## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 113

###### Sifrei Devarim 113:1
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(דברים טו ג) **אֶת הַנָּכְרִי תִּגֹּשׂ** – זוֹ מִצְוַת עֲשֵׂה.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**Pisqa’ 113**³¹²
1. “You may dun the foreigner” (Dt. 15:3)—
this is a prescriptive commandment.

footnotes:
³¹² H:160; JN1:286.


###### Sifrei Devarim 113:2
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**וַאֲשֶׁר יִהְיֶה לְךָ אֶת אָחִיךָ** – וְלֹא שֶׁל אָחִיךָ בְּיָדְךָ; מִכָּן אַתָּה אוֹמֵר (שביעית פ״י מ״ב): הַמַּלְוֶה עַל הַמַּשְׁכּוֹן אֵין מְשַׁמֵּט.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
“But that which is due you *from your brother’s hand*, you must release” (Dt. 15:3)—
but not that of your *brother’s* which is in *your* hand.
On this basis you say:
**one who extends a loan on the basis of collateral—**
**[the loan] is not released [in the Sabbatical year].** ³¹³

footnotes:
³¹³ //T. Shev. 8:5.


###### Sifrei Devarim 113:3
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**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.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
“From your brother’s hand, *you* must release” (Dt. 15:3)—
**but not one who deposits his bills of indebtedness with the court.**³¹⁴
On this basis they taught:
**Hillel established the *prozbul***³¹⁵ 113= M. Shev.10:3-4.
**for the sake of an orderly world.**
**When he saw that**
**people refrained from lending to each other**
**[since the Release-year cancelled all debts,]**
**thereby transgressing what is written in the Torah (Dt. 15:9)—**
**he rose up and established the *prozbul*.**
**This is the text of the *prozbul*:**
**I hereby transmit to you, O judges**
**So-and-so and So-and-so,**
**who are in Such-and-such a place,**
**all the debts due me,**
**so that I might collect them**
**whenever I wish.**
**And the judges sign at the bottom—**
**or the witnesses.**³¹⁶

footnotes:
³¹⁴ //M. Shev.10:2.
³¹⁵ =M. Git. 4:3. The remainder of Pisqa’
³¹⁶ =M. Shev. 10:3-4.