A pre-dated prozbul is valid but a post-dated one is invalid. Pre-dated loan documents are invalid, but those which are post-dated are valid. [If] one [person] borrowed from five [people], a prozbul must be written for each one; [but if] five [people] borrowed from one [person], he [need] write only one prozbul for all of them.

A prozbul is written only for [a debt backed by] land. If he has none, he may award him a small amount within his own field. [If] he had a field in the town held as a security [for another debt], we may [still] write a prozbul based on it. R’ Chutzpis says: One may write [a prozbul] for a man based on the property of his wife, and for orphans based on the property of [their] guardians.

A beehive — R’ Eliezer says: It is [considered] like land, a prozbul may be written based on it, it is not susceptible to tumah in its place, and one who detaches [honey] from it on the Sabbath is liable. But the Sages say: It is not [considered] like land, nor may a prozbul be written based on it, and it is susceptible to tumah in its place, and one who detaches [honey] from it on the Sabbath is not liable.

[If] one repays a debt on [the occasion of] the seventh [year], he should say to him, ‘‘I relinquish [the debt].’’ [If] he said to him, ‘‘Even so,’’ he may accept [the money] from him — as it states (Deut. 15:2): And this is the matter of the relinquishment. Similarly, a murderer who went into exile in a city of refuge, and the people of the city wanted to honor him, he should say to them: ‘‘I am a murderer!’’ [If] they said, ‘‘Even so,’’ he may accept [the honor] from them — as it states (Deut. 19:4): And this is the matter of the murderer.