Commentary for Avodah Zarah 102:18
<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> אמר אביי בטובה בטובת כומרין שלא בטובה שלא בטובת כומרין לאפוקי טובת עובדיה דשרי
GEMARA. Abaye said: “Advantage” means that payment is made to the priests, and “not to its advantage” means that payment is not made to them, thus excluding where payment is made to the idol-worshippers, which is permitted.
Daf Shevui to Avodah Zarah
According to Abaye, when the mishnah says that one may use the garden or bathhouse as long as it is not to the “advantage” it means to the advantage of the priests who run it. A Jew may pay other idolaters for its use.
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