Dating a pruzbul — and how many to write
A pruzbul: early date — kosher · late date — pasul
Permissiveis valid,
Early date → kosher, but it covers only what came before
Restrictiveis invalid.
Late date → pasul: it claims loans never handed over
A loan document: the other way round
Shibud nechasim: it reaches land sold after its date
Early date → pasul: it would seize land sold before the loan
Restrictiveare invalid,
Permissiveare valid.
Late date → kosher: it can only hurt the lender
One borrows from five: a pruzbul for each lender
Each lender writes his own
Five borrow from one: one pruzbul covers them all
Sheviis 10:5
Dating a Pruzbul
פְּרוֹזְבּוּל מֻקְדָּם וּמְאֻחָר
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: