Commentary for Avodah Zarah 126:4
תרגמה רב חסדא בחנוני המקיפו דמשתעבד ליה דכיון דאורחיה לאקופי קני ליה דינר גביה
R. Hisda explained: [The teaching just quoted deals] with a shop-keeper who extends credit so that he is indebted to him, and since it was his custom to give him credit it is as though he had acquired the dinar from him.
Daf Shevui to Avodah Zarah
R. Hisda explained that this baraita refers to a case where the shop-keeper (who is giving the food to the employees) usually give the employer credit. Therefore, as soon as the shopkeeper gives the food to the workers, the employer incurs a debt to the shop-keeper and it is as if he is simply buying forbidden food straight from the shop-keeper. This is not like the case of the House of Yannai for they have no set relationship with the people they are borrowing from.
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