Sheviis 10:1 — Shemittas kesafim — which debts are cancelled

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נושא · Topicשְׁמִטַּת כְּסָפִיםShemittas kesafim — which debts are cancelled
This Mishnah is:drawing the boundary · with a machlokeswhat does that mean?
Mishnah שביעית י׳:א׳ · Sheviis 10:1
שְׁבִיעִית, מְשַׁמֶּטֶת אֶת הַמִּלְוָה בִּשְׁטָר וְשֶׁלֹּא בִשְׁטָר.
הַקָּפַת הַחֲנוּת, אֵינָהּ מְשַׁמֶּטֶת,
וְאִם עֲשָׂאָהּ מִלְוָה, הֲרֵי זֶה מְשַׁמֵּט.
רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, הָרִאשׁוֹן הָרִאשׁוֹן מְשַׁמֵּט.
שְׂכַר שָׂכִיר, אֵינוֹ מְשַׁמֵּט,
וְאִם עֲשָׂאוֹ מִלְוָה, הֲרֵי זֶה מְשַׁמֵּט.
רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר,
כָּל מְלָאכָה שֶׁפּוֹסֶקֶת בַּשְּׁבִיעִית, מְשַׁמֶּטֶת,
וְשֶׁאֵינָהּ פּוֹסֶקֶת בַּשְּׁבִיעִית, אֵינָהּ מְשַׁמֶּטֶת:
Sheviis cancels a loan, whether by document or without a document.
A shop credit-account is not cancelled,
but if he made it into a loan, then it is cancelled.
Rabbi Yehuda says: each earlier [balance] is cancelled.
A hired worker's wage is not cancelled,
but if he made it into a loan, then it is cancelled.
Rabbi Yose says:
any labor that ceases in Sheviis, [its debt] is cancelled,
and that does not cease in Sheviis, is not cancelled:
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Summary Chart
Shemittas kesafim — which debts are cancelled▾
CaseRulingReason
Which loans does Sheviis cancel at the end of the year?All of them — with a shtar or without—
And what of a shop credit-account (hakafas hachanus) — a running tab at the store?Tanna Kamma: Not cancelled; totaled up and billed as a loan — cancelled—
Rabbi Yehuda: Each earlier balance is cancelled — every new purchase turns the previous ones into a loan; only the latest stands—
And what of a hired worker's wage?Tanna Kamma: Not cancelled; billed as a loan — cancelled—
Rabbi Yossi: Work Sheviis halts, like field labor — cancelled; work that carries on regardless — not cancelled—
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