Midrash for Makkot 6:13
אמר ליה שמואל לרב מתנה לא תיתיב אכרעיך עד דמפרשת לה להא שמעתא מנא הא מילתא דאמור רבנן המלוה את חבירו סתם אינו רשאי לתובעו פחות מל' יום אחד המלוה בשטר ואחד המלוה על פה
Shmuel said to R' Matana, do not sit down until you explain the origin of the Rabbis' dictum an informal loan to his fellow cannot be demanded back within thirty days, whether written or verbal.
Ein Yaakov (Glick Edition)
MACCOTH (Fol. 3b) Samuel said to R. Mathna: "You shall not sit down until you have explained to me the sources upon which is based the Halacha of the Rabbis which says that if one lends money to his neighbor he shall not demand the loan before the expiration of thirty days, no matter whether it was a verbal or written loan." Whereupon he answered: "From the following passage (Deut. 15, 9) The seventh year, the year of release, etc. Is it not self-evident that the seventh year is the year of release? Why then the apposition? To show that there is another release similar to this one, and that is a loan without a term which cannot be demanded before thirty days, as the master said that thirty days of a year count for an entire year."
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