Mesorat%20hashas for Pesachim 224:2

מצוה וגוף גדול אוכל פירות ולא שכר מצוה וגוף טהור נושא אשה ולו בנים

is a good deed and profitable investment.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'a large body'. The passage is a difficult one, particularly with the reading of the ed. , but it would seem to refer to lending money on a field and receiving some of its produce in part repayment. But as its value is probably calculated at less than market price, this is a profitable uku investment, yet at the same time there is no actual interest. Such a transaction is permitted (B.M. 67b) . 'Ar. and MS.M. read: , and Jast. accordingly translates: An act of charity and at the same time a good investment is the act of him who helps to produce fruits, while he has the reward (e.g. , one who loans money to a husbandman on security, allowing payment in small instalments) .');">³</span> A religious deed which leaves the body pure is marrying a woman when one [already] has children. Four things did our holy Teacher<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., R. Judah ha-Nasi.');">⁴</span>

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