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2024-02-01 08:21:07 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: E89D0FF32B2E2FF0CC5D27CDE2E7687F860019B3D98F3F629703040D256FD05D
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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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