Hilchot Malveh veLoveh

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Hilchot Malveh veLoveh is the section of Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah that codifies the Jewish laws governing loans, interest, and financial obligations between lenders and borrowers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf halakhic code
section of Mishneh Torah
author Maimonides
basedOn Geonic responsa and rulings
Talmud Bavli
Talmud Yerushalmi
biblical commandments regarding interest and loans
codifies laws of collateral (mashkon)
laws of collection from orphans’ property
laws of debt collection
laws of documentation of debts
laws of guarantors
laws of heter iska–type arrangements (profit-sharing structures) in principle
laws of interest (ribit)
laws of interest taken through intermediaries
laws of liens on property
laws of monetary loans
laws of oaths related to debts
laws of partial payments and restructuring of debts
laws of promissory notes
laws of usury between Jews
obligations of borrowers to repay
obligations of lenders to act ethically
permitted forms of profit in financial transactions
priority of creditors
prohibition of charging interest to a fellow Jew
genre legal code
hasGoal practical legal guidance for Jewish communities
systematization of Jewish monetary law on loans and interest
includedIn Sefer Mishpatim (book of civil and financial laws in Mishneh Torah)
linked to: Sefer Mishpatim
influenced Shulchan Aruch, Choshen Mishpat (sections on ribit and loans)
linked to: Choshen Mishpat

later halakhic codifiers
language Hebrew
legalDomain Jewish civil law
partOf Mishneh Torah
permits certain forms of lending to non-Jews under specific conditions
placeOfComposition Egypt
prohibits taking interest from a fellow Jew
religiousFunction guidance for observant Jews in financial conduct
religiousLawType halakha
religiousTradition Judaism
subject financial obligations
interest
lender-borrower relations
loans
timePeriodOfComposition 12th century
usedBy halakhic decisors (poskim)
rabbinic courts (batei din)
linked to: Rabbinic courts

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Sefer Mishpatim workIncluded Hilchot Malveh veLoveh