Related%20passage for Bava Metzia 143:6

תנו רבנן שטר שכתוב בו רבית קונסין אותו ואינו גובה לא את הקרן ולא את הרבית דברי רבי מאיר וחכמים אומרים גובה את הקרן ואינו גובה את הרבית במאי קמיפלגי רבי מאיר סבר קנסינן התירא משום איסורא ורבנן סברי לא קנסינן התירא משום איסורא

Similarly, if a heathen borrowed money on interest from an Israelite, and then recorded them [the principal and the interest] against him as a loan, and became a proselyte: if the settlement preceded his conversion, he [the Israelite] may exact both the principal and the interest; if it followed his conversion, he may exact the principal but not the interest. R. Jose ruled: If a heathen borrowed money from an Israelite on interest, then in both cases [whether conversion preceded the settlement or the reverse] he may collect both the principal and the interest. Raba said in the name of R. Hisda in the name of R. Huna: The <i>halachah</i> is as R. Jose. Raba said: What is the reason of R. Jose? That it should not be said that he turned a proselyte for the sake of money.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To evade the payment of interest. ');">⁶</span>

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