Jewish%20thought for Bava Metzia 122:12

ואיזהו תרבית המרבה בפירות כיצד לקח הימנו חטים בדינר זהב וכו': אטו כל הני דאמרינן עד השתא לאו רבית הוא

But, he objected, is their reward [for abstaining from them] greater than [the reward for obeying the precepts on] interest, fringes and weights?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This being implied by his answer. ');">²³</span> — Though their reward is no greater, he rejoined, it is more loathsome to eat them [than to engage in the other malpractices].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So that 'brought you up', i.e., elevated you above such repulsiveness, is more appropriate to this than to the other laws. ');">²⁴</span>

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