Sheviis 10:5-6
Sheviis 10:5
A prozbul is valid if predated but not if it is postdated. A document of debt is valid if postdated but not if predated. If there’s one borrower and five lenders, five prozbuls are needed. If there’s one lender and five borrowers, a single prozbul covers them all. (This is because the prozbul pertains to the lender.)
Sheviis 10:6
A prozbul may only be written against land. If the borrower has no land, the lender grants him a tiny share in his own field. If the borrower has mortgaged land in the city, a prozbul may be written against it. Rabbi Chutzpis says that a prozbul may be written against property belonging to the borrower’s wife, or for orphans against property belonging to their guardian.
Grateful Thanks for the Mishna Yomit Dedication of
Rabbi Louis Leifer and Mrs. Miriam D. Leifer z"l
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