In for a penny, in for a pound

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In for a penny, in for a pound

In for a penny, in for a pound

This principle, which began concerning a large sum, also applies regarding a small amount of money or a minor matter. The legal relation to a small sum must be identical to the relation that applies to large sums (originally: the prutah was a low-value coin used in the past and also in the early years of the state).

("As small as it is, so great shall you hear (Deuteronomy 1) - Reish Lakish said: Let the law of a prutah be dear to you as the law of a hundred maneh" - Sanhedrin 8a)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

דִּין פְּרוּטָה כְּדִין מֵאָה, דִּין שֶׁל פְּרוּטָה כְּדִין שֶׁל מֵאָה מַנֵּה

Definition (Hebrew)

אוֹתוֹ הַדִּין הֵחֵל בְּנוֹגֵעַ לִסְכוּם גָּדוֹל חָל גַּם בְּנוֹגֵעַ לִסְכוּם כֶּסֶף קָטָן אוֹ עִנְיָן פָּעוּט. הַיַּחַס הַמִּשְׁפָּטִי לִסְכוּם כֶּסֶף קָטָן צָרִיךְ לִהְיוֹת זֵהֶה לַיַּחַס שֶׁיֵּשׁ כְּלַפֵּי סְכוּמִים גְּדוֹלִים (בַּמָּקוֹר: הַפְּרוּטָה הָיְתָה מַטְבֵּעַ קַלַּת עֵרֶךְ שֶׁהִשְׁתַּמְּשׁוּ בָּהּ בֶּעָבָר וְגַם בִּשְׁנוֹתֶיהָ הָרִאשׁוֹנוֹת שֶׁל הַמְּדִינָה).

("כְּקָטָן כְּגָדֵל תִּשְׁמָעוּן (דְּבָרִים א)- אָמַר רֵישׁ לָקִישׁ: שֶׁיְּהֵא חָבִיב עָלֶיךָ דִּין שֶׁל פְּרוּטָה, כְּדִין שֶׁל מֵאָה מָנֶה"- סַנְהֶדְרִין ח ע"א)

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