LEV1049 Know further, that the provision of gainful employment, or similar assistance to the poor, fulfills the mitzvah of "and you shall uphold him," according to the legal authorities. This is an open reprimand to those who are not particular in giving the employment to a Jew when they require unskilled labor. These workers are certainly not rich. They are almost paupers. [This] verse: "and if your brother be waxen poor" certainly describes their circumstances. Furthermore, even where the man is known to be rich, and is not referred to by this verse, nevertheless, as a Jew he takes priority over a non-Jew, in buying from him, selling to him, and the like. So we find in the Sifra. Know too, that the Rama in his Responsa (Chap. 6) rules that even when there is a slight difference in price, a Jew is to be preferred to a non-Jew…