English transcript

usury is the crime of charging interest on loans.

The idea here is that you are taking money

and you are making money, more money, by doing nothing.

And in the Middle Ages, this was seen as violence against God.

One thing in Islam which is not allowed, clearly, is interest.

It's not allowed to give it or receive it.

It's actually one of the major sins of Islam.

Interest is the idea of getting something for nothing.

So they say that this is an exploitative thing in its core,

therefore we don't accept it.

The Gemara says that rebis, interest, is called agar natal,

meaning it's a rental payment for renting out money.

And that the Torah prohibits.

In fact, for non-Jews, you're allowed to rent out your money.

L'anokh ritashich, the Torah says,

you're allowed to take rebis, to take interest,

from a loan to a non-Jew.

But for Jews, you're not allowed to take interest.