## Avodah Zarah Daf 62a

###### Avodah Zarah 62a:1
[Avodah Zarah 62a:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Avodah%20Zarah/r/62a:1)

מַתְנִי׳ **הַשּׂוֹכֵר אֶת הַפּוֹעֵל** לַעֲשׂוֹת עִמּוֹ בְּיֵין נֶסֶךְ — שְׂכָרוֹ אָסוּר. שְׂכָרוֹ לַעֲשׂוֹת עִמּוֹ מְלָאכָה אַחֶרֶת, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאָמַר לוֹ ״הַעֲבֵר לִי חָבִית שֶׁל יַיִן נֶסֶךְ מִמָּקוֹם לְמָקוֹם״ — שְׂכָרוֹ מוּתָּר. הַשּׂוֹכֵר אֶת הַחֲמוֹר לְהָבִיא עָלֶיהָ יֵין נֶסֶךְ — שְׂכָרָהּ אָסוּר. שְׂכָרָהּ לֵישֵׁב עָלֶיהָ, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהִנִּיחַ גּוֹי לְגִינוֹ עָלֶיהָ — שְׂכָרָהּ מוּתָּר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**MISHNA:** In the case of a gentile **who hires** a Jewish **laborer to work with wine** used for an idolatrous **libation with him, his wage** is **forbidden,** i.e., it is prohibited for the Jew to derive benefit from his wage. If the gentile **hired him to do other work with him, even if he said to him** while he was working with him: **Transport the barrel of wine** used for **a libation for me from** this **place to** that **place, his wage** is **permitted,** i.e., the Jew is permitted to derive benefit from the money. With regard to a gentile **who rents** a Jew’s **donkey to carry wine** used for **a libation on it, its** rental **fee** is **forbidden.** If **he rented it to sit on it, even if a gentile placed his jug** of wine used for a libation **on it, its** rental **fee** is **permitted.**


###### Avodah Zarah 62a:2
[Avodah Zarah 62a:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Avodah%20Zarah/r/62a:2)

**גְּמָ׳** מַאי טַעְמָא שְׂכָרוֹ אָסוּר? אִילֵּימָא, הוֹאִיל וְיֵין נֶסֶךְ אָסוּר בַּהֲנָאָה, שְׂכָרוֹ נָמֵי אָסוּר — הֲרֵי עׇרְלָה וְכִלְאֵי הַכֶּרֶם דַּאֲסוּרִין בַּהֲנָאָה, וּתְנַן: מְכָרָן וְקִידֵּשׁ בִּדְמֵיהֶן — מְקוּדֶּשֶׁת!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**GEMARA:** In the first case of the mishna, where a gentile hires a Jew to produce wine used for a libation with him, **what is the reason** that **his wage** is **forbidden? If we say** that **since** it is **prohibited to** derive **benefit** from **wine** used for **a libation, his wage** is **also prohibited,** that is difficult: **There are** the cases of ***orla*** produce, i.e., produce grown during a tree’s first three years, **and diverse kinds** planted **in a vineyard,** from **which** it is also **prohibited to** derive **benefit, and** yet **we learned** in a mishna (*Kiddushin* 56b) that if a man **sold** this produce **and betrothed** a woman **with the money** received **for it,** she is **betrothed.** Evidently, money gained from a forbidden item is not itself forbidden, as otherwise the betrothal would not take effect.


###### Avodah Zarah 62a:3
[Avodah Zarah 62a:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Avodah%20Zarah/r/62a:3)

אֶלָּא, הוֹאִיל וְתוֹפֵס אֶת דָּמָיו כַּעֲבוֹדָה זָרָה. וַהֲרֵי שְׁבִיעִית דְּתוֹפֶסֶת אֶת דָּמֶיהָ, וּתְנַן: הָאוֹמֵר לְפוֹעֵל ״הֵילָךְ דִּינָר זֶה, לְקוֹט לִי בּוֹ יָרָק הַיּוֹם״ — שְׂכָרוֹ אָסוּר, ״לְקוֹט לִי יָרָק הַיּוֹם״ — שְׂכָרוֹ מוּתָּר!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rather,** perhaps the reason that the wage is forbidden is **since** the wine used for a libation **transfers to the money** its status **as** an object of **idol worship.** The Gemara challenges: **But there is** the *halakha* of **Sabbatical-**Year produce, **which transfers** its sanctity to the **money** with which **it** is redeemed, **and** yet **we learned** in a mishna (*Shevi’it* 8:4): With regard to **one who says to** his **laborer** during the Sabbatical Year: **Here is this dinar** I give **to you; gather for me vegetables for its** value **today, his wage** is **forbidden,** i.e., the sanctity of the Sabbatical-Year produce is transferred to the wage, since it is as though he has purchased Sabbatical-Year produce in exchange for the dinar. But if the employer says to him: **Gather for me vegetables today,** without mentioning that it is for the value of the dinar, **his wage** is **permitted,** as he merely paid him for his labor. This should apply as well to the case of the wine used for a libation.


###### Avodah Zarah 62a:4
[Avodah Zarah 62a:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Avodah%20Zarah/r/62a:4)

אָמַר רַבִּי אֲבָהוּ אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: קְנָס הוּא שֶׁקָּנְסוּ חֲכָמִים בַּחֲמָרִין וּבְיֵין נֶסֶךְ. יֵין נֶסֶךְ — הָא דַּאֲמַרַן, חַמָּרִין מַאי הִיא? דְּתַנְיָא: הַחַמָּרִין שֶׁהָיוּ עוֹשִׂין מְלָאכָה בְּפֵירוֹת שְׁבִיעִית — שְׂכָרָן שְׁבִיעִית.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabbi Abbahu says** that **Rabbi Yoḥanan says:** This **is a penalty that the Sages imposed upon donkey drivers and with regard to wine** used for **a libation.** The Gemara explains: With regard to **wine** used for **a libation,** the penalty is **as we said,** that the wage of one who is hired to work in the production of wine used for libation is forbidden. With regard to **donkey drivers, what is** this penalty? The penalty is **as it is taught** in a *baraita*: With regard to **the donkey drivers who were working in** the transportation of **Sabbatical**-Year **produce, their wage** is **Sabbatical**-Year produce.


###### Avodah Zarah 62a:5
[Avodah Zarah 62a:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Avodah%20Zarah/r/62a:5)

מַאי ״שְׂכָרָן שְׁבִיעִית״? אִילֵּימָא דְּיָהֲבִינַן לְהוּ שָׂכָר מִפֵּירוֹת שְׁבִיעִית, נִמְצָא זֶה פּוֹרֵעַ חוֹבוֹ מִפֵּירוֹת שְׁבִיעִית, וְהַתּוֹרָה אָמְרָה: ״לְאׇכְלָה״ וְלֹא לִסְחוֹרָה!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **What** does it mean when it says that **their wage** is **Sabbatical**-Year produce? **If we say that we give them** their **wage** for their work **from Sabbatical**-Year **produce,** the employer **consequently is paying his debt from Sabbatical**-Year **produce, and** this violates that which **the Torah states:** “And the Sabbatical produce of the land shall be **for food** for you” (Leviticus 25:6), indicating that this produce is designated for food, **but not for commerce.**


###### Avodah Zarah 62a:6
[Avodah Zarah 62a:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Avodah%20Zarah/r/62a:6)

וְאֶלָּא דְּקָדוֹשׁ שְׂכָרָן בִּקְדוּשַּׁת שְׁבִיעִית. וּמִי קָדוֹשׁ? וְהָתַנְיָא: הָאוֹמֵר לְפוֹעֵל: ״הֵילָךְ דִּינָר זֶה וּלְקוֹט לִי יָרָק הַיּוֹם״ — שְׂכָרוֹ מוּתָּר, ״לְקוֹט לִי יָרָק בּוֹ הַיּוֹם״ — שְׂכָרוֹ אָסוּר!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And** if it means **that their wage is sacred with the sanctity of Sabbatical-**Year produce, **is** that wage in fact **sacred? But isn’t it taught** in a mishna that with regard to **one who says to a laborer: Here is this dinar** I give **to you and gather for me vegetables today, his wage** is **permitted,** but if he says to him: **Gather for me vegetables today for its** value, **his wage** is **forbidden?** The case of the donkey drivers is clearly similar to the former case, where the value of the dinar was not mentioned.


###### Avodah Zarah 62a:7
[Avodah Zarah 62a:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Avodah%20Zarah/r/62a:7)

אָמַר אַבָּיֵי: לְעוֹלָם יָהֲבִינַן לֵיהּ שָׂכָר מִפֵּירוֹת שְׁבִיעִית, וּדְקָא קַשְׁיָא לָךְ ״לְאׇכְלָה״ וְלֹא לִסְחוֹרָה, דְּיַהֲבֵיהּ נִיהֲלֵיהּ בְּצַד הֶיתֵּר, כְּדִתְנַן: לֹא יֹאמַר אָדָם לַחֲבֵירוֹ:

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Abaye said: Actually,** Rabbi Yoḥanan’s statement should be interpreted as saying that **we give him** his **wage from Sabbatical**-Year **produce. And** as for **that which** appears to **pose a difficulty for you,** that the verse designates such produce **“for food” but not for commerce,** that can be resolved by explaining **that one gives him** his wage **in a permitted manner,** i.e., as a gift rather than as a wage. This is **as we learned** in a mishna (*Ma’aser Sheni* 3:1) that **a person should not say to another:**