choshen mishpatWe're still mapping where this idea was first discussed. Key passages and related ideas below.
Mashkon (Pledge / Security for a Loan)
The biblical and Talmudic law of collateral — the prohibition on entering to seize a pledge and on withholding a poor man's garment; a core institution of loan law.
The biblical and Talmudic law of collateral — the prohibition on entering to seize a pledge and on withholding a poor man's garment; a core institution of loan law.
Key passages(1)
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כִּֽי־תַשֶּׁ֥ה בְרֵֽעֲךָ֖ מַשַּׁ֣את מְא֑וּמָה לֹא־תָבֹ֥א אֶל־בֵּית֖וֹ לַעֲבֹ֥ט עֲבֹטֽוֹ׃
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