Quoting%20commentary for Bava Metzia 221:5

שכיר שעות גובה כל הלילה וכל היום: אמר רב שכיר שעות דיום גובה כל היום שכיר שעות דלילה גובה כל הלילה ושמואל אמר שכיר שעות דיום גובה כל היום ושכיר שעות דלילה גובה כל הלילה וכל היום

We learnt: IF ENGAGED BY THE WEEK, MONTH, YEAR OR SEPTENNATE, IF THE TIME EXPIRES BY DAY, HE CAN COLLECT HIS WAGE THE WHOLE OF THAT DAY; IF BY NIGHT, HE CAN COLLECT [IT] ALL NIGHT AND THE FOLLOWING DAY!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And finishing during the day or the night is the same as the case of an hour worker, and thus refutes Rab, ');">⁶</span> — Rab can answer you: It is a dispute of Tannaim. For it has been taught: A man engaged by the hour for day work collects his wage all day; for night work, all night: this is R. Judah's opinion. R. Simeon said: A man engaged by the hour for day work collects all day; for night work, all night and the [following] day. Hence it was said: Whoever witholds<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'suppresses'. ');">⁷</span>

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