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Sforno on Exodus 22:24/ספורנו על שמות כ״ב:כ״ד
אאִם כֶּסֶף תַּלְוֶה. אִם יִהְיֶה זֶה שֶׁלֹּא יִתְקַיֵּם בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל מַה שֶּׁנֶּאֱמַר (דברים טו:ד) "אֶפֶס כִּי לֹא יִהְיֶה בְּךָ אֶבְיוֹן", אֲבָל יִתְקַיֵּם בָּהֶם (דברים טו:יא) "כִּי לֹא יֶחְדַּל אֶבְיוֹן", וְאָז יִקְרֶה שֶׁתַּלְוֶה.
1אם כסף תלוה, if this is an Israelite on whom the promise that “there will not be a destitute person among you” has not been fulfilled. (compare Deuteronomy 15,4) The individual in need of a loan is the one who became subject to another promise (threat) written in the Torah in Deuteronomy 15,11 כי לא יחדל אביון, “there will never be a total absence of destitute people, etc.” When such a situation arises the victim will require a loan.