Don't pay back a Band-Aid with a Band-Aid of your own.

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    👑RebYidd23
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    When someone gives you a bandage when you need it, you may think it’s fair to give them one in return when you get a chance to buy some. But by giving someone a Band-Aid when they have no need of it, it implies that you wish them to need it. So don’t pay back a Band-Aid with a Band-Aid.

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    Sam2
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    Lior: Most Poskim say that neighbors (and friends) aren’t Makpid on those little differences so it’s okay.

    #1049499
    Joseph
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    Don’t pay back a bottle of milk with another bottle of milk as it may be ribbis if the bottle you give contains a bit more milk than the bottle you received. So take a bit off first to insure that it isn’t more and ask the loaner mechila in case it is a bit less.

    #1049500
    👑RebYidd23
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    The bottle comes pre-measured.

    #1049501
    Joseph
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    They comparable measurements between one bottle and the next isn’t necessarily precise in regards to both being exactly filled to the brim.

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    #1049503
    showjoe
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    RY: lol, really funny

    #1049504
    👑RebYidd23
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    If bottles of milk are not all equally full, the person who fills them is cheating some of the buyers.

    #1049506
    Joseph
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    Not necessarily. He may be giving some buyers more than they paid for and everyone else exactly what they paid for.

    #1049507

    Rebyidd, very cute. Were you going through old threads, or were you mechaven(es)?

    Mistaken Lyrics

    Don’t forget the alternative version:

    http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/shwekey-lyrics-english/page/2#post-98404

    #1049508
    profound101
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    Off topic but when I saw this thread all I thought of was the Marvelous Midos Machine (I think!) song about nekamah “don’t pay back a bad deed with a bad deed of your own…”

    Just saying

    #1049509
    Joseph
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    Sam: That point would seem to help if you underpay (since as you said their mochel) but not if you overpay (since it is ribbis even if their not makpid.)

    #1049510
    Sam2
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    Lior: Not true. It’s not Ribbis because it’s normal behavior and the extra is just an everyday neighborly minute Matanah.

    #1049511

    The chashash ribbis is if the price of a container of milk goes up, but two bottles of pre-measured milk, even if one has ? oz. more, are worth precisely the same amount.

    #1049512
    Sam2
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    DY: Se’ah B’se’ah is a separate issue from the issue Poskim discuss of lending vegetables (where paying back a carrot for a carrot will necessarily not be precisely the same size).

    #1049513

    I’m saying that this isn’t like vegetables because the two containers are considered identical.

    #1237853
    👑RebYidd23
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    At what point does one consider it not identical? Does it have to be visibly different, or can one bottle contain an extra molecule?

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