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Is paying interest to a gentile considered ribit?

Question:

Is paying interest to a gentile considered ribit? Does it have to be a Jew to be forbidden, or also if its to or from a non jew?

Answer:

The rules of ribit do not apply to loans given to or taken from a non Jew, therefore it is permitted.

Sources:

Y:D 159-1

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