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1. www.chabad.org › library › article_cdoArachim Vacharamim - Chapter 7 - Chabad.org

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   When a person consecrates all of his property, divorces his wife, and [leaves her to] collect [the money due her by virtue of] her ketubah from the one who redeems [his landed property] from the Temple treasury, she cannot collect [the debt] until he takes a vow,56 forbidding her to benefit from him.

2. reformjudaism.org › learning › torah-studyWhen a Debtor Does Not Repay - Reform Judaism

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   Ki Teitzei has a treasury of Jewish legal and ethical literature, including a discussion of lenders and debtors. When a debt is not repaid, the lender is forbidden from entering the debtor's home without permission to retrieve the security. The rule poses challenges both for lenders and debtors.

3. www.sefaria.org › topics › categoryProperty Law | Texts & Source Sheets from Torah ... - Sefaria

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   Jewish texts and source sheets about Property Law from Torah, Talmud and other sources in Sefaria's library.

4. www.jewishencyclopedia.com › articles › 14615-usuryUSURY - JewishEncyclopedia.com

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   The Hebrew word for "usury" is "neshek," meaning literally "a bite," from its painfulness to the debtor; while in Lev. xxv. 36, 37 "increase" is the rendering of the Hebrew "marbit" or "tarbit" which denotes the gain on the creditor's side, and which in the later Hebrew becomes "ribbit."

5. www.sefaria.org › topics › contractsContracts | Texts & Source Sheets from Torah, Talmud and ...

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   Jewish texts and source sheets about Contracts from Torah, Talmud and other sources in Sefaria's library.

6. www.chabad.org › library › article_cdoWhat Does the Torah Say About Jews and Taxes - Chabad.org

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   If you think you're now paying too little in income taxes, you can either write a check to the U.S. Treasury, or give more tzedaka. If the latter, give it to CRIB Efrat, they save Jewish babies in Israel. Reply

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   What does the Hebrew word 'usury' mean?

   • The Hebrew word for "usury" is "neshek," meaning literally "a bite," from its painfulness to the debtor; while in Lev. xxv. 36, 37 "increase" is the rendering of the Hebrew "marbit" or "tarbit" which denotes the gain on the creditor's side, and which in the later Hebrew becomes "ribbit."

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   Do Jews give a tenth of money?

   • However, there is one voluntary “tax” or “tithe“ that Jews give regardless of how the local government or society structures things: ma’aser kesafim, a tenth of money. Unlike the biblically mandated ma’aser mentioned earlier (which applies to agriculture and animals), one gives a tenth of all net profits to charity.

   What Does the Torah Say About Jews and Taxes - Chabad.org

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   What is a Jewish communal tax?

   • This communal tax was collected by the local Jewish community to take care of the poor, as well as other communal needs. The collection would include both money (known as the kupah) and ready-to-eat food (known as the the tamchui).

   What Does the Torah Say About Jews and Taxes - Chabad.org

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   Did Jews pay taxes?

   • Not only did they pay the normal taxes imposed on everyone, but they faced additional taxes specific to Jews. Under the Romans, it was the “fiscus Judaicus”; under the Christians in the Middle Ages, it was the “opferfenning”; and in Muslim countries, it was the “kharaj.”)

   What Does the Torah Say About Jews and Taxes - Chabad.org

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   Why did Jews pay a tithe?

   • Although these aren’t “taxes” in the conventional sense of funds going towards the government, Jews were obligated to pay these dues: Terumah: a tithe levied to support the priests, who did not own property and devoted themselves to the communal good, including serving in the Holy Temple.

   What Does the Torah Say About Jews and Taxes - Chabad.org

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   Did Jews pay taxes if they lived in Christian or Muslim lands?

   • (Sadly, such unjust taxes were commonly faced by Jews living in Christian or Muslim lands. Not only did they pay the normal taxes imposed on everyone, but they faced additional taxes specific to Jews.

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8. www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org › contractContract - Jewish Virtual Library

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   CONTRACT (Heb. חוֹזֶה, ḥozeh), in general law theory a legally binding agreement between two or more parties, in terms of which one party undertakes for the benefit of the other to perform or refrain from a certain act.