Commentary for Bava Metzia 121:13

אלא לא לכתוב רחמנא לאו בגזל ותיתי מהנך דמאי פרכת מה לרבית שכן חידוש אונאה תוכיח

Raba said: Why did the Divine Law write an injunction against <i>ribbith</i>, an injunction against robbery, and an injunction against overreaching?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since the essence of all three is the taking of money (or goods) to which one is not entitled, had one been prohibited, the others would have followed as a matter of course. ');">¹²</span>

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