Ki Seitzei 25:13 · unit 2

TT #772 · 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.

TT lemma: אֶבֶן וָאָבֶן גְּדוֹלָה וּקְטַנָּה.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

גְּדוֹלָה וּקְטַנָּה – גְּדוֹלָה שֶׁהִיא מַכְחֶשֶׁת אֶת הַקְּטַנָּה, שֶׁלֹּא יְהֵא נוֹטֵל בַּגְּדוֹלָה וּמַחֲזִיר בַּקְּטַנָּה.

English: “Large and small” — a large one that falsifies the small one, so that he should not take with the large and give back with the small.

On the daf / in context: The prohibition is directed against keeping two sets of weights for fraudulent use.

Type of Learning

Derash defining the prohibited pair of weights.

What Is Learned

One may not keep a large weight and a small weight for the purpose of cheating in measure.