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Implied is that the worth of an article is not static, but instead varies according to seasonal demand. Similarly, the place where an article is being sold is significant. For example, when articles are sold in an upscale department store, it is not considered as unfair gain to sell them for a higher price than at a discount warehouse. Similarly, i

Even if [the borrower does not offer] security, one is obligated to lend to him, and even give him a free gift,10

Devarim 15:8. Kesubos 67b infers from the Hebrew phrase employed that the mitzvah of giving charity involves giving a person not merely enough to satisfy his basic necessities, but also enough to enable him to maintain

when he states “The article cost me such-and-such,” he is not speaking only about its purchase price, but the total of the expenditures he made because of it. This provides another rationale why high-priced retail establishments can price their merchandise more expensively: Their overhead is also considerably higher.