Commentary for Avodah Zarah 126:5
אבל חנוני שאין מקיפו מאי מותר אי הכי אדתני צאו ואכלו בדינר זה צאו ושתו בדינר זה ליפלוג וליתני בדידה
But a shop-keeper who does not extend credit, what is the rule? It is permitted! If that is so, instead of teaching “Go and eat for this dinar, go out and drink for this dinar,” it should have drawn a distinction in this very case and taught as follows:
Daf Shevui to Avodah Zarah
The Talmud raises a difficulty on R. Hisda’s resolution. If R. Hisdah was correct then instead of the distinction taught in the baraita itself, between a case where the employer gave them the dinar first and a case where he paid them back after they had bought the food, the distinction should have been drawn with regard to the shop-keeper’s relationship with the employer. If the shop-keeper regularly extends credit to the employer it is forbidden, but if he does not, it is permitted.
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