[Avodah] Corporate Entities

[Micha Berger]

On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 05:39:29AM +0000, kennethgmiller at juno.com wrote:
: If I'm not mistaken, this would include any beis din, even an ad hoc
: beis din of 3 balabatim. On the other hand, given that most poskim hold
: shmitta to be d'rabanan today...

And the others say it's "only" minhag. See the Rama (CM 67:1), who
doesn't hold this way but cites the Rosh. AND the Rama mentions that
our uncertainty about the year of shemitah adds to that a safeiq.

Which I don't understand, since a beraisa says (and the gemara concludes)
churban bayis was in the year after shmittah. (Eirukhin 12a)

But back to our point... Shemitas kesafim doesn't apply to partnerships,
and thus banks don't need to be corporate entities to be exempt. And I
don't think halakhah has the notion of a business being more than an
LP or LLP. (I don't know the difference.)

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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