Laws of Ribbis
Lending with Interest
Your Instructor
Rabbi Shlomo Furst, a close talmid of HaRav Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg, ztz"l, has been learning in Yeshiva Torah Ore, Jerusalem for over thirty-five years. He is the author and publisher of The Torah Way of Life Series, books based on the recorded lectures of Rav Scheinberg.
In his preface to the Series, Rav Scheinberg wrote, “Rabbi Furst…His outstanding devotion to understanding my shuirim and shmuessen is readily apparent in his clear presentation of my teachings in lashon kodesh and English.…”
In addition to his continued writing and publishing, Rabbi Furst teaches daily at Yeshiva Tsama Nafshi in Jerusalem. He lectures in Halacha on the Mishna Berura and in Mussar.
Previously, Rabbi Furst was the Mashgiach Ruchani for Kollel Ruach Chaim, Jerusalem. While in America, prior to moving to Eretz Yisrael, he held the position of Assistant Mashgiach of Kashrus for the Central Foodservices of Yeshiva University, NY.
Course Curriculum
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StartWelcome!
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PreviewLesson 1: What is Ribbis? Lending on condition that more is returned than was borrowed (18:03)
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StartLesson 2: The Torah only forbids Ribis earned from a Loan. (24:18)
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StartLesson 3: Mechila – Forgiving an obligation (19:52)
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StartLesson 4: When the Lender dies before returning Ribis Ketsutsoi (20:50)
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StartLesson 5: Receiving goods and services instead of Money contrary to Loan Agreement (17:27)
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StartLesson 6: Lending an object on condition they will receive back the same type of object (20:58)
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StartLesson 7: Paying in advance object for an object that is to be delivered at a later date (17:09)
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StartLesson 8: Lending objects where the Borrower already owns a small amount. (23:18)
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StartLesson 9: Allowing loans of goods where there is a fixed market price (19:00)
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StartLesson 10: A Sharecropper may lend their sharecroppers wheat kernels for planting but not for eating. (18:24)
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StartLesson 11: Benefits a Lender can derive from a Borrower (21:24)
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StartLesson 12: Prohibitions of Lender from use of Borrowers Property (25:54)
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StartLesson 13: Cashing a Check in the Black Market (19:52)
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StartLesson 14: Understanding How a Heter Iska works (22:18)
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StartLesson 15: The Prohibition of Ribis Mukemes (17:06)
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StartLesson 16: Taking a loan from a Non-Jewish Bank for another Jew – Reimbursing the use of another’s credit card (21:59)
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StartLesson 18: Can the lender charge his borrower for expenses if the borrower failed to pay on time
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StartLesson 19: The Halachos of a Jew who is a cosigner on an interest bearing loan. (16:09)
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StartLesson 20: Paying for the purchase of item either before or after one takes possession brings the element of a Loan
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PreviewLesson 21: If a seller quotes two prices [one for cash and one for credit] the customer may not purchase on credit at the higher price. (22:11)
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StartLesson 22: The Selling of a Loan while charging less than the amount of the Loan (18:27)
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StartLesson 23: Purchasing post-dated checks at a discount (19:01)
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StartLesson 24: A borrower who prepays may pay less than the face value of the Loan (21:46)
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StartLesson 25: Repaying workers with unminted coins whose value is greater than the value of the minted coins that the banker gave the workers. (23:13)
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StartLesson 26: Can one grant a discount if the seller does not own the object he is selling? (22:12)
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StartLesson 27: Selling an item one doesn’t own – When the Market discount fluctuate (22:04)
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StartLesson 28: It is forbidden to purchase the grape harvest before are ripe and ready to be harvested. (24:56)
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StartLesson 29: Preparing for the purchasing of wine and running the risk that the wine would become vinegar. (24:09)
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StartLesson 30: How to sell a barrel of wine for one dinar for a higher price at a later date (19:48)
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StartLesson 31: Test Lesson 16-30