Ki Teitzei: The Creator's Presence in All Our Ways
In Parashat Ki Teitzei, the Torah teaches us a paramount moral and economic foundation: "A perfect and just weight you shall have; a perfect and just measure you shall have" Deuteronomy 25:13–16. This warning against double standards and falsified weights is not merely a technical instruction for marketplace vendors; it is a cornerstone in building a rectified human society, related to the commandment of establishing Courts/Justice System — one of the Seven Noahide Laws and also may be related to the prohibition of theft.
The seventh Noahide commandment is the obligation to establish courts and a system of justice. In our times, when commerce is no longer conducted solely with scales and stone weights, the principle of "a perfect and just weight" extends to all realms of the financial and digital economy.
Noahides are obligated to establish systems of justice that…
This is the way of humanity. We are strongly tempted to decieve if the opportunity presents itself. The knowledge that you have done so is a burden none of us wants and when it occurs we ought to feel anguish and a little shame. A second or two of giving consideration to the consequences of our action/inaction before we give in to the temptation is worthwhile and is effective in seeing the error writ large in the mind and that helps in avoidance. Who can deny that this momentary pause helps the inner light in us shine bright and come to our rescue?