Commentary for Bava Metzia 152:11

איכא דאמרי סיימוה קמיה והכי קאמר חביבי אמר אי הואי אנא לא הוה יהיבנא ליה כלל ואת אמרת כפועל בטל אלא קשיא הך

if a <i>sela'</i>, he must pay them a <i>sela'</i>. Now, this holds good only if there is no irretrievable loss [if the work is postponed until fresh labourers are found]; but if there is, he can engage [workers] at their cost, or deceive them. How does he deceive them? He says to them, 'I have promised you a <i>sela'</i>; come and receive two.' To what extent may he engage [workers] against them? Even to forty or fifty <i>zuz</i>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., he may even pay fresh workers for the remainder much more then the first were to receive for the whole, and recoup himself from the first batch. ');">¹¹</span>

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