[Avodah] prozbol

[Michael Kopinsky]

On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 4:29 PM, Eli Turkel <eliturkel at gmail.com> wrote:

> I need help understanding prozbul. It is based on handing over the
> loan to bet din.
>
> 1. It works because Shemitta is nowadays only derabban
> 2. It works because  loans through a bet din are not cancelled.


Do you have any source for #1?  I mean this in both senses - who says that
Shemitas Kesafim bizman hazeh is d'rabbanan, and who says that prozbul only
works because it's d'rabbanan?  I was under the impression that it's
d'oraysa, and that it applies nonetheless.

The Chofetz Chaim lists Shemitas Kesafim in Sefer Hamitzvos Hakatzar as
being applicable today, which seems to indicate that he holds it's d'oraysa
bizman hazeh.

KT,
Michael
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