## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 128

###### Sifrei Devarim 128:1
[Sifrei Devarim 128:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/128:1)

(דברים טז א) **וְעָשִׂיתָ פֶּסַח**, שֶׁתְּהֵא עֲשִׂיָּתוֹ לְשֵׁם פֶּסַח; שֶׁאִם שְׁחָטוֹ שֶׁלֹּא לִשְׁמוֹ – פָּסוּל.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(Devarim 16:1) "And you shall make the Pesach (offering)": Its "making" must be to that end. If he offered it not in its name, it is invalid.


###### Sifrei Devarim 128:2
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אֵין לִי אֶלָּא שְׁחִיטָתוֹ; מִנַּיִן לְרַבּוֹת קִבּוּל דָּמוֹ וּזְרִיקַת דָּמוֹ? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **וְעָשִׂיתָ**. יָכוֹל שֶׁאֲנִי מְרַבֶּה צְלִיָּתוֹ וַהֲדָחַת קְרָבָיו? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר (דברים טז ב): ״וְזָבַחְתָּ״. זְבִיחָה בִּכְלָל הָיְתָה, וְלָמָּה יָצְאָה? לְהַקִּישׁ אֵלֶיהָ: מָה זְבִיחָה מְיֻחֶדֶת, שֶׁהִיא לְשֵׁם עֲבוֹדָה – יָצְאוּ אֵלּוּ, שֶׁאֵינָן לְשֵׁם עֲבוֹדָה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
I might think that this also applies to its roasting and rinsing; it is, therefore, written (*Ibid*. 2) "And you shall slaughter a Pesach": Slaughtering was in the general category (of "making"). Why did it leave (that category for special mention)? To serve as the basis for a comparison, viz.: Just as slaughtering is expressly for the (altar) service, so all *such* "makings" (must be specifically to the end of "Pesach"), to exclude those (like roasting and rinsing) which are not altar-oriented.


###### Sifrei Devarim 128:3
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**לַה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ** – לַשֵּׁם הַמְיֻחָד.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"to the L-rd your G-d": for His name's sake.


###### Sifrei Devarim 128:4
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**כִּי בְּחֹדֶשׁ הָאָבִיב** – חֹדֶשׁ שֶׁהוּא כָּשֵׁר: לֹא חַם וְלֹא צוֹנֵן, וְכֵן הוּא אוֹמֵר (תהלים סח ז): ״אֱלֹהִים מוֹשִׁיב יְחִידִים בַּיְתָה מוֹצִיא אֲסִירִים בַּכּוֹשָׁרוֹת״.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"for in the month of Aviv": a propitious month, one which is neither too hot nor too cold. And thus is it written (Psalms 68:7) "G-d settles (the scattered) individuals (of Israel) in a (single) house (i.e., a united congregation). He releases the prisoners (from Egypt) in an equable (month" [neither too hot nor too cold]).


###### Sifrei Devarim 128:5
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**הוֹצִיאֲךָ אֱלֹהֶיךָ מִמִּצְרַיִם לָיְלָה**, וְכִי בַלַּיְלָה יָצְאוּ? וַהֲלֹא לֹא יָצְאוּ אֶלָּא בַּיּוֹם, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (במדבר לג ג): ״מִמָּחֳרַת הַפֶּסַח״! אֶלָּא מְלַמֵּד שֶׁנִּגְאֲלוּ בַּלַּיְלָה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"the L-rd your G-d took you out of Egypt at night": Now did they leave at night? Did they not leave in the daytime, as it is written (Bamidbar 33:3) "On the morrow of the Pesach the children of Israel went out, etc."? We are hereby taught that the redemption *began* in the evening.