THE BAIS HAVAAD HALACHA JOURNAL: Volume 5775 Issue XXXV Parshas Ki Savo The Laws of Shemitas Kesofim and Pruzbul 5775 – Part II Everything You Need to Know to Properly Execute a Pruzbul This Year By Rabbi Yehoshua Grunwald

How Does One Write a Pruzbul in the Best Way Possible? In Part 1 of this article we learned that in order to properly write a Pruzbul in our times we are faced with two main issues that the Poskim grapple with. 1. Does the Malveh have to actually appear in front of Bais Din to affect a Pruzbul? 2. Is it required, as the Mechaber brings in the name of the Sefer HaTerumos, to appear in front of an esteemed Bais Din – one that either contains a gadol hador or was accepted by the community, which have the power to take money from one litigant and give it to the other one. On a practical level most Ashkenazim appear in front of a Bais Din of Bnei Torah and do not seek the Bais Din Choshuv – the esteemed Bais Din. What can Sefardim, who wish to follow the Mechaber and the Sefer HaTerumos opinion, do?