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TORAH PORTION
Bible Stresses Honesty
In Business, Life
BY RABBI IRWIN GRONER
Special to The Jewish News
This week's Sidrah refers to
business practices in ancient Is-
rael. The text declares: "Thou
shalt not have in thy house, di-
verse measures, a great measure
and a small measure, a large
weight and a small weight. You
should have a perfect weight and ,
a just weight, that your days may
be long upon the land which God
gives to you."
This law addresses those
engaged in commerce, admonish-
ing them that their weights and
measures were to be precise. If a
person possessed different kinds
of weights, he could practice de-
ception by purchasing his goods
with a large weight and selling
them with a small weight. Thus,
he could purchase more than
rightfully was his, and sell less
than the customer had paid for.
This commandment from the
Book of Deuteronomy which em-
phasizes the standards of business
honesty has a larger meaning. It
affirms the truth that our lives
should be of one standard. Life
should not be composed of differ-
ent measures and different judg-
ments that we apply to obtain
conditions and terms favorable to
ourselves.
One of the most serious charges
that can be levied against our age
is that we live by dual standards,
individually, collectively and na-
tionally.
How do we judge others, and
how do we judge ourselves?
We judge others by their deeds
and by their outward actions, and
our judgments are harsh.
How do we judge ourselves? By
our thoughts, intentions, hopes,
and feelings. When we commit an
error, we are kind to ourselves.
We take into account all of the
extenuating circumstances, all of
our difficulties, problems and
burdens. But when we weigh the
faults of others, we do not refrain
from using a different measure
and putting our thumb on the
scale.
We seem to have a set of double
standards: The values we profess
and the values by which we really
live.
We extol self-control and we
practice self-indulgence.
We proclaim brotherhood and
we are guilty of prejudice.
We teach young people the
sanctity of human life and rever-
ence for moral ideals, but the
media portray the themes of brut-
ality, depravity, and decadence in
living color. We proclaim our-
selves a non-violent people, but
we insist that each person be
allowed to own his own gun. You
and I are not guilty of all these
things. But collectively, we share
in the responsibility for these
Ki Teze:
Deuteronomy
21:10-25:19. Isaiah
54:1-10.
double standards, a responsibility
not to be discharged by blaming
our political leaders or the party
in power.
On the international scene, we
observe different scales by which
countries are measured. As Jews,
we have long recognized that the
country of Israel has had to cope
with double standards of interna-
tional judgment. When Israel was
threatened with destruction by
her Arab neighbors, no nation
came to her defense. When Israel,
having successfully fought her
wars for survival, continues now
her struggle to maintain her secu-
rity in the presence of Arab hostil-
ity, her actions are condemned.
Justice for the Jew is never
melted out by the same standards
applied to other people.
The time has come to reject
double standards in every aspect
of our personal and collective
lives.
Inflation Necessitates
Redesigned Shekel
now have price tags with six or
seven digits.
Five years ago the Shekel was
introduced in a similar way, by
removing a zero of the original Is-
rael pound.
In other economic news, Israel's
Elscint, a sophisticated medical
equipment company which at one
time appeared to lead the world in
its field, is recasting its financial
structure under new manage-
ment,
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Cabinet accepted a proposal Sun-
day to introduce a technical
change in the value of the Shekel,
by removing the last three zeros
from the face value of the cur-
rency. The exchange rate last
weekend was 1,480 Shekels to the
American dollar,
New notes and coins went into
circulation Wednesday. In an
interim period until January 1,
both the old MARSH Shekels will
be valid in the market.
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