Sheviis 8:4 — Sheviis money: wages and debts

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נושא · Topicדְּמֵי שְׁבִיעִית: שָׂכָר וְחוֹבSheviis money: wages and debts
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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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Sheviis money: wages and debts▾
CaseRulingReason
A worker is handed an issar to gather vegetables — when is his wage caught by the Sheviis kedushah?'Gather vegetables for me today' — mutar (the coin pays for his labor)
'Gather vegetables for me with it today' — assur (the coin is tied to the produce itself)		—
May one take a baker's loaf and say, 'When I gather field vegetables I will bring them to you'?Yes — an exchange, not a sale—
And if he took from the baker without specifying?He may not pay the baker with Sheviis moneyשֶׁאֵין פּוֹרְעִין חוֹב מִדְּמֵי שְׁבִיעִית — a debt may not be repaid from Sheviis proceeds
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