Mesorat%20hashas for Gittin 123:12

ואין כופלין שלום לעובד כוכבים: רב חסדא מקדים ויהיב להו שלמא רב כהנא א"ל שלמא למר:

and take from them sufficient for <i>terumah</i>, and put it in the vessels of a haber, and when the am ha-arez comes he can take both of them, and the others need not fear [lest harm should ensue]. Now what is the reason [for these concessions]? — R. Johanan said; To enable the baker and the olive presser to earn a livelihood. And both statements were necessary. For if I had been given only the one about the baker, I might have said that the reason [why the concession was made in his case] is because he does not earn much, and that this does not apply to an olive presser who gets a good wage. And again, if I had been given only the statement about the olive presser. I might have said that the reason is because he has not constant employment, and that this does not apply to a baker who has constant employment. Hence both were necessary.

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