Komentaryong Sumisipi para sa Deuteronomio 15:9

“Her mother-in-law said to her” [2:19]. Her mother-in-law said to her: where did you gather and where did you work today? May the person who recognized you be blessed. She told her mother-in-law what she had done and the name of the man for whom she worked was Boaz. Our sages learn from this verse much more than, Ruth said to her mother-in-law, the name of the man where I worked was Boaz. The truth is that she did not work for Boaz. However, the verse teaches us that when the householder does something good for the poor person, the poor person does much more good for the householder. His house becomes blessed many times over through the poor person. Therefore, Ruth said: “the man with whom I worked today was Boaz” [2:19]. This means that I worked with Boaz and he did much good for me. He gave me a chunk of bread from his table. When the householder does not do good for the poor person, then he is punished through the poor person. The sages say that when the Holy One wants to take revenge on the nations of the world, He gives Israel into their hands. When He wants to take revenge on Israel, He does it through the hands of the poor, as the verse says, “he will cry out to the Lord against you, and you will incur guilt” [Deuteronomy, 15:9]. This means, as soon as you won’t give to the poor person, and he will call to God and it will be a sin for you. When the poor person stands at your door, the Holy One stands at the right side of the poor person. If the householder does good for the poor person, the Holy One blesses him immediately. If it is the opposite, the Holy One will be well recompensed by him.⁵⁴Ruth Rabbah, 5.9.

ופרוזבולין – that the seventh year would not cause a remission of debt and he would lose his monies. The word פרוזבול/Prozbul (the declaration made in court, before the execution of a loan to the effect that the law of limitation by the entrance of the Sabbatical year shall not apply to the loan to be transacted) (see Gittin 36b-37a) before the rich and before the poor, that is, the enactment to thee rich that they should not transgress on what is written in the Torah (Deuteronomy 15:B): “Beware lest you harbor the base thought…,” and the enactment for the poor that they should be enabled to receive loans,. The senators of the Rich and the Poor/broken Ones. And Hillel established the Prozbul , a document in which they write: “I hand over to you so-and-so and so-and-so the judges, that every document that I have on so-and-so, I will collect whenever I want. And further, the seventh year does not cancel his loan.” It is as if the Jewish court collected his liability, and further, we don’t read concerning him (Deuteronomy 15:2): “he shall not dun his fellow or kinsman, [for the remission proclaimed is of the LORD].”

הלל התקין פרוזבול – for he [Hillel] saw that the people were prevented from making loans to one another and they violated what is written in the Torah (Deuteronomy 15:9): “Beware lest you harbor the base thought, [the seventh year, the year of remission is approaching…’],” he [Hillel] ordained the Prozbul. And this is the body of the Prozbul: “I hand over to you, so-and-so and so-and-so, the judges that every debt obligation that I have with so-and-so, I will collect it whenever I want.”