Mesorat%20hashas for Bava Batra 290:1

ואין השביעית משמטתה ואין הבכור נוטל בה פי שנים:

and the Sabbatical year<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If it occurred before the gift had been reciprocated. ');">¹</span> does not cause Its cancellation;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Though it causes the cancellation of debts (cf. Deut. XV, 2ff). ');">²</span> and the firstborn does not receive of it a double portion.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Where the gift reverted to the common estate of the heirs. ');">³</span> 'It may be claimed through a court of law'; what is the reason? — It is like a loan. 'And it is not subject to [the restrictions of] usury' — because he<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The shoshbin. ');">⁴</span> did not give it to him with this intention<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That the reciprocated gift shall be of a higher value than the original one. It might just as well have been worth less. ');">⁵</span> 'And the Sabbatical year does not cause Its cancellation' — because the Scriptural [injunction], he shall not exact,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XV, 2. ');">⁶</span>

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