Quoting%20commentary for Bava Metzia 62:14

מאי כפועל בטל אמר אביי כפועל בטל של אותה מלאכה דבטל מינה:

<i>And thou shalt surely lend him [sufficient for his need]</i>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 8: i.e., one must lend a poor man for his requirements. ');">²¹</span> I know this only of one [a poor man] who has nought and does not wish to maintain himself [at your expense];<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., he does not want charity; hence Scripture orders that a loan shall be made to him. ');">²²</span>

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