Halacha:

Shemittah 

Collections: Rabbi Weinberger: Forgiving Debt During The Shmitah Year

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Please refer to the first shiur in this series for the source text. Forgiving debt takes place even outside of the land of Israel. Calling out to the whole world: " This is Hashem's shmita!" Is shmitas k'safim (forgiving debt) a chovas haguf (obligation upon the person) or a chovah ha'teluyah ba'aretz (an obligation dependent on the land)? When shmitah (resting) of the land is a Rabbinic obligation, then so is forgiving debt. The source for the pruzbul document (permission to collect debts) is in Tractate Gittin. How to execute a pruzbul. How is it possible that Hillel was able to cancel shmitas k'safim?