Commentary for Bava Metzia 223:12

נימא מסייעא ליה הנותן טליתו לאומן גמרה והודיעו אפי' מכאן ועד עשרה ימים אינו עובר משום בל תלין נתנה לו בחצי היום מששקעה עליו חמה עובר משום בל תלין

IF HE GAVE HIM AN ORDER TO A SHOPKEEPER OR A MONEYCHANGER ON HIS BEHALF, HE IS NOT GUILTY OF INFRINGEMENT. The scholars propounded: Can he [the employee] return [to the employer] or not?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If the shopkeeper did not supply him. Do the employer's obligations in respect of him still continue, or is the employee considered to have transferred them to another? [Tosaf. rightly points out that the problem under consideration is only in reference to the injunctions relating to the payment within the set time, should the workman return to the employer and ask for his wages; for it is evident that the employer cannot relieve himself of his obligations by merely giving the workman a draft on a shopkeeper.] ');">¹¹</span>

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