Commentary for Sanhedrin 113:20

אלא אמר רב פפא לא נצרכה אלא לפחות משוה פרוטה אי הכי כותי בישראל אסור הא בר מחילה הוא נהי דבתר הכי מחיל ליה צערא בשעתיה מי לית ליה

'And similar acts.' To what can this apply in the case of robbery? — R. Aha b. Jacob answered: To a worker in a vineyard [who eats of the grapes]. When so? If his is the finishing work, it is permitted?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' E.g., the gathering in of the grapes. Deut. XXIII, 25 is interpreted by the Rabbis as referring to work in connection with the finishing touch given to the produce. ');">³⁹</span> If it is not the finishing work, is it not actual robbery?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Not merely bordering thereon. ');">⁴⁰</span>

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