzvah to lend to a Jew who is need of borrowing money <ref> Shemot 22:24 </ref> even if he is rich but doesn't have the money right now. Additionally it's a greater mitzvah than giving tzedaka because the receiver isn't embarrassed.<ref>Ahavat Chesed (authored by the Chafetz Chaim) 1:1 </ref>
# There's a mitzvah to lend out objects that another Jew is in need of borrowing. <ref>Ahavat Chesed 1:2 explains that even though this doesn't fit into the category of the mitzvah to lend money but it certainly fulfills a mitzvah of chesed. </ref>
# There's a mitzvah to lend out objects that another Jew is in need of borrowing.<ref>Ahavat Chesed 1:2 explains that even though this doesn't fit into the category of the mitzvah to lend money but it certainly fulfills a mitzvah of chesed. </ref>
==References==
# The measure for this mitzvah is each person according to their abilities.<ref>Ahavat Chesed 1:4 </ref>
# It is permitted to ask someone to repay a loan unless they are extremely poor and can't pay it back even if they sold most of their property.<ref>[http://din.org.il/2014/03/09/%D7%A9%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%94-%D7%97%D7%93%D7%A9%D7%94-%D7%9C%D7%90-%D7%AA%D7%94%D7%99%D7%94-%D7%9C%D7%95-%D7%9B%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%94/ din.co.il]</ref>
==Related Pages==
*[[Dissolving Loans during Shemittah]] ([[Shemitat Kesafim]])
*[[Taking Interest]]
*[[Being_Careful_With_Other_People%27s_Money#Refusing_to_Repay_a_Loan]]
==Sources==
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Latest revision as of 07:47, 13 July 2020

  1. It's a biblical mitzvah to lend to a Jew who is need of borrowing money [1] even if he is rich but doesn't have the money right now. Additionally it's a greater mitzvah than giving tzedaka because the receiver isn't embarrassed.[2]
  2. There's a mitzvah to lend out objects that another Jew is in need of borrowing.[3]
  3. The measure for this mitzvah is each person according to their abilities.[4]
  4. It is permitted to ask someone to repay a loan unless they are extremely poor and can't pay it back even if they sold most of their property.[5]

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  1. Shemot 22:24
  2. Ahavat Chesed (authored by the Chafetz Chaim) 1:1
  3. Ahavat Chesed 1:2 explains that even though this doesn't fit into the category of the mitzvah to lend money but it certainly fulfills a mitzvah of chesed.
  4. Ahavat Chesed 1:4
  5. din.co.il