Chapter 5, Mishna 11
Why should fulcrum of balance scale be suspended from air?
How to ensure scales are accurate and fair?
What distance must fulcrum be from ceiling and from ground for different kinds of wares?
Why can’t scale pans touch floor and lever can’t touch ceiling?
If a part of balance scale becomes ritually impure, does that mean that entire scale is impure?
Can one prepare weights of hard rock or glass?
Why can’t leveler be prepared from a gourd or from metal?
Can leveler be prepared from wood?
Why shouldn’t laws relating to balance scales be talked about publicly?
How do seasonal conditions affect measuring devices?
What is an illegitimate weight and why can’t it be kept in one’s house?
What kinds of measures can’t be used?
How much can value of goods increase?
Opening song: Hallel at Beis Medrash Hancock Park
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