## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 113

###### Sifrei Devarim 113:1
[Sifrei Devarim 113:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/113:1)

(דברים טו ג) **אֶת הַנָּכְרִי תִּגֹּשׂ** – זוֹ מִצְוַת עֲשֵׂה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(Devarim 15:3) "Of the gentile shall you exact": This is a positive commandment.


###### Sifrei Devarim 113:2
[Sifrei Devarim 113:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/113:2)

**וַאֲשֶׁר יִהְיֶה לְךָ אֶת אָחִיךָ** – וְלֹא שֶׁל אָחִיךָ בְּיָדְךָ; מִכָּן אַתָּה אוֹמֵר (שביעית פ״י מ״ב): הַמַּלְוֶה עַל הַמַּשְׁכּוֹן אֵין מְשַׁמֵּט.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"and what you have with your brother (your hand shall release") and not what your brother has in *your* hand — whence it is derived that if someone lent on a pledge, *shemitah* does not release (the pledge).


###### Sifrei Devarim 113:3
[Sifrei Devarim 113:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/113:3)

**אֶת אָחִיךָ תַּשְׁמֵט יָדֶךָ** – וְלֹא הַמּוֹסֵר שְׁטָרוֹתָיו לְבֵית דִּין. מִכָּן אָמְרוּ (שביעית פ״י מ״ג-ד): הִתְקִין הִלֵּל פְּרוֹסְבּוּל מִפְּנֵי תִקּוּן הָעוֹלָם, שֶׁרָאָה אֶת הָעָם שֶׁנִּמְנְעוּ מִלְּהַלְווֹת זֶה אֶת זֶה, וְעָבְרוּ עַל מַה שֶׁכָּתוּב בַּתּוֹרָה – עָמַד וְהִתְקִין פְּרוֹסְבּוּל. וְזֶהוּ גוּפוֹ שֶׁל פְּרוֹסְבּוּל: מוֹסְרַנִי אֲנִי לָכֶם פְּלוֹנִי וּפְלוֹנִי הַדַּיָּנִים שֶׁבְּמָקוֹם פְּלוֹנִי כָּל חוֹב שֶׁיֵּשׁ לִי – שֶׁאֶגְבֶּנּוּ כָּל זְמַן שֶׁאֶרְצֶה; וְהַדַּיָּנִים חוֹתְמִים לְמַטָּה אוֹ הָעֵדִים.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"and what you have with your brother *your* hand shall release": and not one who hands over his bills (of indebtedness) to *beth-din* (i.e., *Beth-din* may present the bills for him; for then it is not *his* hand, but *their* hand that is doing so.) It is for this reason, for the general welfare, that Beth-Hillel instituted the *prozbul* (a declaration before the *beth-din* authorizing them to claim one's bills). For he saw the people ceasing to lend one another and transgressing (*Ibid*. 9) "Take heed unto yourself lest there be in your heart a thing of wickedness, etc." He, therefore, arose and instituted the *prozbul*. And this is the text of the *prozbul*: "I transfer to you, so and so, the judges, in this and this place, every debt owing me, that I may collect it whenever I wish." And the judges or the witnesses sign below.