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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 C.M. 249:2</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.
 
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 applied to the seven nations that inhabited the land of Israel in the days of Yehoshua.<ref>Torah Temimah in Devarim 7:2</ref>
#One is permitted to accept a gift from a non-Jew.<ref>Yad Rama Bava Batra 6</ref>


==Exceptions==
==Exceptions==
#fun
 
#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.
 
Ran (Gittin 38b) uses this rationale to explain how Rav Shimon Ben Gamliel freed his slave in order to complete a minyan. Although this was a gift to the slave, it is permissible if the givers benefit.</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>:
##Give charity to a non-Jew.
##Visit a non-Jew who is ill.
##Bury and eulogize non-Jew.
##Comfort a non-Jewish mourner.
#One may tip a taxi driver, even though you’ll never see him again.<ref>The Debreciner Rav (Beer Moshe 3:117) explains that  if you don’t he (and his friends) will no longer stop and pick up Jews.</ref>
 
==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 Chaim Goldberg - [https://tablet.otzar.org/he/pages/?&restore=1&t=1563238228289&pagenum=406&book=50783 Bein Yisroel L'Nochri Siman 28 page 390]


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  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]
    3. Others explain that this only applied to the seven nations that inhabited the land of Israel in the days of Yehoshua.[4]
  2. One is permitted to accept a gift from a non-Jew.[5]

Exceptions

  1. If you may receive something in return from the non-Jew, it is permissible to give gifts.[6]
  2. If you are giving a gift in order to maintain a peaceful environment, it is permissible.[7] Therefore, one may[8]:
    1. Give charity to a non-Jew.
    2. Visit a non-Jew who is ill.
    3. Bury and eulogize non-Jew.
    4. Comfort a non-Jewish mourner.
  3. One may tip a taxi driver, even though you’ll never see him again.[9]

Links

  1. Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz - Lo Sechaneim - Gifts and Compliments to Gentiles
  2. Rabbi Chaim Goldberg - Bein Yisroel L'Nochri Siman 28 page 390

Sources

  1. ↑ Avoda Zara 20b quoting Devarim 7:2. Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 151:11 C.M. 249:2
  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. ↑ Yad Rama Bava Batra 6
  6. ↑ 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. Ran (Gittin 38b) uses this rationale to explain how Rav Shimon Ben Gamliel freed his slave in order to complete a minyan. Although this was a gift to the slave, it is permissible if the givers benefit.
  7. ↑ Shulchan Aruch C.M. 249:2
  8. ↑ Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 151:12
  9. ↑ The Debreciner Rav (Beer Moshe 3:117) explains that if you don’t he (and his friends) will no longer stop and pick up Jews.
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