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Smak 19 writes that even jealousy in your heart is prohibited by the Torah, but one is not punished for this until he takes action. </ref> The prohibition is to pressure someone into selling you something he did not want to. <ref>Halachos of Other People's Money pg. 71-72 </ref> | Smak 19 writes that even jealousy in your heart is prohibited by the Torah, but one is not punished for this until he takes action. </ref> The prohibition is to pressure someone into selling you something he did not want to. <ref>Halachos of Other People's Money pg. 71-72 </ref> | ||
# One who pressures another person to sell him something that he didn't want to sell, is in violation of lo tachmod.<Ref>Shulchan Aruch 359:10, Levush 359:10, Aruch Hashulchan 359:9. Shulchan Aruch 359:9 writes that such a person is disqualified from testifying on a rabbinic level. Sma 13 writes that although you are only disqualified on a rabbinic level, you have still violated the Torah prohibition of Lo Tachmod as is explicit in Shulchan Aurch 359:10.</ref> | # One who pressures another person to sell him something that he didn't want to sell, is in violation of lo tachmod.<Ref>Shulchan Aruch 359:10, Levush 359:10, Aruch Hashulchan 359:9. Shulchan Aruch 359:9 writes that such a person is disqualified from testifying on a rabbinic level. Sma 13 writes that although you are only disqualified on a rabbinic level, you have still violated the Torah prohibition of Lo Tachmod as is explicit in Shulchan Aurch 359:10.</ref> | ||
# Pressuring somebody to give you money doesn't technically qualify as lo tachmod.<Ref>Halachos of Other People's Money pg. 72 note 198 based on Rav Yerucham Fishel Perlow in his commentary to the Sefer Hamitzvot of Rasag (pg. 337) and Rav Yisrael Yaakov Fisher (Even Yisrael 8:105: "Kol Zeh"), Rav Zalman Nechemia Goldberg (Kovetz Beit Aharon ViYisrael Year 14: Gilyon 4</ref> | # Pressuring somebody to give you money doesn't technically qualify as lo tachmod.<Ref>Halachos of Other People's Money pg. 72 note 198 based on Rav Yerucham Fishel Perlow in his commentary to the Sefer Hamitzvot of Rasag (pg. 337) and Rav Yisrael Yaakov Fisher (Even Yisrael 8:105: "Kol Zeh"), Rav Zalman Nechemia Goldberg (Kovetz Beit Aharon ViYisrael Year 14: Gilyon 4. Rav Fisher writes that there is no lo tachmod on something you can't see such as money. It only applies to objects. The Chafetz Chaim (Kitzur Hamitzvot Lav 1) writes that it is lo tachmod for a perspective son-in-law to pressure his perspective father-in-law to give him a larger dowry because of lo tachmod. However, Rav Fisher explains that he was referring to where the son-in-law was desiring specific objects.</ref> | ||
# These prohibitions (Lo tachmod and lo titaveh) do not technically apply to acquiring property from a non-Jew. Nevertheless, one must be careful in his interactions with a non-Jew to conduct his business fairly and pleasantly.<ref>Halachos of Other People's Money pg. 74, Minchat Shmuel CM 4:12</ref> | # These prohibitions (Lo tachmod and lo titaveh) do not technically apply to acquiring property from a non-Jew. Nevertheless, one must be careful in his interactions with a non-Jew to conduct his business fairly and pleasantly.<ref>Halachos of Other People's Money pg. 74, Minchat Shmuel CM 4:12</ref> | ||
# There is no prohibition for something that can't be acquired. For example, it isn't lo tachmod to be jealous of someone's wisdom and go and acquire it.<ref>Aruch Hashulchan 359:10</ref> However, being jealous of someone else's wife and causing her to get divorced and married to you is lo tachmod.<ref>Sama 359:19</ref> | # There is no prohibition for something that can't be acquired. For example, it isn't lo tachmod to be jealous of someone's wisdom and go and acquire it.<ref>Aruch Hashulchan 359:10</ref> However, being jealous of someone else's wife and causing her to get divorced and married to you is lo tachmod.<ref>Sama 359:19</ref> | ||
