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#The Gemorah says that one is forbidden to give a free gift to a non-Jew.<ref>Avoda Zara 20b quoting Devarim 7:2</ref>
#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</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</ref>
##Others explain that this only applies to idolaters<ref>Meiri Avoda Zara 20a and Sefer HaChinuch Mitzvah 426</ref>


==Exceptions==
==Exceptions==
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#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>


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Revision as of 00:50, 16 July 2019

Source

  1. One is forbidden to give a free gift to a non-Jew.[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]

Exceptions

  1. If you may receive something in return from the non-Jew, it is permissible to give gifts.[4]

Sources

  1. Avoda Zara 20b quoting Devarim 7:2. Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 151:11
  2. Tosfos Avoda Zara 20a s.v. d'amar. Beis Yosef C.M. 249. Shach Y.D. 151:18
  3. Meiri Avoda Zara 20a and Sefer HaChinuch Mitzvah 426
  4. 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