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#If you may receive | #If you have a relationship with the non-Jew and may receive something in return, one is permitted to give gifts.<ref>Taz Y.D. 151:8. Rosh Avoda Zara 1:19 explains that it is not a free gift, but an exchange, similar to a sale.</ref> | ||
#It is permitted to give a gift for an ulterior motive.<ref>Ran (Gittin 38b) uses this rationale to explain how Rabbi Eliezer freed his slave in order to complete a minyan. Although this was a gift to the slave, it is permissible if the givers benefit. Shut HaRashbash 468 says it would be prohibited to give a vessel to a non-Jew as a present on Yom Tov if you forgot to do tevilas keilim.</ref> | |||
#It is permissible to praise a non-Jew as a form of praise of God.<ref>Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 151:14. Shut Btzel HaChochma 1:46</ref> | #It is permissible to praise a non-Jew as a form of praise of God.<ref>Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 151:14. Shut Btzel HaChochma 1:46</ref> | ||
#It is permissible to praise a non-Jew as a springboard to praising a Jew.<ref>Sefer HaChinuch Mitzvah 426</ref> | #It is permissible to praise a non-Jew as a springboard to praising a Jew.<ref>Sefer HaChinuch Mitzvah 426</ref> |