If one carries a load for another and it breaks what is the level of responsibility of the worker who breaks it? Various opnions are brought. However the gemara ends with a story relating to a talmid chacham who is held to a higher standard and is told to act beyond the letter of the law. The seventh chapter continues with labor relations – how long a day does one need to work? Does the employer need to provide food? Is travel time included in the standard work day? In the context of this discussion, a verse from tehillim is brought which is also used to reference that the evil doers will receive their punishment and the righteous will be rewarded in the world to come. A story is then brought about Rabbi Elazar, the son of Rabib Shimon bar Yochai and his methods of getting rid of evil doers. He is criticized for his actions, however he continues.
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