[Avodah] Non Jewish harvesters
Ben Waxman
ben1456 at zahav.net.il
Tue Oct 23 23:02:52 PDT 2018
Rambam, Matanot L'anayiim B:10: Do not hire non-Jewish workers to
harvest because they are not experts in leket and pe'ah.
The Radbaz explains that since the workers aren't experts, they will
either give too much pe'ah or too little. Meaning, the issue is
technical, not that they aren't chayav to give and therefore they can't
do it.
What is the issue then? The farm owner tells them "Harvest up to here
and leave areas A, B, & C alone". If needed, the owner does it once or
twice with them.
Ben
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