## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 111

###### Sifrei Devarim 111:1
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(דברים טו א) **מִקֵּץ שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים**, יָכוֹל מִתְּחִלַּת הַשָּׁנָה אוֹ בְּסוֹפָהּ? הֲרֵי אַתְּ דָּן: נֶאֱמַר כָּאן ״קֵץ״ וְנֶאֱמַר לְהַלָּן (דברים לא י) ״קֵץ״, מָה קֵץ הָאָמוּר לְהַלָּן בְּסוֹפָהּ וְלֹא בִּתְחִלָּתָהּ – אַף קֵץ הָאָמוּר כָּאן בְּסוֹפָהּ וְלֹא בִּתְחִלָּתָהּ.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(Devarim 15:1) "From the end (*ketz*) of seven years you shall make *shemitah* (a release)": I might think, from the beginning of the (seventh) year; we, therefore, reason: It is written here "*ketz*," and, elsewhere, (*Ibid*. 31:10) "*ketz*." Just as "*ketz*" there is at the end and not in the beginning, so, "*ketz*" here.


###### Sifrei Devarim 111:2
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(דברים טו א-ב) **תַּעֲשֶׂה שְׁמִטָּה... שָׁמוֹט** – כָּל זְמַן שֶׁיֵּשׁ לְךָ שְׁמִטָּה אַתָּה מְשַׁמֵּט.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"You shall observe shemittah. And this is the word of the shemitah: Every creditor shall release his claim" - As long as you have shemittah (of fields) you must observe shemittah (of releasing claims).


###### Sifrei Devarim 111:3
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**שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים**, יָכוֹל שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים לְכָל אֶחָד וְאֶחָד? הֲרֵי אַתָּה דָן: חִיֵּיב שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים בִּשְׁמִטָּה, וְחִיֵּיב שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים בְּמִלְוָה. מָה שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים הָאָמוּר בִּשְׁמִטָּה, שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים לְכָל הָעוֹלָם – אַף שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים הָאָמוּר בְּמִלְוָה, שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים לְכָל הָעוֹלָם.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"seven years": I might think (that a period of) seven years (is allotted) for each borrowing (before the loan is "released"); we, therefore, reason: Seven years are required until *shemitah* (non-working) of the land, and seven years are required until *shemitah* (release) of loans. Just as in the first instance, the *shemitah* is universal (i.e., at the same time for all lands), so, in the second, the *shemitah* is universal (i.e., at the same time for all loans).


###### Sifrei Devarim 111:4
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אוֹ כַּלֵּךְ לְדֶרֶךְ זוֹ: חִיֵּיב שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים בְּעֶבֶד עִבְרִי וְחִיֵּיב שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים בְּמִלְוָה, מָה שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים הָאָמוּר בְּעֶבֶד עִבְרִי שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים לְכָל אֶחָד וְאֶחָד, אַף שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים הָאָמוּר בְּמִלְוָה שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים לְכָל אֶחָד וְאֶחָד!

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
— But why not go in this direction? viz.: seven years are required for (the release of) a Hebrew man-servant, and seven years are required for (the release of) a loan. Just as in the first instance, seven (distinct) years are required for each man-servant, so, in the second, seven (distinct) years are required for the release of each loan!


###### Sifrei Devarim 111:5
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נִרְאֶה לְמִי דוֹמֶה: דָּנִים דָּבָר שֶׁאֵינוֹ תָּלוּי בַּיּוֹבֵל מִדָּבָר שֶׁאֵינוֹ תָּלוּי בַּיּוֹבֵל, וְאַל יוֹכִיחַ עֶבֶד עִבְרִי, שֶׁתָּלוּי בַּיּוֹבֵל.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
— Let us see to which instance that of a loan is most like. We derive something (a loan), which is contingent upon the *shemitah* (year), from something (land-*shemitah*), which is contingent upon the *shemitah* (year), and this is not to be refuted by the instance of a Hebrew man-servant, which is not contingent upon the *shemitah* (year).


###### Sifrei Devarim 111:6
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אוֹ כַּלֵּךְ לְדֶרֶךְ זוֹ: דָּנִים דָּבָר שֶׁנּוֹהֵג בָּאָרֶץ וּבְחוּצָה לָאָרֶץ מִדָּבָר שֶׁנּוֹהֵג בָּאָרֶץ וּבְחוּצָה לָאָרֶץ, וְאַל יוֹכִיחַ הֶשְׁמֵט קַרְקַע, שֶׁאֵין נוֹהֵג אֶלָּא בָּאָרֶץ!

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
— But why not go in this direction? viz.: We derive something (loans), which obtains both in Eretz Yisrael and outside of it from something (Hebrew man-servant), which obtains both in Eretz Yisrael and outside of it, and this is not to be refuted by land-*shemitah*, which obtains only in Eretz Yisrael.


###### Sifrei Devarim 111:7
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תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: ״שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים״ ״שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים״ לִגְזֵרָה שָׁוָה: מָה שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים הָאָמוּר בִּשְׁמִטָּה, שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים לְכָל הָעוֹלָם – אַף שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים הָאָמוּר בְּמִלְוָה, שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים לְכָל הָעוֹלָם.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
It is, therefore, written "seven years" (here) - "seven years" (in respect to land-*shemitah*) for a *gezeirah shavah* (identity): Just as the seven years of (land-) *shemitah* are universal, (and not individual), so, the seven years of loan (-*shemitah*) are universal.


###### Sifrei Devarim 111:8
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רַבִּי יוֹסֵי הַגְּלִילִי אוֹמֵר: הֲרֵי הוּא אוֹמֵר (דברים טו ט) ״קָרְבָה שְׁנַת הַשֶּׁבַע שְׁנַת הַשְּׁמִטָּה״, אִם שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים לְכָל אֶחָד וְאֶחָד – הֵיאַךְ הִיא קְרוֹבָה? אֱמוֹר מֵעַתָּה: שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים לְכָל הָעוֹלָם!

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
R. Yossi Haglili says: I might think that the seven years (of loan-*shemitah*) are individual; it is, therefore, written (in this respect, *Ibid*. 15:9) "The seventh year has drawn near, the year of *shemitah*." If seven years for each individual, how has it drawn near? It must be, then, that the seven years are universal (and not individual).


###### Sifrei Devarim 111:9
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יָכוֹל יְהֵא הֶשְׁמֵט מִלְוָה נוֹהֵג בַּמִּדְבָּר? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר (דברים טו א-ב): **תַּעֲשֶׂה שְׁמִטָּה... שָׁמוֹט**,

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Rebbi says: I might think that money-*shemitah* obtains nowadays; it is, therefore, written (*Ibid*. 2) "And this is the word of the *shemitah*; release, etc."


###### Sifrei Devarim 111:10
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אוֹ אֵינוֹ אוֹמֵר (דברים טו א-ב) **תַּעֲשֶׂה שְׁמִטָּה... שָׁמוֹט** – אֶלָּא בְּאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל, שֶׁאַתָּה עוֹשֶׂה שְׁמִטָּה לָאָרֶץ – אַתָּה מְשַׁמֵּט [מִלְוָה], בְּחוּצָה לָאָרֶץ שֶׁאִי אַתְּ עוֹשֶׂה שְׁמִטָּה לָאָרֶץ – אֵין אַתְּ מְשַׁמֵּט מִלְוָה?

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
— When you release land, you release money; but outside of Eretz Yisrael, where you do not release land, you do not release money.


###### Sifrei Devarim 111:11
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תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר (דברים טו ב): ״כִּי קָרָא שְׁמִטָּה לַה׳״, בֵּין בָּאָרֶץ וּבֵין בְּחוּצָה לָאָרֶץ.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
It is, therefore, written (*Ibid*.) "because it has been declared *shemitah* to the L-rd" — (Money-*shemitah* obtains) both in Eretz Yisrael and outside the land.