Editing Interest (section)

===Judaism===
{{main|Loans and interest in Judaism}}
Jews are forbidden from usury in dealing with fellow Jews, and this lending is to be considered [[tzedakah]], or charity. However, there are permissions to charge interest on loans to [[Gentile|non-Jews]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Robinson|first=George|title=Interest-Free Loans in Judaism|url=http://www.myjewishlearning.com/practices/Ethics/Business_Ethics/In_Practice/Business_Ethics_and_Jewish_Law/Usury_and_Moneylending/Interest-Free_Loans.shtml|access-date=12 March 2015|archive-date=5 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305180632/https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/interest-free-loans-in-judaism/|url-status=live}}</ref> Several historical rulings in [[Halakha|Jewish law]] have mitigated the allowances for usury toward non-Jews. For instance, the 15th-century commentator [[Isaac Abarbanel|Rabbi Isaac Abrabanel]] specified that the rubric for allowing interest does not apply to Christians or Muslims, because their faith systems have a common ethical basis originating from Judaism. The medieval commentator [[David Kimhi|Rabbi David Kimchi]] extended this principle to non-Jews who show consideration for Jews, saying they should be treated with the same consideration when they borrow.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/moneylending|title=Encyclopedia Judaica: Moneylending|date=2008|website=Jewish Virtual Library|access-date=October 16, 2017|archive-date=October 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016152612/https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/moneylending|url-status=live}}</ref>