Related%20passage for Bava Metzia 183:5
איבעית אימא איכא בינייהו דרב אסי דאמר רב אסי אפילו לא שכרו אלא לבצור אשכול אחד אוכלו ואמר רב אסי אפילו לא בצר אלא אשכול אחד אוכלו
<b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. A LABOURER MAY EAT CUCUMBERS, EVEN TO THE VALUE OF A <i>DENAR</i>, OR DATES, EVEN TO THE VALUE OF A <i>DENAR</i>. R. ELEAZAR HISMA SAID: A LABOURER MUST NOT EAT MORE THAN HIS WAGE. BUT THE SAGES PERMIT IT; YET ONE IS ADVISED NOT TO BE GREEDY, AND THUS SHUT THE DOOR IN HIS FACE.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., he will be unable to obtain employment, if he eats too greedily. ');"><sup>4</sup></span>
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