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1) I would be interested to see the discussion in the book, but it
appears to me that the matter here is less than clear. The following
paragraph in the Shulchan Aruch deals, inter alia, with a case where
the Baal HaBayit hires a worker to water the field and a river came and
did the job - and the Baal HaBayit has to pay. I started to read up to
find the difference, but ran out of time. I did see that some Posekim
suggest that if the Poel started to work then that is the difference -
and arguably that is the case here where Davidi put in time and effort
to begin preparing.<br>
There is a question of how much he needs to be paid - but we are
already in a different place from the answer given.<br>
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2) I feel that there is no question that whatever the Psak, he should
be piad Lifnim MeShurat HaDin. He was there, ready to sing - but he was
unwanted. This is arguably similar to a case where the Baal HaBayit
changed his mind...<br>
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Jason Moser<br>
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