Commentary for Bava Metzia 120:15
סוף סוף אי בתר מעיקרא אזלת הרי נשך והרי תרבית אי בתר בסוף אזלת לא נשך איכא ולא תרבית איכא
<b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. WHAT IS <i>NESHEK</i> AND WHAT IS <i>TARBITH</i>?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Neshek, from [H] 'to bite', denotes usury, 'bitten out', as it were, from the debtor, something received for nothing given. Tarbith, marbith, and ribbith from [H], 'to increase', denotes increase, profits. The question of the Mishnah is posited on Lev. XXV, 36: Take thou no neshek from him, nor tarbith. ');"><sup>15</sup></span>
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