## Avodah Zarah Daf 62b

###### Avodah Zarah 62b:1
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״הַעֲלֵה לִי פֵּירוֹת הַלָּלוּ לִירוּשָׁלַיִם לְחַלֵּק״, אֲבָל אוֹמֵר לוֹ: ״הַעֲלֵם לְאוֹכְלָם וְלִשְׁתּוֹתָם בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם״, וְנוֹתְנִין זֶה לָזֶה מַתָּנָה שֶׁל חִנָּם.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Bring this produce** designated as second tithe **to Jerusalem for me** in exchange **for a share** of the produce, of which you may partake in Jerusalem. This is considered payment and is tantamount to conducting commerce with the tithe. **But he may say to him: Bring it** to Jerusalem **to eat it and drink it in Jerusalem,** as long as he does not specify that it is payment; **and** once in Jerusalem **they may give one another unrequited gifts.** This indicates that what may not be given as payment may be given as a gift, and therefore the donkey drivers may be compensated with Sabbatical-Year produce.


###### Avodah Zarah 62b:2
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וְרָבָא אָמַר: לְעוֹלָם דְּקָדוֹשׁ בִּקְדוּשַּׁת שְׁבִיעִית, וּדְקָא קַשְׁיָא לָךְ פּוֹעֵל — פּוֹעֵל דְּלָא נְפִישׁ אַגְרֵיהּ לָא קַנְסוּהּ רַבָּנַן, חַמָּרִין דִּנְפִישׁ אַגְרַיְיהוּ — קְנַסוּ רַבָּנַן בְּהוּ. וּמַתְנִיתִין — חוּמְרָא דְּיֵין נֶסֶךְ שָׁאנֵי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And Rava says: Actually,** Rabbi Yoḥanan means **that** the produce with which the drivers are paid is **sacred with the sanctity** of **Sabbatical**-Year produce, **and** as for **that which** poses **a difficulty for you** with regard to the *halakha* of the **laborer** cited in the mishna, which states that his wage is not sacred, that difficulty can be resolved as follows: There is a distinction between **a laborer, whose wage is not great,** and therefore **the Sages did not penalize him** by decreeing that his wage is sacred, and **donkey drivers, whose wages are great,** and therefore **the Sages penalized them. And** with regard to **the mishna** that deems forbidden even the laborer’s wage in the case of one who produces wine designated for libation, **the stringency of wine** used for **a libation is different,** and it is treated more stringently than Sabbatical-Year produce.


###### Avodah Zarah 62b:3
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אִיבַּעְיָא לְהוּ: שְׂכָרוֹ לִסְתָם יֵינָן, מַהוּ? מִי אָמְרִינַן: כֵּיוָן דְּאִיסּוּרָא חָמוּר כִּדְיֵין נֶסֶךְ — שְׂכָרוֹ נָמֵי אָסוּר, אוֹ דִלְמָא: הוֹאִיל וְטוּמְאָתוֹ (קיל) [קִילָא] — אַף שְׂכָרוֹ נָמֵי קִיל?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **A dilemma was raised before** the Sages: If a gentile **hired** a Jew **to** work with him in the production of **nondescript wine** of gentiles, i.e., wine that was not used for libation, **what is** the *halakha*? **Do we say** that **since the prohibition** of deriving benefit from nondescript wine of gentiles is **as stringent as** the prohibition **of** deriving benefit from **wine** used for a **libation, his wage is also forbidden, or perhaps** should it be reasoned that **since** the *halakha* with regard to **its** capacity for imparting **ritual impurity** to one who comes into contact with it is more **lenient** than the *halakha* with regard to wine used for a libation, the *halakha* with regard to **its wage** is **also** more **lenient?**


###### Avodah Zarah 62b:4
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תָּא שְׁמַע: דְּהָהוּא גַּבְרָא דְּאֹגַר אַרְבֵּיהּ לִסְתָם יֵינָן, יְהַבוּ לֵיהּ חִיטֵּי בְּאַגְרָא, אֲתָא לְקַמֵּיהּ דְּרַב חִסְדָּא, אֲמַר לֵיהּ: זִיל קְלִינְהוּ וְקִבְרִינְהוּ (בקברי) [בֵּי קִבְרֵי].

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Come** and **hear** a resolution: It is related **that** there was **a certain man who rented out his ship for** transporting **nondescript wine** of gentiles, and the gentiles **gave him wheat in payment. He came before Rav Ḥisda** to determine the status of the wheat. Rav Ḥisda **said to him: Go burn it and bury it in a graveyard.** Evidently, payment for working with nondescript wine of gentiles is forbidden.


###### Avodah Zarah 62b:5
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וְלֵימָא לֵיהּ: בַּדְּרִינְהוּ! אָתוּ בְּהוּ לִידֵי תַּקָּלָה. וְלִיקְלִינְהוּ וְלִיבַדְּרִינְהוּ! דִּלְמָא מְזַבְּלִי בְּהוּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara raises an objection to the method of eradication of the wheat in Rav Ḥisda’s ruling. **But let him say to** the ship owner: **Scatter it.** The Gemara responds: If he scatters it, people might **be caused a mishap by it** if they find kernels of the scattered wheat and gather them for eating. The Gemara challenges: **But** then **let him burn it and scatter it.** Why should it be buried? The Gemara answers: **Perhaps** people will **fertilize** their fields **with it.**


###### Avodah Zarah 62b:6
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וְלִקְבְּרִינְהוּ בְּעֵינַיְיהוּ! מִי לָא תְּנַן: אֶחָד אֶבֶן שֶׁנִּסְקַל בָּהּ, וְאֶחָד עֵץ שֶׁנִּתְלָה עָלָיו, וְאֶחָד סַיִיף שֶׁנֶּהֱרַג בּוֹ, וְאֶחָד סוּדָר שֶׁנֶּחְנַק בּוֹ — כּוּלָּם נִקְבָּרִים עִמּוֹ?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara challenges: **But let him bury** the wheat **in its unadulterated form. Didn’t we learn** in a *baraita* with regard to the instruments used for imposing capital punishment: **The stone with which** a condemned person is **stoned, and the tree on which** his corpse is **hung** after his execution, **and the sword with which** he is **killed, and the scarf with which** he is **strangled, all** of them **are buried** together **with him,** as it is prohibited to derive benefit from them. The *baraita* does not require that they be burned before they are buried.


###### Avodah Zarah 62b:7
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הָתָם דְּקָא קָבְרִי בְּבֵי דִינָא, מוֹכְחָא מִילְּתָא דַּהֲרוּגֵי בֵּית דִּין נִינְהוּ. הָכָא לָא מוֹכְחָא מִילְּתָא, אֵימַר: אִינָשׁ גְּנַב וְאַיְיתִי קְבַר הָכָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara answers: **There, since they are buried in the court** graveyard, **the matter is clear** to all **that these were executed by the court,** so everyone knows that using the instruments of execution is prohibited. **Here, the matter is not clear** to all, as one might **say** to himself that **a person stole** the wheat **and brought** it and **buried** it **here,** and he might thereby come to use it.


###### Avodah Zarah 62b:8
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דְּבֵי רַבִּי יַנַּאי יָזְפִי פֵּירֵי שְׁבִיעִית מֵעֲנִיִּים, וּפָרְעוּ לְהוּ בִּשְׁמִינִית. אֲתוֹ אֲמַרוּ לֵיהּ לְרַבִּי יוֹחָנָן, אֲמַר לְהוּ: יָאוּת הֵן עָבְדִין.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ The Sages **of the school of Rabbi Yannai borrowed Sabbatical-**Year **produce from the poor and repaid them in the eighth** year. Others **came** and **said** this **to Rabbi Yoḥanan,** out of concern that by doing so they violated the prohibition against engaging in commerce with Sabbatical-Year produce. Rabbi Yoḥanan **said to them: They are acting properly,** as this is not considered commerce.


###### Avodah Zarah 62b:9
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וּכְנֶגְדָּן בְּאֶתְנַן — מוּתָּר, דְּתַנְיָא: נָתַן לָהּ וְלֹא בָּא עָלֶיהָ, בָּא עָלֶיהָ וְלֹא נָתַן לָהּ — אֶתְנַנָּה מוּתָּר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And in the corresponding** case concerning **payment** to a prostitute for services rendered, it is **permitted** to sacrifice such an animal as an offering. Although the Torah prohibits the sacrifice of an animal used as a prostitute’s payment (see Deuteronomy 23:19), in a case similar to this one, it is permitted; **as it is taught** in a *baraita*: If the man **gave** the prostitute payment **but did not engage in intercourse with her,** or if **he engaged in intercourse with her but did not give her** payment, it is **permitted** for **her payment** to serve as an offering.


###### Avodah Zarah 62b:10
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נָתַן לָהּ וְלֹא בָּא עָלֶיהָ — פְּשִׁיטָא, כֵּיוָן דְּלָא בָּא עָלֶיהָ מַתָּנָה בְּעָלְמָא הוּא דְּיָהֵיב לַהּ! וְתוּ, בָּא עָלֶיהָ וְלֹא נָתַן לָהּ — הָא לָא יָהֵיב לָהּ וְלָא מִידֵּי, וְכֵיוָן דְּלָא נָתַן לָהּ מַאי ״אֶתְנַנָּה מוּתָּר״?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara discusses difficulties with the wording of the *baraita*: If **he gave her** payment **but did not engage in intercourse with her,** isn’t it **obvious** that it is permitted? **Since he did not engage in intercourse with her, it is merely a gift that he has given her,** and there is no reason for it to be forbidden. Why does the *baraita* need to state this? **And furthermore,** with regard to the case in the *baraita* where **he engaged in intercourse with her but did not give her** payment, **he did not give her anything, and since he did not give her** payment, **what** is the meaning of the statement that **her payment** is **permitted?**


###### Avodah Zarah 62b:11
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אֶלָּא הָכִי קָאָמַר: נָתַן לָהּ וְאַחַר כָּךְ בָּא עָלֶיהָ, אוֹ בָּא עָלֶיהָ וְאַחַר כָּךְ נָתַן לָהּ — אֶתְנַנָּה מוּתָּר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara answers: **Rather, this** is what the *baraita* **is saying:** If **he gave her** payment **and afterward,** after some time elapsed, **he engaged in intercourse with her, or** if **he engaged in intercourse with her and afterward,** after some time elapsed, **he gave her** payment, **her payment is permitted,** because the payment was not given proximate to the intercourse. This is also the *halakha* in the case of borrowing Sabbatical-Year produce, i.e., paying for it after time has elapsed is not considered commerce.


###### Avodah Zarah 62b:12
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נָתַן לָהּ וְאַחַר כָּךְ בָּא עָלֶיהָ, לְכִי בָּא עָלֶיהָ

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: If the *baraita* is referring to a case where **he gave her** payment **and afterward engaged in intercourse with her,** then **when he engaged in intercourse with her,**