## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 108

###### Sifrei Devarim 108:1
[Sifrei Devarim 108:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/108:1)

(דברים יד כז) **וְהַלֵּוִי אֲשֶׁר בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ**, כָּל מָקוֹם אַתָּה מוֹצֵא לֵוִי הַזֶּה לוֹמַר: תֵּן לוֹ מֵחֶלְקוֹ! אֵין לוֹ חֶלְקוֹ – תֵּן לוֹ מַעְשַׂר עָנִי! אֵין לוֹ מַעְשַׂר עָנִי – תֵּן לוֹ שְׁלָמִים! אֵין לוֹ שְׁלָמִים – פַּרְנְסֵהוּ מִן הַצְּדָקָה!

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(Devarim 14:27) "And the Levite who is in your gate, you shall not forsake him" (by not giving him first tithe): Wherever you find this Levite, give him of his portion (first-tithe). If he does not have his portion, he gives him second-tithe. If he does not have second-tithe, he gives him poor-tithe. If he does not have poor-tithe, he gives him peace-offerings. If he does not have peace-offerings, he feeds him from charity, it being written (26) "you … (27) and the Levite."


###### Sifrei Devarim 108:2
[Sifrei Devarim 108:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/108:2)

**כִּי אֵין לוֹ חֵלֶק וְנַחֲלָה עִמָּךְ**, לְהַגִּיד מֶה גָּרַם.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"for he has no portion or inheritance with you": This is the rationale (of the mitzvah).