Commentary for Avodah Zarah 123:7

אמר אביי לעולם יהבינן ליה שכר מפירות שביעית ודקא קשיא לך לאכלה ולא לסחורה דיהביה ניהליה בצד היתר כדתנן לא יאמר אדם לחבירו

Abaye said: It certainly means that they are paid their wage in Sabbatical year produce, and the difficulty you raised, “‘for food’ but not for trading,” [is solved] in that they pay him in a lawful manner, as we have learned: “One may not say to his fellow,

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