Heter Iska – A Person without Assets or Land
Question
How can a yeshiva student who has no assets or land make a heter iska properly according to Halacha?
Answer
Shalom u’vracha
It is not possible to make a loan with a heter iska if the borrower does not have a business.
[Ownership of land in a place where prices are rising — such land is considered a business].
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Answers questions at Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Smicha "Yoreh-Yoreh" (2012), Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Orach Chaim, Yoreh Deah
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