## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 129

###### Sifrei Devarim 129:1
[Sifrei Devarim 129:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/129:1)

(דברים טז ב) **וְזָבַחְתָּ פֶּסַח** – שֶׁתְּהֵא שְׁחִיטָתוֹ לְשֵׁם פֶּסַח, שֶׁאִם שְׁחָטוֹ שֶׁלֹּא לִשְׁמוֹ – פָּסוּל.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(Devarim 16:2) "And you shall slaughter a Pesach": Its slaughtering must be in the name of Pesach; otherwise, it is unfit.


###### Sifrei Devarim 129:2
[Sifrei Devarim 129:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/129:2)

אֵין לִי אֶלָּא שְׁחִיטָתוֹ, מִנַּיִן לְרַבּוֹת קִבּוּל דָּמוֹ וּזְרִיקַת דָּמוֹ? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר (דברים טז א): ״וְעָשִׂיתָ״.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
This tells me only of its slaughtering. Whence do I derive the same for the receiving of its blood and the sprinkling of the blood? From (1) "and you shall *make* the Pesach."


###### Sifrei Devarim 129:3
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יָכוֹל שֶׁאֲנִי מְרַבֶּה אֶת הֶקְטֵר חֲלָבָיו? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **וְזָבַחְתָּ**.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
I might think to include ("in the name of Pesach") the burning of its fats; it is, therefore, written "and you shall slaughter."


###### Sifrei Devarim 129:4
[Sifrei Devarim 129:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/129:4)

זְבִיחָה בִּכְלָל הָיְתָה, וְלָמָּה יָצְאָה? לְהַקִּישׁ אֵלֶיהָ: מַה זְבִיחָה מְיֻחֶדֶת, שֶׁמְּעַכֶּבֶת אֶת הַכַּפָּרָה – אַף כָּל שֶׁמְּעַכֵּב אֶת הַכַּפָּרָה; יָצְאָה הַקְטָרָה שֶׁאֵינָהּ מְעַכֶּבֶת אֶת הַכַּפָּרָה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Slaughtering was in the general category (of "making"). Why was it singled out (for special mention)? To serve as a basis for comparison, viz.: Just as slaughtering is distinct in being categorically required for atonement, so, all that is so required (is included) — to exclude the burning of the fats, which is not thus required.


###### Sifrei Devarim 129:5
[Sifrei Devarim 129:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/129:5)

**לַה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ** – לַשֵּׁם הַמְיֻחָד.

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


###### Sifrei Devarim 129:6
[Sifrei Devarim 129:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/129:6)

**צֹאן וּבָקָר**, וַהֲלֹא אֵין פֶּסַח בָּא אֶלָּא מִן הַכְּבָשִׂים וּמִן הָעִזִּים! אִם כֵּן לָמָּה נֶאֱמַר **צֹאן וּבָקָר**? צֹאן לַפֶּסַח וּבָקָר לַחֲגִיגָה. דָּבָר אַחֵר: לְהַקִּישׁ כָּל הַבָּא מִן הַצֹּאן וּמִן הַבָּקָר לַפֶּסַח: מַה פֶּסַח שֶׁהוּא בָּא חוֹבָה, אֵינוֹ בָּא אֶלָּא מִן הַחֻלִּין – כָּךְ כָּל דָּבָר שֶׁהוּא בָּא חוֹבָה אֵינוֹ בָּא אֶלָּא מִן הַחֻלִּין.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"sheep and cattle": Does the Paschal offering not come from lambs and kids? If so, why "sheep and cattle"? Sheep for the Pesach offering and cattle for the festive offering (*chagigah*), and to compare all that comes from sheep and cattle to the Pesach, viz.: Just as Pesach is a mandatory offering and comes only from *chullin* (non-consecrated) animals, so all mandatory offerings must come from *chullin*.


###### Sifrei Devarim 129:7
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**בַּמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יִבְחַר ה׳ לְשַׁכֵּן שְׁמוֹ שָׁם** – זוֹ שִׁילֹה וּבֵית עוֹלָמִים.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"*in the place* that the L-rd your G-d shall choose to repose His name there": Shiloh and the Temple.