Pisqa’ 295⁴⁹⁷

1. “So that you may extend your days” (Dt. 25:15). This is one of those commandments of the Torah for which the reward is specified along side it. But isn’t this a matter of simple logic? Just as [an honest weight for] a dried fig-cake, weighing only one-hundredth of an ‘issar,⁴⁹⁸ is rewarded by the Torah with length of days, all the more so, should length of days be [the reward] for other commandments involving financial sacrifice.

footnotes: ⁴⁹⁷ H:286;JN2:263-264. ⁴⁹⁸ A negligible sum.

2. “For all who do these things are abominable to HASHEM” (Dt. 25:16)— Is it possible to say that one is not liable until he transgresses all of them? The Teaching states: “All who do these things” (Dt. 25:16)— he is liable for transgressing even one of them.

“All who act perversely” (Dt. 25:16)— On this basis they taught: One does not blend produce [of different batches]— even fresh with old [of the same type]. **Not even a se’ah’s-worth, at a dinar, should be blended with **a *se’ah’s-*worth [of finer produce] at a dinar and a tressis,**⁴⁹⁹ (= three ases).. **[and the blend] is for sale [on discount] at a dinar per *se’ah.***⁵⁰⁰

footnotes: ⁴⁹⁹ A coin of little value. See Jastrow, s.v., tereisis ⁵⁰⁰ //T.BM.3:26; //M.BM.4:11. The point is that even if a normally deceptive merchandising practice yields a loss to the merchant, the practice is nevertheless proscribed, lest cynicism affect the market.

3. “All who act perversely” (Dt. 25:16)—

Condemned, Abominable, Hateful, Disgusting and Perverted.⁵⁰¹, per.4:1. Cf. Pisqa’ot 148.4, 226.3.

footnotes: ⁵⁰¹ // Sifra, qedoshim