The Torah explicitly forbids lending money at interest, yet the Hetter Iska document seems to allow it.
Is it legal? Should we all have one? Did the 17th century create a watershed moment?
 
Chapters
00:00 Introduction and Overview
02:26 The Historical Context of Money in Jewish History
08:11 The Role of the Vaad Arba Arotzos in Creating the Hetter Iska Document
11:29 Navigating Financial Transactions within the Framework of Halacha
19:27 Understanding the Document
35:04 The Prohibition of Ribis (interest bearing loans)
43:18 Different Types of Hetter iska

The Torah explicitly forbids lending money at interest, yet the Hetter Iska document seems to allow it. Is it legal? Should we all have one? Did the 17th century create a watershed moment? Chapters 00:00 Introduction and Overview 02:26 The Historical Context of Money in Jewish History 08:11 The Role of the Vaad Arba Arotzos in Creating the Hetter Iska Document 11:29 Navigating Financial Transactions within the Framework of Halacha 19:27 Understanding the Document 35:04 The Prohibition of Ribis (interest bearing loans) 43:18 Different Types of Hetter iska

The Torah explicitly forbids lending money at interest, yet the Hetter Iska document seems to allow it.
Is it legal? Should we all have one? Did the 17th century create a watershed moment?
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Chapters
00:00 Introduction and Overview
02:26 The Historical Context of Money in Jewish History
08:11 The Role of the Vaad Arba Arotzos in Creating the Hetter Iska Document
11:29 Navigating Financial Transactions within the Framework of Halacha
19:27 Understanding the Document
35:04 The Prohibition of Ribis (interest bearing loans)
43:18 Different Types of Hetter iska

#135 - Understanding Halacha, History & Change: Taking Interest on a Loan (feat. Dayan Y. Posen)

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History for the Curious features the dynamic historian and famous tour guide & lecturer: Rabbi Aubrey Hersh,  live from the JLE in London, hosted by myself: Mena Reisner 

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Encounter leaders, visionaries, spies, heroes & traitors and unpack 2,000 years of Jewish heritage. 
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History for the Curious The most talked-about Jewish History Podcast History for the Curious features the dynamic historian and famous tour guide & lecturer: Rabbi Aubrey Hersh, live from the JLE in London, hosted by myself: Mena Reisner Join us as we cross continents, sail through the centuries, tracing lives, uncovering events and following epic journeys, to reveal the untold stories, the scandals, and the mysteries, that have impacted our history and shaped us into who we are today. Encounter leaders, visionaries, spies, heroes & traitors and unpack 2,000 years of Jewish heritage. Go back to the story of Jews in the Temple of Jerusalem. Confront the dilemmas of the Holocaust. Visit Paris, Prague, Vilna, London, Venice, New York & the Cairo Geniza. Meet The Russian Czar, Ramchal, Maharal, Maimonides, Churchill, Shabbetai Zvi and the Hapsburgs.

History for the Curious 


The most talked-about Jewish History Podcast 


History for the Curious features the dynamic historian and famous tour guide &amp; lecturer: Rabbi Aubrey Hersh,  live from the JLE in London, hosted by myself: Mena Reisner 

Join us as we cross continents, sail through the centuries, tracing lives, uncovering events and following epic journeys,  to reveal the untold stories, the scandals,  and the mysteries, that have impacted our history and shaped us into who we are today. 

Encounter leaders, visionaries, spies, heroes &amp; traitors and unpack 2,000 years of Jewish heritage. 
Go back to the story of Jews in the Temple of Jerusalem.  Confront the dilemmas of the Holocaust.  Visit Paris, Prague, Vilna, London, Venice, New York &amp; the Cairo Geniza.  Meet The Russian Czar, Ramchal, Maharal, Maimonides, Churchill, Shabbetai Zvi and the Hapsburgs.

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