Sheviis 10:3 — Pruzbul — Hillel's takanah

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נושא · Topicפְּרוֹזְבּוּל — תַּקָּנַת הִלֵּל הַזָּקֵןPruzbul — Hillel's takanah
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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 cancelled.
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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case/objectrestrictive rulingTannareasonpasuk/proof textgeneral rule
Structure
The Mishnah's Structure▾
פְּרוֹזְבּוּל אֵינוֹ מְשַׁמֵּט מְשַׁמֵּט shemittah's wipe-line שֶׁנִּמְנְעוּ הָעָם מִלְּהַלְווֹת זֶה אֶת זֶה so people stopped lending הִתְקִין הִלֵּל לַפְּרוֹזְבּוּל Beis Din the debt survives — lending returns
Summary Chart
Pruzbul — Hillel's takanah▾
CaseRulingReason
Does Sheviis cancel a debt covered by a pruzbul — the shtar handing one's debts to beis din to collect?No—
Who instituted the pruzbul, and why?Hillel the Elder — one of his takanosכְּשֶׁרָאָה שֶׁנִּמְנְעוּ הָעָם מִלְּהַלְווֹת זֶה אֶת זֶה — he saw the people holding back from lending one another, transgressing הִשָּׁמֶר לְךָ פֶּן יִהְיֶה דָבָר עִם לְבָבְךָ בְלִיַּעַל
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