DEUT1383 As the wording of this verse suggests, this law would apply with particular force to those who employ domestic help, [If the person is employed on a full-time basis, then other mutually agreed upon arrangements can be made, such as payment once a week] people who often require their wages for their daily needs and who have little or no savings.

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DEUT1385 This teaches us that if one holds back a laborer's wages, it is as if he would take his life. Why did this laborer ascend the incline or hang from a tree, if not for his wage! (Bava Metzia 112a)

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DEUT1386 See [[LEV370]] Leviticus 19:13 wages CCCBM 131-3

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DEUT1388 See [[LEV370]] Leviticus 19:13 wages CCCBM 131-3

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DEUT1387 Pay daily laborers their wage at the completion of the work day. Such laborers are usually poor. They need their wages immediately so that they can buy food for themselves and for their families. Therefore, their employers must be punctual in paying their wages. Out of His great kindness, Hashem commands us about the matter to teach us to behave with mercy and concern towards others, and make sure that the needs of the poor are met. Thereby, we perfect our characters and become worthy of Hashem's blessings, which pleases Him, for out of His perfect goodness, He wants to bestow His blessings upon us. See [[LEV369]] Leviticus 19:13 wages CHINUCH 147-8.

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DEUT1389 "He who with holds a worker's wages is as though he deprived him of his life" (Baba Metzia 112a). The rabbis also warned employers that the withheld wages would not enrich them. On the contrary, their transgression would result in the loss of their estates (Bamidbar Rabbah 11). The biblical allegation that a worker "sets his soul upon it" [his wages; this verse] was interpreted literally by the rabbis. "Why did the man ascend the ladder, suspend himself from the tree, and risk death itself; was it not that you should pay him his wages?" (Baba Metzia 112a)

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DEUT1390 See [[LEV356]] Leviticus 19:13 defraud SACTAB 281-2

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DEUT1391 It is a negative commandment for the court not to accept the testimony of a close relative for Scripture states, Fathers should not be put to death through children [this verse], which means through the testimony of the children; and the law is the same for other new relatives.

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DEUT1392 See [[EXOD1040]] Exodus 34:7 parents TELVOL 1 87

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DEUT1393 See [[EXOD827]] Exodus 23:6 rights DORFFWITO 238-41

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