Note 248 — Chapter X · THE "ENLIGHTENED ABSOLUTISM" OF ALEXANDER I.
Israel Friedlaender translation
The insistence on Hebrew in the latter case is connected with the rabbinical form of promissory note, the so-called Shtar Iska [a form of partnership agreement which was designed to obviate the difficulties arising out of the Biblical prohibition to lend money on interest. A similar legal fiction was introduced by the medieval Church].