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2024-02-01 16:52:03 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: A35C9988E621734EB9A8E08021A64EA28D160DAB9E9E1040CFAC05FBAAF57BBC
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Rabbinical Judaism, created in ~600 AD from the Babylonian Talmud, developed many then novel innovations such as dodging sin by re-naming sinful actions using non-sinful descriptions. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talmud heter iska - claiming a loan is not a loan - it’s an investment! Is one use of this tech https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/4108763/jewish/Moneylending-and-Jewish-Law.htm
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