Ki Seitzei 25:15 · unit 2

TT #778 · Parashas Ki Seitzei · Seventh Aliyah · Passuk 25:15

The Complete Passuk

אֶ֣בֶן שְׁלֵמָ֤ה וָצֶ֙דֶק֙ יִֽהְיֶה־לָּ֔ךְ אֵיפָ֧ה שְׁלֵמָ֛ה וָצֶ֖דֶק יִֽהְיֶה־לָּ֑ךְ לְמַ֤עַן יַאֲרִ֙יכוּ֙ יָמֶ֔יךָ עַ֚ל הָאֲדָמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ נֹתֵ֥ן לָֽךְ׃

A complete and just weight you shall have, a complete and just measure you shall have, that your days may be prolonged in the land that the Eternal your God is giving you.

Chabad / Judaica Press

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Bava Batra 89a.

TT lemma: אֵיפָה שְׁלֵמָה וָצֶדֶק.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: מִנַּיִן שֶׁאֵין מוֹחֲקִין בִּמְקוֹם שֶׁגּוֹדְשִׁין וְאֵין גּוֹדְשִׁין בִּמְקוֹם שֶׁמּוֹחֲקִין? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר אֵיפָה שְׁלֵמָה.

English: Our Rabbis taught: From where do we know that one may not level off in a place where the custom is to heap, and may not heap in a place where the custom is to level off? Scripture says “a complete ephah.”

On the daf / in context: Local custom determines whether measures are heaped or leveled; deviation for fraudulent advantage is forbidden.

Type of Learning

Derash requiring conformity to local measuring custom.

What Is Learned

One must follow the local custom of heaping or leveling; one may not switch methods to one’s own advantage.