Day #270–Rambam DAILY Sefer HaMitzvos

B it is day number 270 of our daily study and in the three chapters of day study track of M we're continuing in the laws of buying and selling chapters 22 23 24 and our Mitzvah today is a repeat from yesterday negative commandment 253 is the prohibition against cheating a gedc a righteous convert to Judaism in uh business we mentioned that the concept is called a m AG grieving somebody in monetary matters and there's an additional prohibition against doing this to a convert I mentioned yesterday the thinking is why why is the convert singled out here for Extra Protection under the law um I mentioned in passing the idea is that convert is coming from another Community another uh background and so they're more vulnerable I'll sort of fill that in and explain that a little bit more uh the verse that this prohibition comes from is BAS that's the book of Exodus chapter 22 verse 20 where it says v a stranger meaning someone who has become Jewish do not We're translating that word as do not aggrieve him do not distress him cause him trouble don't bother him abuse him mistreat him um and as we explained that means in monetary matters okay on this verse Exodus 22:20 There Is A Commentary from thei Who is the Kuni is a French Rabbi a medieval commentary on the tah he's after Rashi and in fact sometimes he refers to rashi's commentary about a century or two after Rashi and on this verse he explained something very interesting he says precisely because the G did not grow up in Jewish Society he would be unfamiliar with Jewish monetary laws and because he's unfamiliar with Jewish monetary laws meaning he grew up under a different set of laws it would be easy to get the better of him in a business deal and that's why we have a specific prohibition against mistreating him in business it's an interesting uh explanation that just sort of fills in the reasoning behind it a little bit more ultimately as a I've mentioned before Mitzvah are Mitzvah not because they make sense but because they are the will of Hashem but wherever we can appreciate the aspect of a Mitzvah which also makes sense to us we Endeavor to do so okay that's our mitzvah for today just that one uh Mitzvah and we will see you again for more tomorrow God willing