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And even though now, during the Sabbatical Year, we do not yet read concerning his loan the prohibition: “He shall not exact it of his neighbor and his brother, because YHWH’s release has been proclaimed” (Deuteronomy 15:2), as the time for repayment has not yet arrived, ultimately, when the time
Rav Kahana raises an objection from the Mishnah: Rather, the court estimates how much money a person would be willing to give so that he would keep a loan of 1,000 dinars in his possession, and one calculates the difference between that sum in a situation where he would be required to give the mone
Rava said: What are we dealing with here in our Mishnah? We are dealing with debts that are not abrogated with the passing of the Sabbatical Year, e.g., in the case of one who lends money on the basis of collateral, or in the case of one who transfers his promissory notes to the court for collection
There are those who state another version of this discussion: Rav Yehuda says that Shmuel says: In the case of one who lends money to another for a period of 10 years, the Sabbatical Year does not abrogate the debt. And even though when the time for repayment arrives he will come to a situation whe
Rav Kahana says: We learn this ruling in the Mishnah as well: The court estimates how much money a person would be willing to give so that a loan of 1,000 dinars will be in his possession, and one calculates the difference between that sum in a situation where he would be required to give the mone