Home›Sources›Debt, Equity, and the Tricky Case of the Iska (Beth Din of America)SourcesDebt, Equity, and the Tricky Case of the Iska (Beth Din of America)Beth Din of AmericaCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Debt, Equity, and the Tricky Case of the Iska (Beth Din of America)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/debt-equity-tricky-case-of-the-iska-beth-din-of-america.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Debt, Equity, and the Tricky Case of the Iska (Beth Din of America). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/debt-equity-tricky-case-of-the-iska-beth-din-of-americaCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-debt-equity-and-the-tricky-case-of-the-i, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Debt, Equity, and the Tricky Case of the Iska (Beth Din of America)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/debt-equity-tricky-case-of-the-iska-beth-din-of-america}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXBeth Din of America's own explanation of the heter iska, the halakhic mechanism recasting an interest bearing loan as a shared investment so that Jewish law's prohibition on interest between Jews is not triggered. Names its medieval formalization by Rabbi Baruch ben Isaac's Sefer Ha-Terumah and Rabbi Yisrael Isserlin's Terumat Ha-Deshen, and explains the mechanism: the lender and borrower become partners in a venture, sharing profit and loss, rather than creditor and debtor.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsClaims Backed By This Source (10 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1Beth Din of America is a working Orthodox rabbinical court that administers heter iska contracts in practice today, not a secondary description of one; its own account of the mechanism it operates is about as authoritative a source as exists for this specific question. No publication date is stated on the fetched page, an absence named here rather than left silent, and no single settled year exists across sources for when the mechanism was formalized, which is why the Judaism fact this source backs carries era precision rather than a forced year.NotesWell-attestedCited for the heter iska mechanism and its medieval formalization by named authorities, Sefer Ha-Terumah and Terumat Ha-Deshen, without a single settled year.CitationPublisherWell-attestedBeth Din of AmericaURLWell-attestedhttps://bethdin.org/debt-equity-and-the-tricky-case-of-the-iska/Source TypeWell-attestedreligious bodyCross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithAmericas, Continents Well-attested This source names Americas directly: "Beth Din of America's own explanation of the heter iska, the halakhic mechanism recasting an interest bearing loan as a shared investment so that Jewish law's prohibition on interest between Jews is..."Source Debt, Equity, and the Tricky Case of the Iska (Beth Din of America)tier 1Claims Backed By This Source (10 claims)This source backs 10 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSources, 7 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds.Religions, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.Well-attested8ReligionsJudaismSourcesDebt, Equity, and the Tricky Case of the Iska (Beth Din of America)Holds1SourcesDebt, Equity, and the Tricky Case of the Iska (Beth Din of America)General References1ReligionsJudaismComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year