## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 155

###### Sifrei Devarim 155:1
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(דברים יז יב) **וְהָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר יַעֲשֶׂה בְזָדוֹן**, אֲשֶׁר לֹא שָׁמַע מִפִּי בֵּית דִּין וּמוֹרֶה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(Devarim 17:12) "And the man who shall do wilfully, not to listen": to its ruling.


###### Sifrei Devarim 155:2
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**אֲשֶׁר יַעֲשֶׂה** – עַל מַעֲשֶׂה הוּא חַיָּב וְאֵינוֹ חַיָּב עַל הוֹרָיָה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"And the man who shall *do*": (A rebellious elder is not liable) until he teaches to *do* (what is contrary to the ruling of the Sanhedrin, [but not if he only voices disagreement with their ruling]).


###### Sifrei Devarim 155:3
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**בְזָדוֹן** – עַל זָדוֹן הוּא חַיָּב וְאֵינוֹ חַיָּב עַל שְׁגָגָה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"wilfully": He (the rebellious elder) is liable only for witting and not for unwitting transgression.


###### Sifrei Devarim 155:4
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**לְבִלְתִּי שְׁמֹעַ** – וְלֹא שׁוֹמֵעַ מִפִּי שׁוֹמֵעַ.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"not to listen to the Cohein": (directly), but *not* ("not to listen") to one who hears it from him.


###### Sifrei Devarim 155:5
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**אֶל הַכֹּהֵן הָעֹמֵד לְשָׁרֵת**, מַגִּיד שֶׁאֵין שֵׁרוּת כָּשֵׁר אֶלָּא מֵעוֹמֵד. הָא אִם יָשַׁב וְעָבַד – עֲבוֹדָתוֹ פְּסוּלָה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"to the Cohein *who stands to serve*": (*Ibid*. 18:5) "to stand to serve" tells me that the service (of the Cohein) is only "standing." This tells me only that it is a mitzvah (for him to stand). Whence do I derive that it is a categorical requirement (i.e., that it is not valid *unless* he is standing)? "who stands to serve" implies that if he sits, his service is invalid.


###### Sifrei Devarim 155:6
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**אוֹ אֶל הַשּׁוֹפֵט** – זֶהוּ שֶׁאָמַרְנוּ: אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֵין בּוֹ כֹּהֲנִים וּלְוִיִּם כָּשֵׁר.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"or to the judge": This is as we said: Even if there are no Cohanim and Levites there, it is valid.


###### Sifrei Devarim 155:7
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**וּמֵת הָאִישׁ** – בִּסְתָם מִיתָה הָאֲמוּרָה בַּתּוֹרָה, בְּחֶנֶק.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"that man shall *die*": the unqualified death penalty in Scripture — strangulation.


###### Sifrei Devarim 155:8
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**הַהוּא** – לֹא אָנוּס וְלֹא שׁוֹגֵג וְלֹא מֻטְעֶה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"*that* man": and not one who is forced or unwitting or under some misapprehension.


###### Sifrei Devarim 155:9
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**וּבִעַרְתָּ הָרָע מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל** – בַּעֵר עוֹשֵׂי הָרָעוֹת מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל!

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"and you shall remove the evil from Israel": Remove the doer of evil from Israel.