Mesorat%20hashas for Bava Metzia 122:13

א"ר אבהו עד כאן של תורה מכאן ואילך של דבריהם וכן אמר רבא עד כאן של תורה מכאן ואילך של דבריהם

AND WHAT IS <i>TARBITH</i>? THE TAKING OF INTEREST ON PRODUCE. E.G., IF ONE PURCHASES WHEAT AT A GOLD <i>DENAR</i>, etc. Is then the preceding example<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [Lit., 'is that stated' according to MS.M.; cur. edd. 'Are all these stated'.] Viz., lending a sela' that five denarii should be returned. ');">²⁵</span> not interest? — R. Abbahu said: Hitherto it [i.e., the first instance] is interest in the Biblical sense, but from here onward by Rabbinical law.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'according to these words'. Lending a sum of money for a larger return is Biblically forbidden; but buying ahead, as illustrated in the Mishnah, was prohibited by the Rabbis. ');">²⁶</span>

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