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September 8, 2016

Allowing Others to Take Advantage of You Is No Mitzvah

Nice guys don’t have to finish last.

Analyzing a contemporary halakhic ruling by Rabbi Asher Weiss, Gil Student argues that, while the Torah demands scrupulous honesty—especially in business dealings—it does not demand making oneself a victim of exploitation. His conclusion, based primarily on medieval rabbinic works, is perhaps best illustrated by a midrashic tale about the biblical Jacob:

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September 8, 2016

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