Derasha 1 on Behar 25:36

Parashas Behar · Aliyah 5 · Passuk 25:36

The Complete Passuk

אַל־תִּקַּ֤ח מֵֽאִתּוֹ֙ נֶ֣שֶׁךְ וְתַרְבִּ֔ית וְיָרֵ֖אתָ מֵֽאֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ וְחֵ֥י אָחִ֖יךָ עִמָּֽךְ׃

Torah Temimah cites Sifra / Bava Metzia 60b–61a.

Core Text — Sifra / Bava Metzia

אַל תִּקַּח מֵאִתּוֹ נֶשֶׁךְ וְתַרְבִּית. נֶשֶׁךְ — זוֹ רִבִּית שֶׁל כֶּסֶף; תַּרְבִּית — זוֹ רִבִּית שֶׁל אֹכֶל.

English: “Do not take from him interest or increase.” Neshekh — this is interest of money; tarbit — this is interest of food.

Classical derasha (Sifra / Bavli Bava Metzia).

Both monetary interest (neshekh) and produce increase (tarbit/marbit) are prohibited when supporting a fellow Jew in need.