Comentario sobre Ma'aserot 3:2
הַמּוֹצִיא פּוֹעֲלָיו לַשָּׂדֶה, בִּזְמַן שֶׁאֵין לָהֶם עָלָיו מְזוֹנוֹת, אוֹכְלִין וּפְטוּרִין. וְאִם יֶשׁ לָהֶם עָלָיו מְזוֹנוֹת, אוֹכְלִין אַחַת אַחַת מִן הַתְּאֵנָה, אֲבָל לֹא מִן הַסַּל וְלֹא מִן הַקֻּפָּה וְלֹא מִן הַמֻּקְצֶה:
Quien trajo a sus trabajadores al campo, cuando no se les debe comida, pueden comer y están exentos. Pero si él les debe comida, pueden comer los higos de uno en uno, pero no de la canasta, ni de la canasta grande, ni del lugar donde se secan.
Bartenura on Mishnah Maasrot
המוציא פועליו לשדה – to another labor and not to harvest, fruit that now they don’t eat from the laws of the Torah.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Maasrot
Introduction
Our mishnah continues to deal with the issue of when workers may eat of their employer’s produce without tithing.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Maasrot
אוכלין ופטורין – if he gave to them, for a gift is not like a sale.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Maasrot
One who brought his workers into the field, when he is not obligated to provide for them, they may eat and be exempt from tithes. These workers were brought out to the field but not to work with the figs, so again, the Torah does not mandate that they be allowed to eat the figs. If the employer is not obligated to feed them, then the figs that they eat are a present and since they are still out in the field, the workers may eat them without tithing them.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Maasrot
ואם יש להן עליו מזונות – that he cut for them.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Maasrot
If, however, he is obligated to provide for them they may eat of the figs one at a time, but not from the basket, nor from the large basket, nor from the storage yard. If he is giving the workers figs as part of his obligation to feed them, then they in principle must tithe the figs before eating. However, since these figs have not yet been put into a basket, the workers may eat from them one at a time, because their processing has not yet been completed. Once they have been put into any storage place, be it a type of basket or be it a storage yard, they can no longer be eaten until they have been tithed.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Maasrot
אוכלין אחת וכו' – for it is not fixed.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Maasrot
ולא מן המוקצה – a pile of figs.
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