## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 107

###### Sifrei Devarim 107:1
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(דברים יד כד) **וְכִי יִרְבֶּה מִמְּךָ הַדֶּרֶךְ**, יָכוֹל בְּרִחוּק זְמַן הַכָּתוּב מְדַבֵּר? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **יִרְחַק מִמְּךָ הַמָּקוֹם**, בְּרִחוּק מָקוֹם הַכָּתוּב מְדַבֵּר וְלֹא בְּרִחוּק זְמַן.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(Devarim 14:24) "And if it be too long for you": I might think that Scripture speaks of a length of time; it is, therefore, written "And if the *way* be too long for you" — a length of distance.


###### Sifrei Devarim 107:2
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אֵין לִי אֶלָּא בִּזְמַן שֶׁהוּא מְרֻבֶּה, מִנַּיִן אֲפִלּוּ לַמּוּעָט? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **כִּי לֹא תוּכַל שְׂאֵתוֹ**.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
This tells me only of (one who has) much (tithes). Whence do I derive (the same for one who has) few (tithes)? From "so that you cannot carry it" (which can be understood as "so that you cannot carry it such a long distance").


###### Sifrei Devarim 107:3
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אֵין לִי אֶלָּא עָנִי, עָשִׁיר מִנַּיִן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **כִּי יְבָרֶכְךָ ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ**.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
This tells me only of a poor man (who lacks animals and wagons for transportation). Whence do I derive the same (i.e., "then you shall change it to money") for a rich man? From "for the L-rd your G-d will bless you."


###### Sifrei Devarim 107:4
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(דברים יד כה) **וְנָתַתָּה בַּכָּסֶף** – מְלַמֵּד שֶׁאֵין מִתְחַלֵּל אֶלָּא עַל הַכֶּסֶף. מִנַּיִן לַעֲשׂוֹת שְׁאָר מַטְבֵּעַ כַּכֶּסֶף? דִּין הוּא: הוֹאִיל וְהֶקְדֵּשׁ מִתְחַלֵּל וּמַעֲשֵׂר שֵׁנִי מִתְחַלֵּל, מָה הֶקְדֵּשׁ עָשָׂה בּוֹ שְׁאָר מַטְבֵּעַ כַּכֶּסֶף – אַף מַעֲשֵׂר שֵׁנִי עָשָׂה בּוֹ שְׁאָר מַטְבֵּעַ כַּכֶּסֶף. מָה לְהֶקְדֵּשׁ שֶׁעָשָׂה בּוֹ שְׁאָר מַטְבֵּעַ כַּכֶּסֶף, שֶׁהֲרֵי עָשָׂה בּוֹ שְׁאָר מִטַּלְטְלִים כַּכֶּסֶף, תֹּאמַר בְּמַעֲשֵׂר שֵׁנִי שֶׁלֹּא עָשָׂה בּוֹ שְׁאָר מִטַּלְטְלִים כַּכֶּסֶף? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **וְצַרְתָּ הַכֶּסֶף**, דָּבָר שֶׁדַּרְכּוֹ לִצְרֹר, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל. רַבִּי עֲקִיבָה אוֹמֵר: דָּבָר שֶׁיֵּשׁ עָלָיו צוּרָה, פְּרָט לְסִימוֹן שֶׁאֵין עָלָיו צוּרָה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(*Ibid*. 25) "then you shall change it to money": This tells me that he can exchange it only for silver ("Money," literally, is "silver.") Whence do I derive that he can use other coins as well as silver? It follows, viz.: Since offerings may be redeemed for silver and second-tithe may be redeemed for silver, then just as offerings may be redeemed for other coinage as well as for silver, so, second-tithe may be redeemed for other coinage as well as for silver. — (No,) this may be true of offerings, where other movables are equated with silver — as opposed to tithe, where other movables are not equated with silver! It is, therefore, written (twice, in 14:25) "money," "money," to include (any kind of money). (*Ibid*.) "*vetzarta* the money": Something which is customarily bound (*litzror*). These are the words of R. Yishmael. R. Akiva says: something which has a design (*tzurah*), to exclude an *asimon* (uncoined metal), which has no design.


###### Sifrei Devarim 107:5
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**בְּיָדְךָ** – פְּרָט לְשֶׁיָּצָא חוּץ מֵרְשׁוּתְךָ.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"in your hand": to exclude (money) which is not in your possession.


###### Sifrei Devarim 107:6
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**וְהָלַכְתָּ אֶל הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יִבְחַר ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ בּוֹ** – זוֹ שִׁילֹה וּבֵית עוֹלָמִים.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"and you shall go to the place which the L-rd your G-d chooses": Shiloh or the Temple.


###### Sifrei Devarim 107:7
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(דברים יד כו) **וְנָתַתָּה הַכֶּסֶף בְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר תְּאַוֶּה נַפְשְׁךָ**, רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר: יָכוֹל הַלָּקוּחַ בְּכֶסֶף מַעֲשֵׂר, שֶׁנִּטְמָא – טָעוּן פִּדְיוֹן? וְדִין הוּא: וּמָה מַעֲשֵׂר שֵׁנִי עַצְמוֹ שֶׁנִּטְמָא, הֲרֵי הוּא נִפְדֶּה; הַלָּקוּחַ בְּכֶסֶף מַעֲשֵׂר שֶׁנִּטְמָא – אֵינוֹ דִין שֶׁיִּפָּדֶה? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **כֶּסֶף** – כֶּסֶף רִאשׁוֹן וְלֹא כֶסֶף שֵׁנִי. אֵין לִי אֶלָּא טָהוֹר, טָמֵא מִנַּיִן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **כֶּסֶף** – כֶּסֶף רִאשׁוֹן וְלֹא כֶסֶף שֵׁנִי! שְׁלֹשָׁה כְסָפִים נֶאֶמְרוּ בָעִנְיָן: אֶחָד לְמַעֲשֵׂר טָהוֹר וְאֶחָד לְמַעֲשֵׂר טָמֵא וְאֶחָד לַלָּקוּחַ בְּכֶסֶף מַעֲשֵׂר.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(*Ibid*. 26) "And you shall give the money": Three "monies" are mentioned herein: ([25] "then you shall change it to money," "*vetzarta* the money," [26] "and you shall give the money"), the first, for clean tithe; the second, for unclean tithe; the third, for what was bought with second-tithe money, which became unclean. R. Yehudah says: I might think that what was bought for second-tithe money, which became unclean, should be redeemed, and that this followed *a fortiori*, viz.: If second-tithe (itself) which became unclean is redeemed, then what was bought for second-tithe money, which became unclean — how much more so should it be redeemed! It is, therefore, written "*the* money" — the first money, and not the second money.


###### Sifrei Devarim 107:8
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**בְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר תְּאַוֶּה נַפְשְׁךָ**, יָכוֹל בַּעֲבָדִים וּשְׁפָחוֹת וְקַרְקָעוֹת? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **בַּבָּקָר וּבַצֹּאן**.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(*Ibid*. 26) "And you shall give the money *for all that your soul desires*": I might think, for men-servants and maid-servants, and land, and unclean beasts; it is, therefore, written "of herd and of flock."


###### Sifrei Devarim 107:9
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אֵין לִי אֶלָּא אֲכִילָה, שְׁתִיָּה מִנַּיִן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **וּבַיַּיִן וּבַשֵּׁכָר**.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
This tells me only of food. Whence do I derive (the same for) drink? From "wine and strong drink."


###### Sifrei Devarim 107:10
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אֵין לִי אֶלָּא אֲכִילָה וּשְׁתִיָּה, מִנַּיִן אַף מַשְׁבִּיחֵי אֲכִילָה וּשְׁתִיָּה, כְּגוֹן הַקּוֹשְׁטְ וְהַחִמּוּם וְרָאשֵׁי בְשָׂמִים וְהַתֵּיאָה וְהַחִלְתִּית וְהַפִּלְפְּלִים וְחַלּוֹת הָרֵיעַ? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **וּבְכֹל אֲשֶׁר תִּשְׁאָלְךָ נַפְשֶׁךָ**.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
This tells me only of food and drink. Whence do I derive the same for "enhancers" of food and drink, such as *kosht*, *chimum*, choice spices, *tiah*, *hachlatith*, peppers, and *chalath charia*? From "for all that your soul desires."


###### Sifrei Devarim 107:11
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יָכוֹל אַף מַיִם וָמֶלַח? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **בַּבָּקָר וּבַצֹּאן וּבַיַּיִן וּבַשֵּׁכָר**, מָה אֵלּוּ מְיֻחָדִים, שֶׁהֵם פְּרִי מִן הַפְּרִי וְגִדּוּלָם מִן הָאָרֶץ, אַף אֵין לִי אֶלָּא דָבָר שֶׁהוּא פְּרִי מִן הַפְּרִי וְגִדּוּלוֹ מִן הָאָרֶץ.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
I might think, even water and salt; it is, therefore, written "of herd, flock, wine, and strong drink." Just as these are one fruit from another, originating from the earth [(Animals, too, derive their sustenance from the earth)], so, only all of this nature (is purchasable with tithe money).


###### Sifrei Devarim 107:12
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בֶּן בַּג בַּג אוֹמֵר: **בַּבָּקָר** – וְלָקַחְתָּ פָּרָה עַל יְדֵי עוֹרָהּ.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"*of* the herd": We re hereby taught that a cow is acquired (for tithe money) together with its skin (i.e., the skin need not be sold for something which can be eaten.)


###### Sifrei Devarim 107:13
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**בַּצֹּאן** – וְלָקַחְתָּ רָחֵל עַל יְדֵי גִּזָּתָהּ,

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"*of* the flock": a sheep, together with its wool.


###### Sifrei Devarim 107:14
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**בַּיַּיִן** – וְלָקַחְתָּ חָבִית עַל יְדֵי קַנְקַנָּהּ,

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"*of* wine": the jug, together with its (storage vessel).


###### Sifrei Devarim 107:15
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**וּבַשֵּׁכָר** – וְלָקַחְתָּ תֶּמֶד מִשֶּׁתַּחְמִיץ.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"*of* strong drink": pomace wine (made from grape husks steeped in water), after fermentation.


###### Sifrei Devarim 107:16
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יָכוֹל יִקַּח בְּהֵמָה לְמִשְׁתֵּה בְּנוֹ? – הֲרֵי אַתָּה דָן: נֶאֱמַר כָּאן ״שִׂמְחָה״ וְנֶאֱמַר לְהַלָּן (דברים כז ז) ״שִׂמְחָה״, מַה שִׂמְחָה הָאֲמוּרָה לְהַלָּן – שְׁלָמִים, אַף שִׂמְחָה הָאֲמוּרָה כָּאן – שְׁלָמִים. אוֹ מַה שִׂמְחָה הָאֲמוּרָה לְהַלָּן עוֹלָה וּשְׁלָמִים, אַף שִׂמְחָה הָאֲמוּרָה כָּאן עוֹלָה וּשְׁלָמִים? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **וְאָכַלְתָּ** **וְשָׂמַחְתָּ**, שִׂמְחָה שֶׁיֵּשׁ עִמָּהּ אֲכִילָה; יָצְאוּ עוֹלוֹת שֶׁאֵין עִמָּהֶן אֲכִילָה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
I might think he could buy (with the tithe money) a beast for his son's feast — it is, therefore, derived (that you may not, thus:) It is written here "rejoice," and, elsewhere (*Ibid*. 27:7) "rejoice." Just as there, with peace-offerings, so, here, with peace-offerings. — But (why not) just as there, burnt-offerings and peace-offerings, so, here, burnt-offerings and peace-offerings? For it is written (here) "and you shall eat … and you shall rejoice" — a rejoicing accompanied by eating, to exclude burnt-offerings, where there is no eating, (a burnt-offering being entirely burned).