Prozbul: Legal Fiction or Moral Fact?

29/03/2022 1h 22min Temporada 6 Episodio 5

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Episode Synopsis

In the Mishnah, it is reported that Hillel instituted the "Prozbul" for the sake of Tikkun Olam, to keep the world going. What is the Prozbul? It's a way for the court to take over a debt so it is not canceled when the Shemitah arrives.
Is this some kind of technical workaround, what scholars call a legal fiction, to evade the strictures of the Sabbatical year, or, in a surprising way, was Hillel actually trying to preserve the ideals of the Shemitah within the conditions of the real world?
Tune in to find out!

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