Ki Seitzei 25:14 · unit 2

TT #774 · Parashas Ki Seitzei · Seventh Aliyah · Passuk 25:14

The Complete Passuk

לֹא־יִהְיֶ֥ה לְךָ֛ בְּבֵיתְךָ֖ אֵיפָ֣ה וְאֵיפָ֑ה גְּדוֹלָ֖ה וּקְטַנָּֽה׃

You shall not have in your house two kinds of measures, a large and a small.

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Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Bava Batra 89a.

TT lemma: בְּבֵיתֶךָ.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

בְּבֵיתֶךָ – אָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה מִסּוּרָא: לֹא יִהְיֶה לְךָ בְּבֵיתֶךָ – מַה טַּעַם? מִשּׁוּם אֵיפָה וְאֵיפָה.

English: “In your house” — Rav Yehudah of Sura said: “You shall not have in your house” — why? Because of the (prohibition of) two kinds of ephah.

On the daf / in context: The presence of dishonest measures in the house is itself forbidden, even before they are used.

Type of Learning

Derash on the prohibition of possessing dual measures.

What Is Learned

It is forbidden even to possess a set of dishonest measures in one’s house.