## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 152

###### Sifrei Devarim 152:1
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(דברים יז ח) **כִּי יִפָּלֵא** – מְלַמֵּד שֶׁבְּמֻפְלָא הַכָּתוּב מְדַבֵּר.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(Devarim 17:8) "If there be hidden ("*ki yipale*") from you a thing of judgment": "*ki yipale*": Scripture here speaks of the *mufla* (expert [similar to "*yipale*"])


###### Sifrei Devarim 152:2
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**מִמְּךָ** – זוֹ עֵצָה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"from you": This refers to counsel, viz. (*Nachum* 1:11) "From you has gone the counselor."


###### Sifrei Devarim 152:3
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**דָּבָר** – זוֹ הֲלָכָה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"a thing": This is *halachah*.


###### Sifrei Devarim 152:4
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**לַמִּשְׁפָּט** – זֶה הַדִּין.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"of judgment": This is (judicial) ruling.


###### Sifrei Devarim 152:5
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**בֵּין דָּם לְדָם** – בֵּין דַּם נִדָּה לְדַם יוֹלֶדֶת לְדַם זִיבָה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"between blood and blood": between the blood of *niddah* (menstruation), the blood of *zivah* (vaginal discharge) or the blood of childbirth.


###### Sifrei Devarim 152:6
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**בֵּין דִּין לְדִין** – בֵּין דִּינֵי מָמוֹנוֹת לְדִינֵי נְפָשׁוֹת לְדִינֵי מַכּוֹת.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"between law and law": (questions of adjudication of) monetary laws, capital laws, and the laws of stripes.


###### Sifrei Devarim 152:7
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**בֵּין נֶגַע לָנֶגַע** – בֵּין נִגְעֵי אָדָם לְנִגְעֵי בְגָדִים לְנִגְעֵי בָתִּים.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"between plague and plague": (questions concerning the cleanliness or uncleanliness of) plague-spots in men, houses, and clothing.


###### Sifrei Devarim 152:8
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**דִּבְרֵי** – אֵלּוּ עֲרָכִים וַחֲרָמִים וְהֶקְדֵּשׁוֹת.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"things": These are (questions concerning) assessments, dedications, and consecrations.


###### Sifrei Devarim 152:9
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**רִיבוֹת** – זוֹ הַשְׁקָיַת סוֹטָה וַעֲרִיפַת עֶגְלָה וְטָהֳרַת מְצוֹרָע.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"disputes": These are (questions concerning) the *sotah*'s draught, the breaking of the heifer's neck, and the cleansing of the leper.


###### Sifrei Devarim 152:10
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**בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ** – זֶה לֶקֶט שִׁכְחָה וּפֵאָה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"in your gates": These are (questions concerning) *leket*, *shikchah*, and *peah*.


###### Sifrei Devarim 152:11
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**וְקַמְתָּ** – מִיָּד.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
("then you shall arise": immediately)


###### Sifrei Devarim 152:12
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**וְקַמְתָּ** – בְּבֵית דִּין,

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"then you shall arise": from *beth-din*.


###### Sifrei Devarim 152:13
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מִכָּן אָמְרוּ (סנהדרין פי״א מ״ב): שְׁלֹשָׁה בָּתֵּי דִינִים הָיוּ שָׁם, אֶחָד עַל פֶּתַח הַר הַבַּיִת, וְאֶחָד עַל פֶּתַח הָעֲזָרָה, וְאֶחָד בְּלִשְׁכַּת הַגָּזִית.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"and go up to the place, etc.": From here it was derived that there were three *batei-din* there: one at the entrance to the Temple mount, one at the entrance of the *azarah* (the Temple court), and one in the chamber of hewn stone (the seat of the great Sanhedrin).


###### Sifrei Devarim 152:14
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בָּאִים לָזֶה שֶׁל שַׁעַר הַר הַבַּיִת וְאוֹמֵר: ״כָּךְ דָּרַשְׁתִּי וְכָךְ דָּרְשׁוּ חֲבֵרַי, כָּךְ לִמַּדְתִּי וְכָךְ לִמְּדוּ חֲבֵרַי״. אִם שָׁמְעוּ, אָמְרוּ לָהֶם, וְאִם לָאו – בָּאִים לָזֶה שֶׁעַל פֶּתַח הָעֲזָרָה וְאוֹמֵר: ״כָּךְ דָּרַשְׁתִּי וְכָךְ דָּרְשׁוּ חֲבֵרַי, כָּךְ לִמַּדְתִּי וְכָךְ לִמְּדוּ חֲבֵרַי״. אִם שָׁמְעוּ, אָמְרוּ לָהֶם, וְאִם לָאו – אֵלּוּ וָאֵלּוּ בָּאִים לְבֵית דִּין הַגָּדוֹל שֶׁבְּלִשְׁכַּת הַגָּזִית, שֶׁמִּשָּׁם תּוֹרָה יוֹצְאָה לְכָל יִשְׂרָאֵל, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: **מִן הַמָּקוֹם הַהוּא אֲשֶׁר יִבְחַר ה׳**.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
They (the dissenting sage and his colleagues in the local court) come to the court at the entrance of the Temple mount, and he (the dissenting sage) says to them (the members of that court): Thus have I expounded, and thus have my colleagues expounded. If they (the latter) have heard (the ruling in that matter), they tell them; if not they (the dissenter and his colleagues) come to the one at the entrance of the *azarah*), and he (the dissenter) says (to them): Thus did I expound and thus did my colleagues expound; thus did I teach and thus did my colleagues teach. If they have heard, they tell them; if not, they all come to the great *beth-din* (the Sanhedrin) in the chamber of hewn stone, whence Torah goes forth to all of Israel, as it is written (Devarim, *Ibid*.) "to the place which the L-rd your G-d chooses."


###### Sifrei Devarim 152:15
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**וְקַמְתָּ וְעָלִיתָ**, מַגִּיד שֶׁאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל גְּבוֹהָה מִכָּל הָאֲרָצוֹת וּבֵית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ גָּבוֹהַּ מִכָּל אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"and you shall arise and you shall go up": We are hereby taught that Eretz Yisrael is higher than all of the lands, and the Temple higher than all of Eretz Yisrael.