[Avodah] Non Jewish harvesters

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 08:02:52AM +0200, Ben Waxman via Avodah wrote:
: Rambam, Matanot L'anayiim [2]:10: Do not hire non-Jewish workers to
: harvest because they are not experts in leket and pe'ah.
...
: 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.

I assume you're llimiting your question to pei'ah. Because leqet requires
getting out of a habit when you're in the middle of gathering. And for
the same reason, why not worry about shikhechah? I would think that even
with instructions, it's leqet and shikechah that's hard to get used to
and get right.

:-)BBii!
-Micha