May a donkey eat while it is waiting to be unloaded?
Yes, from a feed bag that the worker gives it.
Yes. It may eat from the load on the back of the donkey ahead of it in the pack-line.
Yes, from the food that is on its back.
No, it finished its transportation work, and is now only standing still.
No. It is not working with Mechubar, so may not eat.
Why would we tell a worker not be gluttonous and eat too many of the grapes that he is picking?
It’s not nice; Middos are also a Torah concern!
For his own good, for no one will hire him tomorrow if he acts in this way.
The Torah only allowed him to eat “Kenafshecha,” which means “like the employer,” and the employer wouldn’t eat so many.
He may not eat more fruits than he is putting into the employer’s containers.
When people see so much fruit missing, they will suspect him of giving it to his wife and children.
Does a worker own what he eats, or is it a gift that the Torah grants to him?
The fact that the Tana Kama says that there is no limit to what a worker can eat conclusively tells us that he really owns these foods.
The fact that a Nazir may not give grapes to his family conclusively tells us that he does not really own these foods.
The fact that the worker’s son must separate Terumos and Maasros before eating conclusively tells us that he really owns these foods.
The fact that a worker cannot stipulate that he will be paid more instead of some of his family eating on the job conclusively tells us that he does not own these foods.
The question remains a Machlokes.
How should a Nazir plan his workday?
Stay away from vineyards!
Work in a vineyard but be careful not to eat any grapes.
Work in a vineyard but first arrange that he may not eat any grapes.
Work in a vineyard but first arrange that he may not eat any grapes, by signing them away to his family.
Work in a vineyard but first arrange that he may not eat any grapes, by arranging that he will instead be paid more.
What can't a father do to his children who are Ketanim?
He may not put them to work.
He may not tell them to clean their room.
He may not make them work in the fields.
He may not cause them the pain of working with foods in the field without their being allowed to snack on it.