Commentary for Bava Metzia 222:17

ואידך מואליו הוא נושא את נפשו נפקא דבר המוסר נפשו עליו

— He needs it to teach the law stated by R. Assi, viz., even if he [the employer] engaged him only to vintage a single cluster of grapes, he is subject to, <i>[It] shall not abide,&nbsp;… all night</i>, etc.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., not even the smallest sum due to a labourer may be withheld all that time. ');">²⁹</span> And the other?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The first Tanna, who interprets 'with thee' differently, — whence does he learn R. Assi's dictum? ');">³⁰</span> — That follows from the verse, <i>And setteth his soul</i> [i.e., life] <i>upon it</i>, implying, anything for which he risks his life.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. p. 531, n. 3; hence, even the vintaging of a single cluster is included. ');">³¹</span> </i>

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