Halakhah for Kiddushin 76:4

ואימא במקום שאתה משמט קרקע אתה משמט כספים ובמקום שאין אתה משמט קרקע אין אתה משמט כספים ת"ל (דברים טו, ב) כי קרא שמיטה לה' מכל מקום

the Writ speaks of two releases, the release of soil and the release of debt.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deduced from the repetition of the word 'release'.');">⁵</span> At the time when you release soil, you release debts; and at the time when you do not release soil, you do not release debts.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By 'release of soil' is meant the return of land at jubilee (Lev. XXV, 10, 23, 28) . Obviously this did not operate in the wilderness, when they had no land, and therefore debt release was inoperative too, though it is a personal obligation.');">⁶</span>

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