Ki Seitzei 23:20 · unit 1

TT #397 · Parashas Ki Seitzei · Fourth Aliyah · Passuk 23:20

The Complete Passuk

לַנָּכְרִ֣י תַשִּׁ֔יךְ וּלְאָחִ֖יךָ לֹ֣א תַשִּׁ֑יךְ לְמַ֨עַן יְבָרֶכְךָ֜ יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ בְּכֹל֙ מִשְׁלַ֣ח יָדֶ֔ךָ עַל־הָאָ֕רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּ֥ה בָא־שָׁ֖מָּה לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃

To a foreigner you may lend upon interest, but to your brother you shall not lend upon interest, that the Lord your God may bless you in all that you put your hand to, in the land that you are entering to possess.

Chabad.org — 23:20

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sifrei Devarim 264.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
לַנָּכְרִי תַשִּׁיךְ – הֶתֵּר רִבִּית לְנָכְרִי.

English: “To a foreigner you may lend upon interest” — permission to take interest from a non-Jew.

On the daf / in context: The verse explicitly permits charging interest to a non-Jew.

Type of Learning

Identification of the permission.

What Is Learned

It is permitted to charge interest to a non-Jew.