## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 138

###### Sifrei Devarim 138:1
[Sifrei Devarim 138:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/138:1)

(דברים טז יא) **וְשָׂמַחְתָּ**, נֶאֶמְרָה כָּאן שִׂמְחָה וְנֶאֶמְרָה לְהַלָּן (דברים כז ז) שִׂמְחָה. מָה שִׂמְחָה הָאֲמוּרָה לְהַלָּן – שְׁלָמִים, אַף שִׂמְחָה הָאֲמוּרָה כָּאן – שְׁלָמִים.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(Devarim 16:11) "And you shall rejoice before the L-rd your G-d": It is written here "rejoice," and elsewhere (*Ibid*. 27:7) "rejoice." Just as there, the rejoicing is with peace-offerings, here, too, it is with peace-offerings.


###### Sifrei Devarim 138:2
[Sifrei Devarim 138:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/138:2)

**אַתָּה וּבִנְךָ וּבִתֶּךָ וְעַבְדְּךָ וַאֲמָתֶךָ וְהַלֵּוִי אֲשֶׁר בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ וְהַגֵּר**, חָבִיב חָבִיב קוֹדֵם.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"you, your daughter, your man-servant, your maid-servant" — in order of affection.


###### Sifrei Devarim 138:3
[Sifrei Devarim 138:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/138:3)

רַבִּי יוֹסֵי הַגְּלִילִי אוֹמֵר: שָׁלֹשׁ מִצְווֹת נוֹהֲגוֹת בָּרֶגֶל, וְאֵלּוּ הֵן: חֲגִיגָה, רְאִיָּה, וְשִׂמְחָה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
R. Yossi Haglili says: Three mitzvoth obtain on a festival: the festive offering (*chagigah*), the sacrifice of peace-offerings, viz. (27:7) "And you shall sacrifice peace-offerings and you shall eat them there"; "appearance" (*re'iah*), before the L-rd with a burnt-offering, viz. Shemoth 23:15); and rejoicing (*simchah*).


###### Sifrei Devarim 138:4
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יֵשׁ בָּרְאִיָּה שֶׁאֵין בִּשְׁתֵּיהֶן, בַּחֲגִיגָה שֶׁאֵין בִּשְׁתֵּיהֶן, בַּשִּׂמְחָה שֶׁאֵין בִּשְׁתֵּיהֶן.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
There obtains with *re'iah* what does not obtain with the others; with *chagigah*, what does not obtain with the others; and with *simchah*, what does not obtain with the others:


###### Sifrei Devarim 138:5
[Sifrei Devarim 138:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/138:5)

רְאִיָּה – כֻּלָּהּ לַגָּבוֹהַּ, שֶׁאֵין בִּשְׁתֵּיהֶן.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
*re'iah* (a burnt-offering) is entirely (consumed) for the Most High;


###### Sifrei Devarim 138:6
[Sifrei Devarim 138:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/138:6)

חֲגִיגָה – נוֹהֶגֶת לִפְנֵי הַדָּבָר וּלְאַחַר הַדָּבָר, שֶׁאֵין בִּשְׁתֵּיהֶן.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
*chagigah* obtains both before the Word (the giving of the Torah) and afterwards;


###### Sifrei Devarim 138:7
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שִׂמְחָה – נוֹהֶגֶת בָּאֲנָשִׁים וּבַנָּשִׁים, שֶׁאֵין בִּשְׁתֵּיהֶן.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
*simchah* obtains with both men and women (as opposed to the others, which obtain only with men.)


###### Sifrei Devarim 138:8
[Sifrei Devarim 138:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/138:8)

הָא, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁיֵּשׁ בָּזוֹ מַה שֶׁאֵין בָּזוֹ, וְיֵשׁ בָּזוֹ מַה שֶׁאֵין בָּזוֹ – צָרַךְ הַכָּתוּב לוֹמַר אֶת כֻּלָּן.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
This (i.e., their uniqueness) being so, Scripture had to mention all of them (individually, their not being mutually derivable.)