In the last Mishnah, we mentioned the allowance for a worker in a field to eat from the produce that he's working with. Here, we'll talk about what type of worker is allowed to eat from the produce. The Mishnah says that if somebody was working with his hands but wasn't working with his feet—for example, he's harvesting produce with his hands—or was working with his feet but not with his hands—for example, he was pressing grapes with his feet—or was working only with his shoulder—for example, he was hired to support something with his shoulder—this type of worker is allowed to eat from the produce that he's working with.
The Torah doesn't tell us what type of work is being done. It simply tells us that a worker is allowed to eat. It says, “Anyone who goes into the vineyard of their friend, in any type of way that they work.” There's no specification of what that work has to be. So if you're working with your feet, you're working with your arms, with your legs, or even with your shoulder, you're allowed to eat from the produce. Rabbi Yosi is going to disagree. He says workers are only allowed to eat from the produce if they work with both their hands and their feet. Otherwise, the Torah does not give him the allowance to eat from the produce of the field that he's working with.
The Torah gives the worker the allowance to eat from the produce that he's working with. And it also gives the ox permission to eat from the produce that he's working with. In other words, it obligates the person who's working the ox to allow the ox to eat. So we compare the ox to the worker. The worker, in some regard, with certain privileges. So according to Rabbi Yosi, he's going to connect them as well over here. He's going to say that just like an ox is allowed to eat, but works with both his hands and his feet—both his hind legs and his forelegs, both of them—the same applies to a human being. A human being who's a worker is only allowed to eat from the produce. He only has that privilege if he works with both his hands and his feet. He's that type of worker. The allowance that the Torah gives him...