Sheviis 8:4 — Paying Wages and Debts with Sheviis Money

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Paying Wages and Debts with Sheviis Money

דְּמֵי שְׁבִיעִית: שָׂכָר וְחוֹב
Mishnah שביעית ח׳:ד׳ · Sheviis 8:4
הָאוֹמֵר לַפּוֹעֵל,
הֵא לָךְ אִסָּר זֶה וּלְקֹט לִי יָרָק הַיּוֹם,
שְׂכָרוֹ מֻתָּר.
לְקֹט לִי בּוֹ יָרָק הַיּוֹם,
שְׂכָרוֹ אָסוּר.
לָקַח מִן הַנַּחְתּוֹם כִּכָּר בְּפוּנְדְּיוֹן,
כְּשֶׁאֶלְקֹט יַרְקוֹת שָׂדֶה אָבִיא לָךְ,
מֻתָּר.
לָקַח מִמֶּנּוּ סְתָם,
לֹא יְשַׁלֵּם לוֹ מִדְּמֵי שְׁבִיעִית,
שֶׁאֵין פּוֹרְעִין חוֹב מִדְּמֵי שְׁבִיעִית:
One who says to a worker:
'Here is this issar for you - gather vegetables for me today,'
his wage is permitted.
'Gather vegetables for me with it today,'
his wage is forbidden.
[If] he bought from a baker a loaf for a pundyon,
[saying] 'when I gather field vegetables I will bring [them] to you' -
it is permitted.
[If] he bought from him without specifying,
he may not pay him from Sheviis proceeds,
for one may not repay a debt from Sheviis proceeds:

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