## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 137

###### Sifrei Devarim 137:1
[Sifrei Devarim 137:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/137:1)

(דברים טז י) **וְעָשִׂיתָ חַג שָׁבֻעוֹת לַה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ**, מִכְּלָל שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (שמות כג טז) ״וְחַג הַקָּצִיר בִּכּוּרֵי מַעֲשֶׂיךָ״ יָכוֹל אִם יֵשׁ לְךָ קָצִיר אַתָּה עוֹשֶׂה יוֹם טוֹב, וְאִם לָאו אִי אַתָּה עוֹשֶׂה יוֹם טוֹב? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **וְעָשִׂיתָ חַג שָׁבֻעוֹת לַה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ**, בֵּין שֶׁיֵּשׁ לְךָ קָצִיר וּבֵין שֶׁאֵין לְךָ קָצִיר אַתָּה עוֹשֶׂה יוֹם טוֹב.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(Devarim 16:10) "And you shall make a festival of weeks (*shavuoth*) to the L-rd your G-d": Because it is written (Shemoth 23:16) "And the festival of the harvest (Shavuoth) the (time of bringing the) first-fruits of your labor," I might think, if you "harvest, you make a festival, and if not, you do not make a festival; it is, therefore, written "and you shall make a festival of weeks to the L-rd your G-d" — Whether or not you have a harvest, you make a festival.


###### Sifrei Devarim 137:2
[Sifrei Devarim 137:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/137:2)

**מִסַּת נִדְבַת יָדְךָ אֲשֶׁר תִּתֵּן**, מְלַמֵּד שֶׁאָדָם מֵבִיא חוֹבָתוֹ מִן הַחֻלִּין.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"the tribute of the offering of your hand": We are hereby taught that one brings his obligatory offering from *chullin* (non-consecrated monies).


###### Sifrei Devarim 137:3
[Sifrei Devarim 137:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/137:3)

מִנַּיִן שֶׁאִם רָצָה לְהָבִיא מִמַּעֲשֵׂר יָבִיא? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **כַּאֲשֶׁר יְבָרֶכְךָ ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ**.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
And whence is it derived that if he wishes, he may include some of his tithe monies? From "as the L-rd your G-d will bless you."