Ki Seitzei 25:14 · unit 3

TT #775 · 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 Sifrei / Bava Batra.

TT lemma: אֵיפָה וּמֵאֵיפָה.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

אֵיפָה וּמֵאֵיפָה – גְּדוֹלָה וּקְטַנָּה.

English: “An ephah and an ephah” — a large one and a small one.

On the daf / in context: Parallel to the stone weights: two different measures of the same name for fraudulent use.

Type of Learning

Derash defining the dual ephah.

What Is Learned

One may not keep two ephah measures of different sizes for cheating.