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The Sharia of Moses in the TORA
Part 2 - The 365 Prohibitions of the Tora
271 - CHEATING IN MEASUREMENTS AND WEIGHTS
“He who denies the commandments pertaining to measures and weights is as if he denied the Exodus”, for in committing unrighteousness to his fellow man the sinner implies that “the Lord has abandoned the earth” and that those who practice unrighteousness will not be punished. Now since the Exodus proves that “the Lord is in the world”, and that His Providence extends to all things done in the world, the violation of these commandments entails a denial of the verity of the Exodus, “which made possible the giving of the Divine Commandments. But he who takes upon himself the obligation to fulfill the Commandments pertaining to measures and weights admits the Exodus, which was the essential cause of all commandments.”*