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In general terms, ona'ah (Template:Lang-he-n or Template:Lang-he-n, lit. overreaching) refers to the Jewish laws surrounding monetary deception.[1][2]

The word is used in modern Hebrew to describe fraud or embezzlement, in halachich terms it describes unfair pricing.[3]

References

  1. ^ "ONA'AH - JewishEncyclopedia.com". www.jewishencyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  2. ^ "Ona'ah". www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  3. ^ "Unfair Pricing | Business Halacha". businesshalacha.com. Retrieved 2016-07-09.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)


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