Continuation of the laws of theft from the seventh chapter of the book of Brith Shalom. And here we have reached paragraph 9. From here on out we learn about all kinds of private behaviors that are included in the prohibition of stealing.
For example, it is forbidden to sell defective goods without the knowledge of the buyer. Now I am selling someone a vehicle or a tool or anything, and I am hiding from him that the tool is not complete, that there is some defect. The buyer may agree to buy the defective object, but he must be informed. I am selling you a vehicle, but here the paint has been scratched or here it has been repaired. We must say that.
And also, the seller is forbidden to cheat in weighing and measuring the goods. I am selling someone a kilo of potatoes
I cannot use fake scales, or slightly change the method of weighing. This is also theft.
Paragraph 10: A seller or a buyer is also forbidden to mislead and deceive his friend. All commercial deception is forbidden, and even cheating by mere speech is forbidden. In other words, I am only telling you that it is worth so and so. In fact, it is worth something else.
We also have a prohibition of taking over that involves verbal violence. Here in paragraph 11 it is forbidden to threaten a person so that he will sell him an object and so that he will lower the price he offered. That is, if you do not sell to me or do not lower the price, I will hurt you in such and such a way, I will hurt your family or I will harm your good name. Unless you are willing to sell to me. This thing is also a prohibition of theft in general.
