Earns a dankah, eats for a zuz?

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Earns a dankah, eats for a zuz?

Earns a dankah, eats for a zuz?

Earns a small coin but spends like a rich man? Figuratively: Can he afford a lifestyle beyond his means? (A dankah is a coin worth about one-sixth of a zuz)

(“A laborer eats cucumbers even for a dinar, dates even for a dinar. If you say he eats from his own wages – does he earn a dankah and eat for a zuz? Rather, if it’s from Heaven’s provision, still—does he earn a dankah and eat for a zuz?” – Bava Metzia 92a)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אֲגִיר בְּדַנְקָא אָכֵל בְּזוּזָא?

Definition (Hebrew)

מִשְׂתַּכֵּר בִּפְרוּטָה וְאוֹכֵל בְּזוּז? בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: הַאִם הוּא יָכוֹל לְהַרְשׁוֹת לְעַצְמוֹ רָמַת חַיִּים גְּבוֹהָה יוֹתֵר מִמָּה שֶׁהוּא מַרְוִיחַ? (דַּנְקָא הוּא מַטְבֵּעַ בְּעֵרֶךְ שֶׁל שִׁשִּׁית הַזּוּז)

("אוֹכֵל פּוֹעֵל קִשּׁוּת וַאֲפִלּוּ בְּדִינָר, כּוֹתֶבֶת וַאֲפִלּוּ בְּדִינָר. אִי אָמְרַתְּ מִשֶּׁלּוֹ הוּא אוֹכֵל – אֲגִיר בְּדַנְקָא אָכֵל בְּזוּזָא? וְאֶלָּא מַאי – מִשֶּׁל שָׁמַיִם הוּא אוֹכֵל, סוֹף סוֹף אֲגִיר בְּדַנְקָא אָכֵל בְּזוּזָא!" – בָּבָא מְצִיעָא צָב ע"א)

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