Halacha:

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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. Cancelling a debt is a din (law) between one Jew and another Jew, not between a Jew and a beis din (Jewish court). Some difference between a pruzbul (document to keep a debt in force) and the halacha (law) of "moser shtarosav l'beis din" (somebody who turns his documents over to a court for collection). Why did Hillel feel that he had to decree a pruzbul if there was another way for a person to collect his debts? According to Rashi, the pruzbul is, in effect, just another term for "moser shtarosav l'beis din." Does a pruzbul work at all times? How is it possible that the Sages appeared to uproot a Torah law?