Listen "Prozbul: Legal Fiction or Moral Fact?"
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!
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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