Reference for Moed Katan 25:8

איתיביה אביי אין כותבין שטרי חוב במועד ואם אינו מאמינו או שאין לו מה יאכל ה"ז יכתוב שאין לו מה יאכל לאתויי מאי לאו לאתויי שכר פעולה שמע מינה

What is this [relative] clause, 'Who has not enough to eat' intended to cover?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It is assumed that the words THE NEED OF A VENDOR imply that he has not enough to eat.');">¹⁴</span> Is it not to include such [casual] 'earning-jobs'? - Not [necessarily]; it is an explanatory clause.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Explaining the phrase THE NEED OF A VENDOR. But there is no indication according to this interpretation of the Mishnah - to have any unnecessary job done in the festival week.');">¹⁵</span> Thereupon Abaye pointed out to him an objection: 'One should not write credit-bills during the festival [week]; but if [the creditor] does not trust [the person] or he [the clerk] has not [enough] to eat, one may [then] write'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' During the festival week, plainly allowing it as a means of helping the borrower or the (professional) scribe.');">¹⁶</span>

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