Commentary for Bekhorot 58:6
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[What does the expression 'an idle workman' mean, since it does not render him idle? ] - Abaye said: He pays the priest like a workman idle from his particular occupation.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If, for example, he performs light work and earns a big wage, then the priest's compensation would only be slightly less than what he receives for his normal work. But if his work was of an arduous kind for which he received say, three zuz, then if he had invited him to take a zuz for much lighter work, he would probably have accepted the offer, This is therefore what the priest receives now for his services which prevented him following his occupation, but not the whole of his usual wages, as the work which the priest is performing for him is not arduous.');"><sup>3</sup></span>
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