Sheviis 10:6 — Pruzbul only on land

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נושא · Topicאֵין כּוֹתְבִין פְּרוֹזְבּוּל אֶלָּא עַל הַקַּרְקַעPruzbul only on land
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Mishnah שביעית י׳:ו׳ · Sheviis 10:6
אֵין כּוֹתְבִין פְּרוֹזְבּוּל אֶלָּא עַל הַקַּרְקַע.
אִם אֵין לוֹ, מְזַכֶּה הוּא בְּתוֹךְ שָׂדֵהוּ כָּל שֶׁהוּא.
הָיְתָה לוֹ שָׂדֶה מְמֻשְׁכֶּנֶת בָּעִיר, כּוֹתְבִין עָלֶיהָ פְּרוֹזְבּוּל.
רַבִּי חֻצְפִּית אוֹמֵר, כּוֹתְבִין לָאִישׁ עַל נִכְסֵי אִשְׁתּוֹ, וְלַיְתוֹמִים עַל נִכְסֵי אַפּוֹטְרוֹפִּין:
One may not write a pruzbul unless [the borrower has] land.
If he has none, [the lender] grants him any [small] amount within his own field.
[If] he had a field mortgaged in the town, one may write a pruzbul on it.
Rabbi Chutzpis says: one may write for a man against his wife's property, and for orphans against their guardians' property:
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Summary Chart
Pruzbul only on land▾
CaseRulingReason
May a pruzbul be written when the borrower owns no land?No — only on land; a landless debtor is simply granted a scrap of the lender’s field, however small—
And if the borrower's field is mortgaged in town — pledged to another lender?Yes—
May it be written on land that is not the borrower's own?Rabbi Chutzpis: Yes — for a man on his wife’s property (its produce is his), and for orphans on their guardian’s property—
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