[Avodah] [Areivim] Rov Jews in EY?

[Zev Sero]

Micha Berger wrote:

> Which would mean either relying on Tosafos about the shevatim in their
> nachalos or we have to worry about shemittah and yoveil deOraisa. No
> more pruzbul, etc...

Pruzbul will still work, just as it did before Hillel came along.  All
Hillel did was make it respectable.  And since he did so, and it's been
standard practise for 2000 years, it has gained respectability that it
didn't have before him; so I don't even know that reputable botei din
should refuse to do them, as the botei din before Hillel did.

Consider the case of the filibuster in the US Senate.  Originally it
was regarded as a low trick, unethically exploiting an oversight in the
Senate rules.  Hence the name "filibuster"; it was seen as an act of
piracy by the minority, holding up the business of the Senate to get
their way.  But over the course of the 19th century it became an accepted
tactic, and the Senate passed up many opportunities to amend its rules to
prevent it, though it did act several times to moderate its effect.
Nowadays it's just part of how the Senate works, and controversy only
erupts when it's extended into areas where it never used to be, such as
judicial nominations.  Pruzbul may be the same; originally it was a low
trick that no reputable beis din would have anything to do with, but now
it's respectable, and it may remain so even when Shmita becomes de'oraisa
again.  After all, the reason for Hillel's takana won't have gone away;
on the contrary, it's stronger now than ever.

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