Ki Seitzei 25:13 · unit 1

TT #771 · Parashas Ki Seitzei · Seventh Aliyah · Passuk 25:13

The Complete Passuk

לֹא־יִהְיֶ֥ה לְךָ֛ בְּכִֽיסְךָ֖ אֶ֣בֶן וָאָ֑בֶן גְּדוֹלָ֖ה וּקְטַנָּֽה׃

You shall not have in your bag two kinds of weights, a large and a small.

Chabad / Judaica Press

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sifrei / Bava Metzia.

TT lemma: לֹא יִהְיֶה לְךָ בְּכִיסְךָ.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

תַּנְיָא רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא אוֹמֵר: מִנַּיִן שֶׁלֹּא יְקַיֵּם סֶלַע פָּחוֹת מִשֶּׁקֶל וְלֹא דִּינָר פָּחוֹת מִטַּרְפְּעִיק? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר לֹא יִהְיֶה לְךָ.

English: It was taught: Rabbi Akiva says, From where do we know that one may not keep a sela that has become less than a shekel, nor a dinar that has become less than a tarpeik? Scripture says “you shall not have.”

On the daf / in context: Worn or underweight coins that can still be passed as full weight are forbidden to retain.

Type of Learning

Derash prohibiting the retention of defective weights/coins.

What Is Learned

One may not keep underweight coins that could be used to defraud.