Quoting%20commentary for Bava Metzia 173:19

<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> ואלו אוכלין מן התורה העושה במחובר לקרקע בשעת גמר מלאכה ובתלוש מן הקרקע עד שלא נגמרה מלאכתו ובדבר שגידולו מן הארץ ואלו שאין אוכלים העושה במחובר לקרקע

Until Jacob there was no illness:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' One lived his allotted years in full health and then died suddenly. ');">³⁴</span> then Jacob came and prayed, and illness came into being, as it is written, And one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. XLVIII, 1; v. preceding note. ');">³⁵</span> Until Elisha no sick man ever recovered, but Elijah came and prayed, and he recovered, for it is written, Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died,'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' II Kings XIII, 14. ');">³⁶</span> thus proving that he had been sick on previous occasions too,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'with a different sickness'. ');">³⁷</span> [but had recovered]. Our Rabbis taught: On three occasions did Elisha fall sick: once when he repulsed Gehazi with both hands;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Sanh. 107b. ');">³⁸</span> a second time when he incited bears against children;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. II Kings II, 23f. ');">³⁹</span> and a third with the sickness whereof he died, as it is written, Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' II Kings XIII, 14. ');">³⁶</span> BUT, BEFORE THEY BEGIN WORK, GO OUT AND TELL THEM, '[I ENGAGE YOU] ON CONDITION THAT YOU HAVE NO OTHER CLAIM UPON ME BUT BREAD AND PULSE' etc. R. Aha, the son of R. Joseph, said to R. Hisda: Did we learn, 'Bread [made] of pulse,' or 'bread and pulse'? — He replied: In very truth, a <i>waw</i> ['and'] is necessary<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., bread and beans. ');">⁴⁰</span> as large as a rudder on the Libruth.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Libruth, a river or canal, unidentified. [For various attempts to explain the phrase. v. Perles, J. Beitrage z. rab. Sprach u. Alter., 1893, p. 6.] ');">⁴¹</span> R. SIMEON B. GAMALIEL SAID: IT WAS UNNECESSARY [TO STIPULATE THUS]: EVERYTHING DEPENDS ON LOCAL CUSTOM. What does EVERYTHING add?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. p. 496, n. 3. ');">⁴²</span> — It adds that which has been taught: If one engages a labourer, and stipulates, '[I will pay you] as one or two townspeople [are paid],' he must remunerate him with the lowest wage [paid]: this is R. Joshua's view. But the Sages say: An average must be struck.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And R. Simeon b. Gamaliel's principle teaches the view of the Sages. ');">⁴³</span> <b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. NOW, THE FOLLOWING [LABOURERS] MAY EAT [OF THAT UPON WHICH THEY ARE EMPLOYED] ACCORDING TO SCRIPTURAL LAW: HE WHO IS ENGAGED UPON THAT WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THE SOIL WHEN ITS LABOUR IS FINISHED,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., when it is removed from the soil. ');">⁴⁴</span> AND UPON THAT WHICH IS DETACHED FROM THE SOIL BEFORE ITS LABOUR IS COMPLETED,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., before it reaches the stage of being liable to tithes or the 'separation of dough'. ');">⁴⁵</span> PROVIDING THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT GROWS FROM THE EARTH. BUT THE FOLLOWING MAY NOT EAT: HE WHO IS ENGAGED UPON THAT WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THE SOIL

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