Sheviis 10:5 — Dating a Pruzbul

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Dating a Pruzbul

פְּרוֹזְבּוּל מֻקְדָּם וּמְאֻחָר
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Mishnah שביעית י׳:ה׳ · Sheviis 10:5
פְּרוֹזְבּוּל הַמֻּקְדָּם, כָּשֵׁר,
וְהַמְאֻחָר, פָּסוּל.
שִׁטְרֵי חוֹב הַמֻּקְדָּמִים, פְּסוּלִים,
וְהַמְאֻחָרִים, כְּשֵׁרִים.
אֶחָד לֹוֶה מֵחֲמִשָּׁה, כּוֹתֵב פְּרוֹזְבּוּל לְכָל אֶחָד וְאֶחָד.
חֲמִשָּׁה לֹוִין מֵאֶחָד, אֵינוֹ כוֹתֵב אֶלָּא פְּרוֹזְבּוּל אֶחָד לְכֻלָּם:
A pre-dated pruzbul is valid,
and a post-dated one is invalid.
Pre-dated loan documents are invalid,
and post-dated ones are valid.
[If] one person borrows from five, he writes a pruzbul for each and every one.
[If] five borrow from one, he writes only one pruzbul for all of them:

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