Ribbit is defined in the Talmud as agar natar, which means any compensation, whether in money or in kind, a Jew receives from a fellow Jew for having to wait for payment.
"That's makes him a rasha [transgressor] who is disqualified from testifying."
How do retiring to Israel and making aliya affect your finances? Will you still pay U.S. taxes? Will you be able to maintain your American retirement and investment accounts?
By Ehud Tokatly
Hundreds of interest-free banks and credit unions, including Islamic banks, were largely unharmed by the current global crisis.