[Avodah] How does Prozbul work?

[Akiva Miller via Avodah]

R' Zev Sero wrote: <<< Its effectiveness does not depend on shmita being
d'rabanan.  The only difference that made was in Hillel deciding he had the
right to promote it.  Since he did promote it, it will continue when shmita
becomes de'oraisa, unless and until some future beis din declares it
unethical. >>>

Perhaps. But I would think that the impropriety of using pruzbul in a
d'Oraisa time was pretty implicit (perhaps even explicit) in how Hillel
promoted it, and there is no need for a future beis din to point it out.

Akiva Miller
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