## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 130

###### Sifrei Devarim 130:1
[Sifrei Devarim 130:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/130:1)

(דברים טז ג) **לֹא תֹאכַל עָלָיו חָמֵץ**, רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר: מִנַּיִן לָאוֹכֵל חָמֵץ מִשֵּׁשׁ שָׁעוֹת וּלְמַעְלָה, שֶׁעוֹבֵר בְּלֹא תַעֲשֶׂה? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **לֹא תֹאכַל עָלָיו חָמֵץ**.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(Devarim 16:3) "You shall not eat upon it *chametz*": R. Yehudah says: Whence is it derived that if one eats *chametz* (on Pesach eve) from the sixth hour on he transgresses a negative commandment? From "You shall not eat upon it (i.e., from the time of the sacrifice of the Paschal offering, [from the sixth hour on]) *chametz*."


###### Sifrei Devarim 130:2
[Sifrei Devarim 130:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/130:2)

אָמַר רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן: יָכוֹל כֵּן הוּא הַדָּבָר? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **לֹא תֹאכַל עָלָיו חָמֵץ, שִׁבְעַת יָמִים תֹּאכַל עָלָיו מַצּוֹת** – אֶת שֶׁהוּא בְּקוּם אֱכֹל מַצָּה – הֲרֵי הוּא בְּבַל תֹּאכַל חָמֵץ, אֶת שֶׁאֵינוֹ בְּקוּם אֱכֹל מַצָּה – אֵינוֹ בְּבַל תֹּאכַל חָמֵץ.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
R. Shimon said: Is this so? (i.e., Is *this* the derivation?) Is it not written "You shall not eat upon it *chametz*" — "seven days shall you eat upon it matzoth"? Whoever is subsumed in "eat matzoh" is subsumed in "You shall not eat *chametz*" and whoever is not subsumed in "eat matzoh" is not subsumed in "You shall not eat *chametz*."


###### Sifrei Devarim 130:3
[Sifrei Devarim 130:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/130:3)

**לֶחֶם עֹנִי**, פְּרָט לְחָלוּט וְלַאֲשִׁישָׁה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"the bread of affliction": to exclude *chalut* (a paste stirred in hot water) and pan-cakes.


###### Sifrei Devarim 130:4
[Sifrei Devarim 130:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/130:4)

יָכוֹל לֹא יְהֵא אָדָם יוֹצֵא יְדֵי חוֹבָתוֹ בְּפַת הַדְרָאָה? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **מַצּוֹת**, אֲפִלּוּ כְּמַצָּה שֶׁל שְׁלֹמֹה. אִם כֵּן לָמָּה נֶאֱמַר **לֶחֶם עֹנִי**? פְּרָט לְחָלוּט וַאֲשִׁישָׁה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
I might think that one could fulfill his obligation (of "bread of affliction") only with flour of the second course; it is, therefore, written "You shall eat *matzoth* upon it" — even the (extra fine) matzoh of King Solomon. If so, why is it written "bread of affliction"? To exclude *chalut* and pan-cakes.


###### Sifrei Devarim 130:5
[Sifrei Devarim 130:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/130:5)

רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר: לָמָּה נִקְרָא **לֶחֶם עֹנִי**? אֶלָּא עַל שֵׁם עִנּוּי שֶׁנִּתְעַנּוּ בְּמִצְרַיִם.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
R. Shimon says: Why is it called "bread of affliction"? Because of the affliction that they suffered in Egypt.


###### Sifrei Devarim 130:6
[Sifrei Devarim 130:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/130:6)

**כִּי בְחִפָּזוֹן יָצָאתָ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם**, יָכוֹל חִפָּזוֹן לְיִשְׂרָאֵל וּלְמִצְרַיִם? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר (שמות יא ז): ״וּלְכֹל בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לֹא יֶחֱרַץ כֶּלֶב לְשֹׁנוֹ״. אֱמֹר מֵעַתָּה: לְמִצְרַיִם הָיָה חִפָּזוֹן, וְלֹא הָיָה חִפָּזוֹן לְיִשְׂרָאֵל.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"For in haste did you leave the land of Egypt.": I might think the haste of both Israel and Egypt. It is, therefore, written (Shemoth 11:7) "And against all the children of Israel a dog shall not sharpen its tongue" — Say, then, it was only Egypt that was in haste.


###### Sifrei Devarim 130:7
[Sifrei Devarim 130:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/130:7)

**לְמַעַן תִּזְכֹּר אֶת יוֹם צֵאתְךָ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם**, זוֹ הִיא שֶׁאָמַר רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר בֶּן עֲזַרְיָה: הֲרֵינִי כְּבֶן שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה, וְלֹא זָכִיתִי שֶׁתֵּאָמֵר יְצִיאַת מִצְרַיִם בַּלֵּילוֹת עַד שֶׁדְּרָשָׁהּ בֶּן זוֹמָא, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: **לְמַעַן תִּזְכֹּר אֶת יוֹם צֵאתְךָ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם כֹּל יְמֵי חַיֶּיךָ**, **יְמֵי חַיֶּיךָ** – הַיָּמִים, **כֹּל יְמֵי חַיֶּיךָ** – הַלֵּילוֹת. וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים: **יְמֵי חַיֶּיךָ** – הָעוֹלָם הַזֶּה, **כֹּל יְמֵי חַיֶּיךָ** – לְהָבִיא אֶת יְמוֹת הַמָּשִׁיחַ.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"so that you remember the days of your leaving the land of Egypt": This is as R. Elazar b. Azaryah said: I am like one who is seventy years old, and I did not merit reciting the exodus from Egypt at night (in the blessing after the *Shema*) until Ben Zoma expounded "so that you remember your leaving the land of Egypt all the days of your life." "the days of your life" — the days; "*all* the days of your life" — the nights. The sages say: "the days of your life" — this world; "*all* the days of your life" — including the days of the Messiah.