Mitzvah #286 Negative Prohibition (Mitzvah Lo Ta'asseh)
„Do not pressure or claim from the borrower during the seventh year“
Scripture Reference: DEU 15:2 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Re'eh)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
"This is the manner of remission: every creditor shall release what he has loaned to his neighbor; he shall not exact it of his neighbor and his brother, because the LORD'S remission has been proclaimed.
Hebrew Text (Torah)
וְזֶה דְּבַר הַשְּׁמִטָּה שָׁמוֹט כָּל־בַּעַל מַשֵּׁה יָדוֹ אֲשֶׁר יַשֶּׁה בְּרֵעֵהוּ לֹא־יִגֹּשׂ אֶת־רֵעֵהוּ וְאֶת־אָחִיו כִּי־קָרָא שְׁמִטָּה לַיהוָה׃
Greek Text (Septuagint)
καὶ οὕτως τὸ πρόσταγμα τῆς ἀφέσεως ἀφήσεις πᾶν χρέος ἴδιον ὃ ὀφείλει σοι ὁ πλησίον καὶ τὸν ἀδελφόν σου οὐκ ἀπαιτήσεις ὅτι ἐπικέκληται ἄφεσις κυρίῳ τῷ θεῷ σου
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Re'eh
Sefer HaChinuch Number #477
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Seeds (Buch 7)
Section: The Sabbatical Year and the Jubilee
Systematic Category (P119f) Shemittah and Yovel