Is Halakha Insensitive to Non-Jews? The Case of Fraud
August 24, 2009 by Gidon Rothstein
Filed under Halakha, Talmud
Is Halakah Insensitive to Non-Jews? The Case of Fraud
By Gidon Rothstein
Certain prohibitions lead to the understandable conclusion that Jews do not care about non-Jews, although in at least some cases that conclusion is false.1 One example is the prohibition of אונאה, of overcharging (or the rarer undercharging) for merchandise. Bechorot 13a notes the Torah (ויקרא [...]