Halakhah su Deuteronomio 24:14
לֹא־תַעֲשֹׁ֥ק שָׂכִ֖יר עָנִ֣י וְאֶבְי֑וֹן מֵאַחֶ֕יךָ א֧וֹ מִגֵּרְךָ֛ אֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּאַרְצְךָ֖ בִּשְׁעָרֶֽיךָ׃
Non opprimerai un servo assunto che è povero e bisognoso, sia che sia dei tuoi fratelli, sia dei tuoi estranei che sono nella tua terra dentro le tue porte.
Sefer HaMitzvot
He prohibited us - regarding that which is found with us that we owe, not to withhold it and not give it. And that is His saying, "You shall not exploit" (Leviticus 19:13). And that is that theft is taking something that is with someone else by ruses and in secret; and we have been prohibited this action with His saying, "You shall not steal" (Leviticus 19:11), as we explained. And robbery is the taking of something that is with another by force, duress and fighting, like the robbers in the cities do; and we were prohibited this action by His saying, "and you shall not rob." Whereas exploitation is that someone else has something of value - meaning money that is coming to him - that one is holding and not giving to him; either by force or not by force, but [always] through deception. And He prohibited this action also, with His saying, "You shall not exploit." And in the Sifra (Sifra, Kedoshim, Section 2:9): "'You shall not exploit' - monetary exploitation. And which is that? One who retains the wage of a wage-worker" - and all that is similar to it. However the example is that of a wage-worker, because it is a full obligation upon you - even though he did not give you money from himself and money did not come to you from him; nevertheless since he came to you with a well-known obligatory arrangement, [you are] obligated. And this prohibition about this matter has already been repeated, and He took the example of this matter itself and said, "Do not exploit the worker, who is poor and destitute" (Deuteronomy 24:14). His intention with this is, do not exploit a worker, since he is poor and destitute - as He said about him, "neither shall the sun set upon it, etc." (Deuteronomy 24:15). And the language of the Sifrei (Sifrei Devarim 278:1) is, "'Do not exploit the laborer, who is poor and destitute' - is it not already stated, 'you shall not rob?' It [hence] teaches that anyone who retains the wage of a wage-worker transgresses, 'You shall not exploit,' 'you shall not rob,' 'there shall not abide,' and on account of, 'You must pay him his wage on the same day' (Deuteronomy 24:15)." And there (Sifrei Devarim 278:2), they said in explanation of, "poor and destitute": "'Poor and destitute' - I hasten to exact payment for one who is poor and destitute." And the one who transgresses exploitation has the same law as a robber. [This is from] His saying, "and denies to his kinsman, a deposit or a pledge or robbery or exploitation from his countryman" (Leviticus 5:21). (See Parashat Kedoshim; Mishneh Torah, Robbery and Lost Property 1)
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