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#One is forbidden to give a free gift to a non-Jew.<ref>Avoda Zara 20b quoting Devarim 7:2. Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 151:11 C.M. 249:2</ref>
#One is forbidden to give a compliment to a non-Jew or to his actions.<ref>Avoda Zara 20b quoting Devarim 7:2. Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 151:14</ref>
##Some explain that this by all non-Jews except for a ''ger toshav''.<ref>Tosfos Avoda Zara 20a s.v. d'amar. Beis Yosef C.M. 249. Shach Y.D. 151:18.
##Some explain that this by all non-Jews except for a ''ger toshav''.<ref>Tosfos Avoda Zara 20a s.v. d'amar. Beis Yosef C.M. 249. Shach Y.D. 151:18.


Sma C.M. 249:2 explains that a ger toshav is a person who accepts the sheva mitzvos bnei noach and we are therefore obligated to provide for him if he doesn't have and are allowed to give him gifts. However, one who doesn't abide by the sheva mitzvos can only be sold to</ref>
Sma C.M. 249:2 explains that a ger toshav is a person who accepts the sheva mitzvos bnei noach and we are therefore obligated to provide for him if he doesn't have and are allowed to give him gifts. However, one who doesn't abide by the sheva mitzvos can only be sold to</ref>
##Others explain that this only applies to idolaters<ref>Meiri Avoda Zara 20a and Sefer HaChinuch Mitzvah 426</ref>
##Others explain that this only applies to idolaters<ref>Meiri Avoda Zara 20a and Sefer HaChinuch Mitzvah 426</ref>
#One is permitted to accept a gift from a non-Jew.<ref>Yad Rama Bava Batra 6</ref>
##Others explain that this only applied to the seven nations that inhabited the land of Israel in the days of Yehoshua.<ref>Torah Temimah in Devarim 7:2</ref>


==Exceptions==
==Exceptions==


#If you may receive something in return from the non-Jew, it is permissible to give gifts.<ref>Taz Y.D. 151:8. Rosh Avoda Zara 1:19 explains that it is not a free gift, but an exchange, similar to a sale</ref>
#If you may receive benefit in return from the non-Jew, it is permissible to give a compliment.<ref>Taz Y.D. 151:8. Rosh Avoda Zara 1:19 explains that it is not a free gift, but an exchange, similar to a sale</ref>
#If you are giving a gift in order to maintain a peaceful environment, it is permissible.<ref>Shulchan Aruch C.M. 249:2</ref> Therefore, one may<ref>Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 151:12</ref>:
#It is permissible to praise a non-Jew as a form of praise of God.<ref>Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 151:14. Shut Btzel HaChochma 1:46</ref>
##Give charity to a non-Jew.
#It is permissible to praise a non-Jew as a springboard to praising a Jew.<ref>Sefer HaChinuch Mitzvah 426</ref>
##Visit a non-Jew who is ill.
#One may pray and say kaddish for a non Jewish parent.<ref>Rav Ovadia Yosef (Yechaveh Daas 6:60)</ref>
##Bury and eulogize non-Jew.
#Some allow praising the wisdom of a non-Jew.<ref>Shut Teshuvos V'Hanhagos 4:197</ref>
##Comfort a non-Jewish mourner.
#Some allow praising a non-Jew if there is no personal connection.<ref>Shut Teshuvos V'Hanhagos 4:197</ref>
#Some allow praising a non-Jew after he dies.<ref>Avoda Berurah Avoda Zara 20a</ref>
#Some allow praising a non-Jew with above normal abilities.<ref>Shut Divrei Yatziv 10:43</ref>


==Links==
==Links==


#Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz - [https://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecture.cfm/741173/rabbi-aryeh-lebowitz/lo-sechaneim-gifts-and-compliments-to-gentiles/ Lo Sechaneim - Gifts and Compliments to Gentiles]
#Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz - [https://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecture.cfm/741173/rabbi-aryeh-lebowitz/lo-sechaneim-gifts-and-compliments-to-gentiles/ Lo Sechaneim - Gifts and Compliments to Gentiles]
#Rabbi Chaim Goldberg - [https://tablet.otzar.org/he/pages/?&restore=1&t=1563238228289&pagenum=406&book=50783 Bein Yisroel L'Nochri Siman 28 page 390]
#Rabbi Chaim Goldberg - [https://tablet.otzar.org/he/pages/?&restore=1&t=1563238228289&pagenum=406&book=50783 Bein Yisroel L'Nochri Siman 28 page 394]


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Revision as of 01:43, 16 July 2019

Source

  1. One is forbidden to give a compliment to a non-Jew or to his actions.[1]
    1. Some explain that this by all non-Jews except for a ger toshav.[2]
    2. Others explain that this only applies to idolaters[3]
    3. Others explain that this only applied to the seven nations that inhabited the land of Israel in the days of Yehoshua.[4]

Exceptions

  1. If you may receive benefit in return from the non-Jew, it is permissible to give a compliment.[5]
  2. It is permissible to praise a non-Jew as a form of praise of God.[6]
  3. It is permissible to praise a non-Jew as a springboard to praising a Jew.[7]
  4. One may pray and say kaddish for a non Jewish parent.[8]
  5. Some allow praising the wisdom of a non-Jew.[9]
  6. Some allow praising a non-Jew if there is no personal connection.[10]
  7. Some allow praising a non-Jew after he dies.[11]
  8. Some allow praising a non-Jew with above normal abilities.[12]

Links

  1. Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz - Lo Sechaneim - Gifts and Compliments to Gentiles
  2. Rabbi Chaim Goldberg - Bein Yisroel L'Nochri Siman 28 page 394

Sources

  1. Avoda Zara 20b quoting Devarim 7:2. Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 151:14
  2. Tosfos Avoda Zara 20a s.v. d'amar. Beis Yosef C.M. 249. Shach Y.D. 151:18. Sma C.M. 249:2 explains that a ger toshav is a person who accepts the sheva mitzvos bnei noach and we are therefore obligated to provide for him if he doesn't have and are allowed to give him gifts. However, one who doesn't abide by the sheva mitzvos can only be sold to
  3. Meiri Avoda Zara 20a and Sefer HaChinuch Mitzvah 426
  4. Torah Temimah in Devarim 7:2
  5. Taz Y.D. 151:8. Rosh Avoda Zara 1:19 explains that it is not a free gift, but an exchange, similar to a sale
  6. Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 151:14. Shut Btzel HaChochma 1:46
  7. Sefer HaChinuch Mitzvah 426
  8. Rav Ovadia Yosef (Yechaveh Daas 6:60)
  9. Shut Teshuvos V'Hanhagos 4:197
  10. Shut Teshuvos V'Hanhagos 4:197
  11. Avoda Berurah Avoda Zara 20a
  12. Shut Divrei Yatziv 10:43