Reeh 15:2 · unit 8

TT #279 · Parashas Reeh · Sixth Aliyah · Passuk 15:2

The Complete Passuk

וְזֶה֮ דְּבַ֣ר הַשְּׁמִטָּה֒ שָׁמ֗וֹט כׇּל־בַּ֙עַל֙ מַשֵּׁ֣ה יָד֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר יַשֶּׁ֖ה בְּרֵעֵ֑הוּ לֹֽא־יִגֹּ֤שׂ אֶת־רֵעֵ֙הוּ֙ וְאֶת־אָחִ֔יו כִּֽי־קָרָ֥א שְׁמִטָּ֖ה לַיהֹוָֽה׃

And this is the manner of the release: every creditor shall release that which he has lent to his neighbor; he shall not exact it of his neighbor and his brother, because the release of Hashem has been proclaimed.

Chabad.org — 15:2

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Gittin.

Sefaria — Gittin

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
לֹא יִגֹּשׂ – אָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה אָמַר שְׁמוּאֵל, הַמַּלְוֶה אֶת חֲבֵרוֹ לְעֶשֶׂר שָׁנִים אֵין הַשְּׁבִיעִית מְשַׁמַּטְתּוֹ, וְאַף עַל פִּי דְּאָתֵי לִידֵי לֹא יִגֹּשׂ, הַשְׁתָּא מִיהָא לֹא קָרֵינַן בֵּיהּ לֹא יִגֹּשׂ.

English: "He shall not exact" — Rav Yehudah said in the name of Shmuel: One who lends to his fellow for ten years—the seventh year does not cancel the debt; even though the time for "he shall not exact" will eventually arrive, at present the verse "he shall not exact" does not yet apply to him.

On the daf / in context: A loan whose due date falls after the shemittah year is not cancelled by the intervening shemittah.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Gittin) — a long-term loan is not cancelled by an intervening shemittah.

What Is Learned

A loan that is not yet due at the time of shemittah is not cancelled by that shemittah year.