Responsa for Bava Metzia 115:2
אמר שמואל הכא בנושא שכר עסקינן ונשבעין ליטול שכרן אי הכי נשבעין לגזברין לבני העיר מבעי ליה אמר רבה נשבעין לבני העיר במעמד גזברין כי היכי דלא נחשדינהו ואי נמי כי היכי דלא לקרו להו פושעים
they must swear to the townspeople, who substitute other <i>shekels</i> in their stead. If they [the <i>shekels</i>] were [subsequently] found or returned by the thieves, both<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. the first and the second shekels. ');"><sup>3</sup></span> are [sacred] <i>shekels</i>,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Having been consecrated, they remain so. ');"><sup>4</sup></span>
Teshuvot Maharam
Q. A community employed A as cantor, ritual slaughterer and examiner (שוחט ובודק). The butchers, however, refused to allow A to perform his duties as examiner on the ground that he was a slow worker, and that the Gentile butchers resented his slowness.
A. If Gentile butchers are generally dissatisfied with ritual examiners as slow as A, he must appease the butchers or forfeit his wages as an examiner. If, however, Gentile butchers do not generally resent the slowness of an examiner, and it happens that only the Gentile butchers of that particular town do, A is entitled to the wages of an idle laborer [פועל בטל, i. e., the minimum wages a laborer of A's category would be willing to receive in order to abstain from work] since he was not informed of this condition at the time he was hired.
SOURCES: Pr. 90.
A. If Gentile butchers are generally dissatisfied with ritual examiners as slow as A, he must appease the butchers or forfeit his wages as an examiner. If, however, Gentile butchers do not generally resent the slowness of an examiner, and it happens that only the Gentile butchers of that particular town do, A is entitled to the wages of an idle laborer [פועל בטל, i. e., the minimum wages a laborer of A's category would be willing to receive in order to abstain from work] since he was not informed of this condition at the time he was hired.
SOURCES: Pr. 90.
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Maharach Or Zarua Responsa
Q - A asserts that he had deposited a book and clothing with B, as security for money he owed, when he purchased wine from the latter. A alleges that the pledges were worth more than double the amount of the debt. A now wants to redeem the pledges and demands their return from B.
B concedes that A had pawned these articles with him as security for the debt. However, B avers that A refused to allow the former to personally hold the clothing for safekeeping, but insisted that B's daughter L, should guard the clothing, along with her own clothes. B maintains that A had consented to deposit the book with the former, and it is still in his possession. B declares that he will return the book only when A pays his debt.
L alleges that A's clothing was stolen. B contends that he was not responsible for the clothing and insists that A take L, and not the former, to court regarding the return of the clothing.
B disputes A's contention that the pledges were worth more than twice the amount of the debt. B claims he had the pledges appraised beforehand, and had found that they were not even equal to the amount of the debt.
A, however, professes that he had deposited the pledges with B, and avouches that they were valued at twice the amount of the debt. A demands that these pledges be returned by B.
B concedes that A had pawned these articles with him as security for the debt. However, B avers that A refused to allow the former to personally hold the clothing for safekeeping, but insisted that B's daughter L, should guard the clothing, along with her own clothes. B maintains that A had consented to deposit the book with the former, and it is still in his possession. B declares that he will return the book only when A pays his debt.
L alleges that A's clothing was stolen. B contends that he was not responsible for the clothing and insists that A take L, and not the former, to court regarding the return of the clothing.
B disputes A's contention that the pledges were worth more than twice the amount of the debt. B claims he had the pledges appraised beforehand, and had found that they were not even equal to the amount of the debt.
A, however, professes that he had deposited the pledges with B, and avouches that they were valued at twice the amount of the debt. A demands that these pledges be returned by B.
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