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Baba Metzia 7:5
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אוֹכֵל פּוֹעֵל קִשּׁוּת אֲפִלּוּ בְדִינָר, וְכוֹתֶבֶת אֲפִלּוּ בְדִינָר. רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר חִסְמָא אוֹמֵר: לֹא יֹאכַל פּוֹעֵל יָתֵר עַל שְׂכָרוֹ. וַחֲכָמִים מַתִּירִין, אֲבָל מְלַמְּדִין אֶת הָאָדָם שֶׁלֹּא יְהֵא רַעַבְתָּן, וִיהֵא סוֹתֵם אֶת הַפֶּתַח בְּפָנָיו.
A laborer may eat a cucumber even [it it is worth] a dinar, or a date even [if it is worth] a dinar. R’ Elazar Chisma says: A la-borer may not eat in excess of his wages. The Sages permit [it], but [maintain that] we should teach a person not to be a glutton, lest he shut the door in his face.
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