Commentary for Bava Metzia 142:8
אלא אמר רב פפא כגון שנטל ונתן ביד ואכתי מאי למימרא מהו דתימא נכרי גופיה כי עביד אדעתא דישראל קא גמיר ויהיב קמ"ל
AN ISRAELITE MAY LEND A HEATHEN'S MONEY [ON INTEREST] WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE HEATHEN, BUT NOT OF THE ISRAELITE. Our Rabbis taught: An Israelite may lend a heathen's money [on interest] with the knowledge of the heathen, but not of the Israelite. E.g., if an Israelite borrowed money from a heathen on interest, and was about to repay it, when another Israelite met him and proposed. 'Give it to me and I will pay you as you pay him' — that is forbidden; but if he presented him to the heathen,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., obtained the Gentile's authority for the transaction. ');"><sup>7</sup></span>
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