## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 112

###### Sifrei Devarim 112:1
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(דברים טו ב) **וְזֶה דְּבַר הַשְּׁמִטָּה**, מִכָּן אָמְרוּ (שביעית פ״י מ״ח): הַמַּחֲזִיר חוֹב בַּשְּׁבִיעִית יֹאמַר לָהֶם ׳מְשַׁמֵּט אֲנִי׳, וְאִם אָמַר לוֹ ׳אַף עַל פִּי כֵן׳ – יְקַבֵּל מִמֶּנּוּ, מִשּׁוּם שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: **וְזֶה דְּבַר הַשְּׁמִטָּה**.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(Devarim 15:2) "And this is the word of the *shemitah*": From here it was ruled: If a debtor returns his debt in the seventh year, the creditor must *tell* him: "I release it."


###### Sifrei Devarim 112:2
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**[וְזֶה דְּבַר הַשְּׁמִטָּה]**, שְׁמִטָּה מְשַׁמֶּטֶת מִלְוָה וְאֵין יוֹבֵל מְשַׁמֵּט מִלְוָה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"And this is the word of the *shemitah*": From here it was ruled: *Shemitah* releases a loan, but the Jubilee year (*Yovel*) does not release a loan.


###### Sifrei Devarim 112:3
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שֶׁהָיָה בַּדִּין: מָה שְׁמִטָּה, שֶׁאֵין מוֹצִיאָה עֲבָדִים, מְשַׁמֶּטֶת מִלְוָה, יוֹבֵל, שֶׁמּוֹצִיא עֲבָדִים, אֵינוֹ דִין שֶׁיְּשַׁמֵּט מִלְוָה? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **וְזֶה דְּבַר הַשְּׁמִטָּה** – שְׁמִטָּה מְשַׁמֶּטֶת מִלְוָה וְאֵין יוֹבֵל מְשַׁמֵּט מִלְוָה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
For it would follow: If *shemitah*, which does not release servants, releases a loan, then *Yovel*, which releases servants, how much more so should it release a loan! It is, therefore, written "And this is the word of the *shemitah*" — *shemitah* releases a loan, but *Yovel* does not release a loan.


###### Sifrei Devarim 112:4
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קַל וָחוֹמֶר לַשְּׁמִטָּה שֶׁתּוֹצִיא עֲבָדִים: וּמַה יּוֹבֵל, שֶׁאֵין מְשַׁמֵּט מִלְוָה, מוֹצִיא עֲבָדִים שְׁבִיעִית, שֶׁמְּשַׁמֶּטֶת מִלְוָה, אֵינוֹ דִין שֶׁתּוֹצִיא עֲבָדִים? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר (ויקרא כה יג): ״בִּשְׁנַת הַיּוֹבֵל הַזֹּאת״ – שְׁבִיעִית מְשַׁמֶּטֶת מִלְוָה וְיוֹבֵל מוֹצִיא עֲבָדִים.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
A *kal vachomer* (*a fortiori* argument) that *shemitah* should release servants, viz.: If *Yovel*, which does not release a loan, releases servants, then *shemitah*, which releases a loan, how much more so should it release servants! It is, therefore, written (Vayikra 25:13) "In *this year of Yovel*, each of you shall return to his holding: "This" (i.e., *Yovel*) releases servants, but *shemitah* does not release servants. *Shemitah* releases (loans), but *Yovel* does not release (loans).


###### Sifrei Devarim 112:5
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**שָׁמוֹט כָּל בַּעַל**, יָכוֹל אַף בִּגְזֵלָה וּבְפִקָּדוֹן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **מַשֵּׁה יָדוֹ**.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"release": I might think he also (releases) what was stolen from him or what he deposited with someone; it is, therefore, written "his claim" (and not the others).


###### Sifrei Devarim 112:6
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אוֹ **מַשֵּׁה יָדוֹ**, יָכוֹל שְׂכַר שָׂכִיר וְהַקָּפַת הַחֲנוּת? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **אֲשֶׁר יַשֶּׁה בְּרֵעֵהוּ**.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
And whence is it derived (that also released are) the wages owing a hired man and the credit given by a merchant? From ("his claim) that he has against his neighbor."


###### Sifrei Devarim 112:7
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אִם סוֹפֵנוּ לְרַבּוֹת כֻּלָּם, מַה תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר **מַשֵּׁה יָדוֹ**? מַה מַשֵּׁה יָדוֹ בְּזָקוּף, אַף כֻּלָּם זְקוּפִים.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
If in the end all are included, why is it written "his claim"? Just as "his claim" connotes his loan, so all that are construed as a loan (are released).


###### Sifrei Devarim 112:8
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**לֹא יִגֹּשׂ** – לִתֵּן עָלָיו בְּלֹא תַעֲשֶׂה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"He shall not exact it": This makes him subject to transgression of a negative commandment (if he does exact it).


###### Sifrei Devarim 112:9
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**אֶת רֵעֵהוּ** – פְּרָט לַאֲחֵרִים.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"his neighbor": to exclude others (i.e., gentiles).


###### Sifrei Devarim 112:10
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**וְאֶת אָחִיו** – פְּרָט לְגֵר תּוֹשָׁב.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"and his brother": to exclude a sojourning stranger (*ger toshav*).


###### Sifrei Devarim 112:11
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**כִּי קָרָא שְׁמִטָּה לַה׳** – בֵּין בָּאָרֶץ בֵּין בְּחוּצָה לָאָרֶץ.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"because it has been declared *shemitah* to the L-rd": (The institution of money-release obtains) both in Eretz Yisrael and outside it.