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39Some Laws of LoansSiman 39 · 22 seifim
  1. 1a.The practice some have of lending money without witnesses…
  2. 2a.One who signs a promissory note and afterward claims…
  3. 3a.One who lent money to his fellow and afterward…
  4. 4a.One who forgives his fellow's debt only in his…
  5. 5a.Reuven, who lent money to his brother-in-law to buy…
  6. 6a.A promissory note that explicitly states interest, without a…
  7. 7a.One who lends to his fellow with witnesses, or…
  8. 8a.A promissory note that has become worn from laundering…
  9. 9a.One who lent his fellow via a note, and…
  10. 10a.A note that the lender deposited with another person,…
  11. 11.One who produces a promissory note against his fellow…
  12. 12.It is forbidden to keep a paid promissory note…
  13. 1b.One who lends money to a minor under age…
  14. 2b.An adult who borrowed money from a minor over…
  15. 3b.A minor who has reached the age of legal…
  16. 4b.Young orphans who have a loan owed to them…
  17. 5b.One who obligated himself through a formal kinyan and…
  18. 6b.One who produces a promissory note against his fellow…
  19. 7b.Witnesses signed on a note who say the borrower…
  20. 8b.A note containing a clause of trust cannot be…
  21. 9b.A borrower who forgives a loan owed to him…
  22. 10b.One who supported an orphan intending it as a…
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67Laws of the Cancellation of Debts (Shemitat Kesafim)Siman 67 · 47 seifim
  1. 1.It is a positive commandment to release loans during…
  2. 2.Even though a person who releases his debt fulfills…
  3. 3.The cancellation of debts applies by Torah law only…
  4. 4.The sabbatical year cancels debts only at its conclusion,…
  5. 5.The sabbatical year cancels a loan whether oral or…
  6. 6.Even if the borrower gave the lender a check…
  7. 7.One who lends his fellow against a pledge is…
  8. 8.A running store account is not cancelled, but if…
  9. 9.One who lends his fellow types of produce, bottles…
  10. 10.The laws of debt cancellation apply only when both…
  11. 11.One who has a joint venture (iska) with his…
  12. 12.One who was in partnership with his fellow dealing…
  13. 13.A guarantor who paid the lender, and before the…
  14. 14.One who owes money to his fellow and swore…
  15. 15.Reuven, who sued Shimon claiming he had given him…
  16. 16.One who divorces his wife before the sabbatical year,…
  17. 17.Women are included in the mitzvah of debt cancellation,…
  18. 18.A person who refrains from cancelling his loans, or…
  19. 19.Since it has already been explained above that the…
  20. 20.One who brought workers to his home and agreed…
  21. 21.One who lends his fellow and sets a term…
  22. 22.When Hillel the Elder saw that the wealthy refrained…
  23. 23.A prosbul may be written only before a distinguished…
  24. 24.The essential text of the prosbul is as follows:…
  25. 25.If the lender does not wish to trouble himself…
  26. 26.The text of the prosbul document customary in the…
  27. 27.The widespread custom is to execute the prosbul document…
  28. 28.The prosbul is effective only for debts incurred before…
  29. 29.Some, concerned for the view of the Bach, execute…
  30. 30.A prosbul may be written even at night, since…
  31. 31.It is permitted to write a prosbul during Chol…
  32. 32.It is permitted to write a prosbul before judges…
  33. 33.A prosbul executed before witnesses related to the lender…
  34. 34.A prosbul may be written only if the borrower…
  35. 35.Young orphans who have a loan owed to them…
  36. 36.Administrators of free-loan funds (gemach) are, as a matter…
  37. 37.Bank managers are required to execute a prosbul in…
  38. 38.Torah scholars who lent to each other, where the…
  39. 39.One who properly wrote a prosbul before the eve…
  40. 40.One who forgot to execute a prosbul during the…
  41. 41.Likewise, one who forgot to execute a prosbul at…
  42. 42.It is permitted to appoint an agent to go…
  43. 43.One who returns a debt to his fellow after…
  44. 44.Whoever returns a debt that the sabbatical year has…
  45. 45.If the lender did not execute a prosbul, the…
  46. 46.One who wishes to act piously and personally fulfill…
  47. 47.One who refrains from lending to his fellow before…
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