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January 20, 2009 5:20 am at 5:20 am
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nossond
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Joeseph:
There is another issue besides kidush/chilul HaShem, namely, darchei shalom. For this reason, we give tzedacka to poor goyim.
Moreover, the gemarah berachos (17a) states that one should increase Shalom even with a nochri in the shuk. The gemarah continues about R’Yochanan Ben Zakai that nobody ever preceded to give him shalom, even a nochri in the shuk.