Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Commentary for Avodah Zarah 126:13

אר"נ ישבור ותבא עליו ברכה לימא מסייע ליה אין עודרין עם העובד כוכבים בכלאים

Nahman said: Let him break it and may a blessing come upon him. Shall we say that the following supports his opinion: We may not hoe together with a non-Jew among mixed seeds

Daf Shevui to Avodah Zarah

The Jew is hired to break the jugs, which would end in the destruction of the wine inside. But until that point, he wants the jugs to continue to exist. Are his wages prohibited because he does want the caskets to continue to exist at least until he breaks them? Or are they permitted because ultimately he is causing the wine’s destruction? Nahman allows the Jew to do this work.
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Daf Shevui to Avodah Zarah

The Talmud cites a baraita concerning working in a field with mixed seeds. A Jew may not work such a field with a non-Jew but he may work together to uproot them, because ultimately this is uprooting what is improper. So too, a Jew may work with a non-Jew to break casks of yayin nesekh.
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