Answer to charity
- In any case, it is not certain that a poor person will knock on the door, and therefore even if there was an obligation to give to every poor person, it is still a guaranteed profit. Therefore, even if he does not have to give to every poor person, there are still situations in which he does, and even in these situations he dies because of the handling of the loss. This is enough to make him a wage earner.
- A hired guard does not necessarily have to guard more. Simply put, he is also a guard as a female guard. This only adds liability if something happens (theft and loss). The discussion is not about what he deserves, but about what legal boundary he falls into. If this thing is indeed hired, then he is a hired guard. Even if morally you think it is unfair, this is the legal situation. The sages can always amend a regulation that exempts guards from loss due to moral considerations. The discussion here is legal, not moral. Now I wonder whether a hired guard can make a condition like any other guard (Mishnah BM 3:1). Ostensibly, he can take on the task of taking care of a loss on the condition that there is a free guard for it. This must be discussed because there is no second party here. He cannot make a condition with the Torah, after all, it obligates him. This is not a voluntary contract like a regular guard who has everything in his hands. On the other hand, he can not take care of the loss. This is a halachic, not a legal, obligation. Therefore, perhaps it is possible to make a condition. Like the stipulation of a man who saves his friend on the condition that he pay him a fee beyond the void.
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