Commentary for Bava Metzia 151:7

איבעית אימא הכא בבעל הבית עסקינן דאמרו ליה אי לאו דאמרת לן בארבעה הוה זילא בן מילתא לאתגורי

— It is necessary [to teach this] only when some [workmen] engage themselves for four [<i>zuz</i>] and others for three. Hence they can say to him, 'Had you not told us that it is for four <i>zuz</i>, we would have taken the trouble to find employment at four.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence they have righteous cause for resentment. Yet, since he stipulated that the employer was responsible for their wages, they have no legal redress. ');">⁶</span>

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