## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 117

###### Sifrei Devarim 117:1
[Sifrei Devarim 117:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/117:1)

(דברים טו ט) **הִשָּׁמֶר לְךָ**, הֱוֵי זָהִיר שֶׁלֹּא תִּמְנַע רַחֲמִים, שֶׁכָּל הַמּוֹנֵעַ רַחֲמִים מֻקָּשׁ לְעוֹבְרֵי עֲבֵרוֹת וּפוֹרֵק עוֹל שָׁמַיִם מֵעָלָיו, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר **בְלִיַּעַל** – בְּלִי עוֹל.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(Devarim 15:9) "Take heed unto yourself": a negative commandment.


###### Sifrei Devarim 117:2
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דָּבָר אַחֵר: **הִשָּׁמֶר לְךָ**, **הִשָּׁמֶר** בְּלֹא תַעֲשֶׂה, **פֶּן** בְּלֹא תַעֲשֶׂה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"lest": a negative commandment.


###### Sifrei Devarim 117:3
[Sifrei Devarim 117:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/117:3)

**פֶּן יִהְיֶה דָבָר עִם לְבָבְךָ בְלִיַּעַל לֵאמֹר**, זֶה שֶׁקָּרוּי עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה. נֶאֱמַר כָּאן **בְלִיַּעַל** וְנֶאֱמַר לְהַלָּן (דברים יג יד) ״יָצְאוּ אֲנָשִׁים בְּנֵי בְלִיַּעַל״, מַה בְּנֵי בְלִיַּעַל הָאָמוּר לְהַלָּן – עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה, אַף בְּנֵי בְלִיַּעַל הָאָמוּר כָּאן – עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"lest there be in your heart a thing *belial*": From here R. Yehoshua b. Karchah was wont to say: Averting one's eyes from charity is tantamount to serving idols, it being written here "*belial*," and elsewhere (re idolatry) "*belial*." Just as there, idolatry is meant, here, too, idolatry.


###### Sifrei Devarim 117:4
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**קָרְבָה שְׁנַת הַשֶּׁבַע שְׁנַת הַשְּׁמִטָּה**, זוֹ הִיא שֶׁאָמַר רַבִּי יוֹסֵי הַגְּלִילִי (לעיל פיסקא קיא): אִם שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים לְכָל אֶחָד וְאֶחָד הֵיאַךְ הִיא קְרוֹבָה? אֱמֹר מֵעַתָּה שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים לְכָל הָעוֹלָם.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"The seventh year has drawn near, the year of *shemitah*." This is as R. Yossi Haglili used to say: If (the intent is that) seven years (are allocated) for each (loan), how has *the* seventh year" drawn near? Say, then, (that the meaning is one seventh year), universally.


###### Sifrei Devarim 117:5
[Sifrei Devarim 117:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/117:5)

**וְרָעָה עֵינְךָ בְּאָחִיךָ הָאֶבְיוֹן וְלֹא תִתֵּן לוֹ וְקָרָא עָלֶיךָ אֶל ה׳**, יָכוֹל מִצְוָה שֶׁלֹּא לִקְרוֹת? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **וְקָרָא**, יָכוֹל מִצְוָה לִקְרוֹת? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר (דברים כד טו): ״וְלֹא יִקְרָא עָלֶיךָ״. יָכוֹל אִם קָרָא עָלֶיךָ יִהְיֶה בְּךָ חֵטְא, וְאִם לָאו לֹא יְהֵא בְּךָ חֵטְא? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **וְהָיָה בְךָ חֵטְא**, מִכָּל מָקוֹם. אִם כֵּן לָמָּה נֶאֱמַר **וְקָרָא עָלֶיךָ אֶל ה׳**? מְמַהֵר אֲנִי לִפָּרַע עַל יְדֵי קוֹרֵא יוֹתֵר מִמִּי שֶׁאֵינוֹ קוֹרֵא.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"and your eye be evil against your poor brother, and you not give him, and he shall call against you to the L-rd": I might think that it is a mitzvah for him to do so; it is, therefore, written (*Ibid*. 24:15) "and he shall not call against you." I might then think that if he calls against you (*Ibid*. 15:9) "there will be in you a sin," and if not, not; it is, therefore, written (*Ibid*. 24:15) "and there will be in you a sin" — in any event. Why, then is it written "and he shall call against you"? I make (more) haste to exact payment when he calls than when he does not call. (*Ibid*. 15:10) "Give": This tells me of only one time.


###### Sifrei Devarim 117:6
[Sifrei Devarim 117:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/117:6)

מִנַּיִן אִם נָתַתָּ פַּעַם אַחַת תֵּן לוֹ אֲפִלּוּ מֵאָה פְּעָמִים? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: (דברים טו י) ״נָתוֹן תִּתֵּן״.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Whence do I derive (the same for) even a hundred times? From "Give shall you give."


###### Sifrei Devarim 117:7
[Sifrei Devarim 117:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/117:7)

**לוֹ**, בֵּינְךָ לְבֵינוֹ. מִכָּן אָמְרוּ (שקלים פ״ה מ״ו): לִשְׁכַּת חֲשָׁאִים הָיְתָה בִּירוּשָׁלִַם.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"to him": between yourself and him, in respect to which they said: There was a "chamber of the secret ones" in Jerusalem, in which the fearers of sin would reposit (charity) secretly, and from which the poor of high pedigree would take secretly.


###### Sifrei Devarim 117:8
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**כִּי בִּגְלַל הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה**, אִם אָמַר לִתֵּן וְנָתַן – נוֹתְנִים לוֹ שְׂכַר אֲמִירָה וּשְׂכַר מַעֲשֶׂה. אָמַר לִתֵּן וְלֹא הִסְפִּיק בְּיָדוֹ לִתֵּן – נוֹתְנִים לוֹ שְׂכַר אֲמִירָה כִּשְׂכַר מַעֲשֶׂה. לֹא אָמַר לִתֵּן, אֲבָל אָמַר לַאֲחֵרִים תְּנוּ – נוֹתְנִים לוֹ שָׂכָר עַל כָּךְ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״כִּי בִּגְלַל הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה״. לֹא אָמַר לִתֵּן, וְלֹא אָמַר לַאֲחֵרִים תְּנוּ, אֲבָל נוֹחַ לוֹ בִּדְבָרִים טוֹבִים, מִנַּיִן שֶׁנּוֹתְנִים לוֹ שָׂכָר עַל כָּךְ? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: ״כִּי בִּגְלַל הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה יְבָרֶכְךָ ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ בְּכָל מַעֲשֶׂךָ״.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"for in consequence of this *thing*" ("*davar*," similar to "*dibbur*" ["speech"]): If he said that he would give and he gave, he is rewarded for both the speech and the act. If he said that he would give, but did not get to do so, he is rewarded for the speech. If he did not say that he would give but he told others to give, or if he did not say that he would give and did not tell others to give, but comforted him (the pauper) with kind words — Whence is it derived that he is rewarded for this? From "For in consequence of this thing the L-rd your G-d will bless you in *all* of your deeds."