Sheviis 10:3 — The Pruzbul, Hillel's Takanah

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The Pruzbul, Hillel's Takanah

פְּרוֹזְבּוּל — תַּקָּנַת הִלֵּל הַזָּקֵן
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Mishnah שביעית י׳:ג׳ · Sheviis 10:3
פְּרוֹזְבּוּל, אֵינוֹ מְשַׁמֵּט.
זֶה אֶחָד מִן הַדְּבָרִים שֶׁהִתְקִין הִלֵּל הַזָּקֵן,
כְּשֶׁרָאָה שֶׁנִּמְנְעוּ הָעָם מִלְּהַלְווֹת זֶה אֶת זֶה וְעוֹבְרִין עַל מַה שֶּׁכָּתוּב בַּתּוֹרָה (דברים טו) הִשָּׁמֶר לְךָ פֶּן יִהְיֶה דָבָר עִם לְבָבְךָ בְּלִיַּעַל וְגוֹ',
הִתְקִין הִלֵּל לַפְּרוֹזְבּוּל:
A pruzbul is not canceled.
This is one of the things that was instituted by Hillel the Elder,
when he saw that the people refrained from lending to one another and were transgressing what is written in the Torah: (Devarim 15), "Beware, lest there be a base thought in your heart..."
[so] he instituted Hillel the pruzbul:

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