Sheviis 10:8 — Accepting Payback

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Accepting Payback

מְשַׁמֵּט אֲנִי — אַף עַל פִּי כֵן
Mishnah שביעית י׳:ח׳ · Sheviis 10:8
הַמַּחֲזִיר חוֹב בַּשְּׁבִיעִית, יֹאמַר לוֹ מְשַׁמֵּט אָנִי.
אָמַר לוֹ אַף עַל פִּי כֵן, יְקַבֵּל מִמֶּנּוּ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דברים טו) וְזֶה דְּבַר הַשְּׁמִטָּה.
כַּיּוֹצֵא בוֹ, רוֹצֵחַ שֶׁגָּלָה לְעִיר מִקְלָט וְרָצוּ אַנְשֵׁי הָעִיר לְכַבְּדוֹ, יֹאמַר לָהֶם, רוֹצֵחַ אָנִי.
אָמְרוּ לוֹ, אַף עַל פִּי כֵן, יְקַבֵּל מֵהֶם, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (שם יט) וְזֶה דְּבַר הָרוֹצֵחַ:
One who returns a debt in Sheviis - [the lender] should say to him: 'I release [it].'
[If] he said to him: 'Even so,' he may accept [it] from him, as it is stated (Devarim 15): "And this is the matter of the release."
Similarly: a killer who was exiled to a city of refuge, and the people of the city wished to honor him - he should say to them, 'I am a killer.'
[If] they said to him: 'Even so,' he may accept from them, as it is stated (ibid. 19): "And this is the matter of the killer."

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