Wikipedia's first sentence called it “example of legal fiction in judaism”. Today it says “halachic mechanism allowing for the collection of debts against loans that have come due”.
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Prozbul ( Hebrew : פרוזבול , borrowed from Koine Greek : προσβολή ) is a halachic mechanism allowing for the collection of debts against loans that have come due, and preventing their cancellation by the monetary Shmita process ( The Lord's Release ). The Prozbul was established in the waning years of the Second Temple of Jerusalem by Hillel the Elder . The writ, issued historically by rabbis, changed the status of individual private loans into the public administration, which made them ineligible for cancellation on the year of Shmita . This allowed the poor to receive interest-free loans before the Sabbatical year while protecting the investments of the lenders.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
The Prozbul ( of Greek origin) is an example of legal fiction in Judaism . It was established in the waning years of the Second Temple of Jerusalem by Hillel the Elder . The writ, issued historically by rabbis, technically changed the status of individual private loans into the public administration, allowing the poor to receive interest-free loans before the Sabbatical year while protecting the investments of the lenders.
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The Prozbul ( of Greek origin) was established in the waning years of the Second Temple of Jerusalem by Hillel the Elder . The writ, issued historically by rabbis, technically changed the status of individual private loans into the public administration, allowing the poor to receive interest-free loans before the Sabbatical year while protecting the investments of the lenders.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
The Prozbul ( of Greek origin; i.e. προσβολή, prosbolḗ = "delivery") was established in the waning years of the Second Temple of Jerusalem by Hillel the Elder . The writ, issued historically by rabbis, technically changed the status of individual private loans into the public administration, allowing the poor to receive interest-free loans before the Sabbatical year while protecting the investments of the lenders.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Rabbinic writ regarding loans The Prozbul ( , likely borrowed from ) was established in the waning years of the Second Temple of Jerusalem by Hillel the Elder .The writ, issued historically by rabbis, changed the status of individual private loans into the public administration, which made them ineligible for cancellation on the year of Shmita . This allowed the poor to receive interest-free loans before the Sabbatical year while protecting the investments of the lenders.
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example of legal fiction in judaism
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halachic mechanism allowing for the collection of debts against loans that have come due
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