Question:
If I lent someone 2 earplugs and he buys me a box of earplugs as a present is that ribis?
Answer:
Earplugs are often lent to use and replace with new ones, therefore it is like lending money or food, and you should not return or receive extra ones.
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Additional reading:
- Heter Iska without Signing
- Ribbis with Returned Purchase
- Ribbis for Returned Deposit
- Can a Jew lend the money of a non-Jewish?
- Inhereted a Shtar Ribis that on which one of the co lenders is a not religious
- Loan to be repaid from inheritance
- Can one make a charity donation with a credit card and ask for change. Is this ribbis?