Responsa for Bava Metzia 114:6
אמר רב הושעיא הכא במאי עסקינן כגון שקיבל עליו לספק סלתות מארבע ועמדו משלש כדתניא המקבל עליו לספק סלתות מארבע ועמדו משלש מספק מארבע משלש ועמדו מארבע מספק מארבע שיד הקדש על העליונה
How is usury by <i>hekdesh</i> possible? Shall we say that the treasurer [of <i>hekdesh</i>] lent one hundred <i>zuz</i> for one hundred and twenty? But he thereby committed a trespass,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By giving money of hekdesh and receiving nothing in immediate return, which is forbidden. The treasurer, of course, acted in ignorance, thinking it permissible on account of the benefit to be reaped by hekdesh. ');"><sup>6</sup></span>
Teshuvot Maharam
Q. A promised ten marks to charity. He gave the money to B for investment purposes on condition that B pay to the poor of a certain community ten quarter-marks per year.
A. B should not give the ten quarter-marks to the poor of that community, since it would constitute unlawful usury. If, however, B earned profit with the ten marks, he must give part of the profit to the poor of another city, since one is not permitted to profit from charity money.
SOURCES: Pr. 999.
A. B should not give the ten quarter-marks to the poor of that community, since it would constitute unlawful usury. If, however, B earned profit with the ten marks, he must give part of the profit to the poor of another city, since one is not permitted to profit from charity money.
SOURCES: Pr. 999.
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