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[–]no_u 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

It's more interesting than that: a treatise with a complex assessment of religious and civil laws that guide legal officials, and re. 113a, concerning interactions with gentiles. It's obviously problematic because of the conflation of civil and religious law, and doubly problematic because Hebrews require their own legal systems and territories to be independent of gentile legal systems and territories, though both obviously overlap. I'll correct my comment further above - noting it's worse than the false translation given by Larry - but I will note that my concern is essentially that these legal discussions specifically regard methods for cheating gentiles, though arguments are given to not cheat them. There is one serious problem here:

It is derived from a verse, as it is stated: “And you shall consume all the peoples that the Lord your God shall deliver unto you” (Deuteronomy 7:16), indicating that it is permitted to consume the other nations’ property only when they are delivered into your hand, i.e., in times of war, but not when they are not delivered into your hand.

There is no sufficient argument against this, and indeed gentiles would also keep spoils of war or conflict. This is a major loophole in the arguments, something that has permitted Israeli's to take Palestinian property while violating international law. Jewish law permits it, whereas international law does not. It's obviously a double-standard. If Jews want their laws respected, they should also respect international law, or gentile law, as partially noted on folio 113a. But Jews can call whatever they take as 'delivered into their hands' in time of conflict, thereby not respecting international law.

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    Unrelated.