Commentary for Bava Metzia 153:9
מהו דתימא אמרי ליה טפי זוזא אמרת לן טפי זוזא הב לן קמ"ל דאמר להו כי אמרי לכו טפי זוזא דלא הוה קים לכו השתא קים לכו
if he has some [other] work easier than the first, he can give it to them, or even if of equal difficulty, he can charge them [with it]; but if it is more difficult, he cannot order them to do it, and must pay them in full. But why? Let him pay them as unemployed workers! — Raba referred to the workers<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Jast.: public labourers: Maim.: field diggers: Rashi: navvies accustomed to continual portering. [Mahoza. where Raba had his school, was an important loading centre on the Tigris near Ktesiffon. V. Obermeyer. op. cit. p. 173.] ');"><sup>8</sup></span>
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