Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 123
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(דברים טו יח) לֹא יִקְשֶׁה בְעֵינֶיךָ בְּשַׁלֵּחֲךָ, מִכָּן אַתָּה אוֹמֵר: שָׂכִיר עוֹבֵד בַּיּוֹם; זֶה – בַּיּוֹם וּבַלַּיְלָה.
"It should not be difficult in your eyes to send him away ... for double the wages of a hired worker he has labored for you": From here it was taught that a hired worker works by day while a hebrew slave works both by day and by night.
וּבֵרַכְךָ ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ, יָכוֹל בָּטֵל? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר בְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר תַּעֲשֶׂה.
"And the L-rd you G-d will bless you": I might think even if you sit idle? Therefore the verse continues: "in all that you do".
וּבֵרַכְךָ ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ, כָּל מָקוֹם שֶׁהַכָּתוּב עוֹנֵשׁ מָמוֹן – כָּתוּב בְּרָכָה, וּבְיוֹתֵר מָקוֹם שֶׁיֵּשׁ בּוֹ חֶסְרוֹן כִּיס.
“And HASHEM your God shall bless you” (Dt.15:18)— whenever a verse mentions financial misfortune it writes [also] of blessing. And especially regarding loss of income **[as in the owner’s cost in liberating a slave].**³⁷² par. 1:1.
footnotes: ³⁷² //Sifra, tzav,