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Tractate Bava Metzia: Business Ethics and the Oven of Akhnai
Tractate Bava Metzia covers lost objects, employer-employee law, and fair lending — but it is most famous for the Oven of Akhnai, the dramatic story where the rabbis overrule God Himself and declare 'the Torah is not in heaven.'
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Ribbit: The Prohibition of Interest in Jewish Law
An exploration of ribbit — the Torah's prohibition against charging interest on loans between Jews — covering its biblical sources, the heter iska solution, and practical applications in modern finance.
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