Is This True?
Chazal in several places (such as Bava Metzia 35b) hold one should respect the wealthy. I hear Rabbi Shlomo of Radomsk did the opposite. I don’t have a source.
If true, why?
Chazal in several places (such as Bava Metzia 35b) hold one should respect the wealthy. I hear Rabbi Shlomo of Radomsk did the opposite. I don’t have a source.
If true, why?
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I heard in the name of Rabbi Yisrael Salanter that “one who wishes to truly understand a page of Gemara must learn under Rabbi Chaim Leib Tiktinsky”.
I wonder if any record of Rabbi Tiktinsky’s Torah remains.
כעת ראיתי בחזו”א ב”ק סימן י’ סק”ז ראיה שריבית הוא “שיווי ממון” גמור מגמרא מכות ג’ א’ במשנה:
משנה מעידין אנו באיש פלוני שהוא חייב לחבירו אלף זוז על מנת ליתנן לו מכאן ועד שלשים יום והוא אומר מכאן ועד עשר שנים אומדים כמה אדם רוצה ליתן ויהיו בידו אלף זוז בין נותנן מכאן ועד שלושים יום בין נותנן מכאן ועד עשר שנים
כלומר, ריבית מובנת כלכלית, רק נאסרה בין יהודים, ואכמ”ל.
We have often written here against socialism. But one might ask: doesn’t the Torah command socialism? Jews must be charitable with their money. And if a Jew refuses, the courts (when they have the sovereignty) even force him to give.
But Judaism does not equal socialism at all. The starting point is that property belongs to its owner. Then, upon that basis, each Jew has Mitzvos to do. The wealthy man must give charity to other Jews. The poor man must not allow himself to become poor – לא יהיה בך אביון, and must accept charity if he has no other choice. The Jewish judge must enforce the observance of Mitzvos upon other Jews. And those other Jews must ensure the existence of just courts (צדק צדק תרדוף).
And none of this applies to mere citizens in a given geographical area, but strictly to coreligionists.
This will do for now.