## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 175

###### Sifrei Devarim 175:1
[Sifrei Devarim 175:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/175:1)

(דברים יח טו) **נָבִיא מִקִּרְבְּךָ** – וְלֹא מֵחוּצָה לָאָרֶץ. **מֵאַחֶיךָ** – וְלֹא מֵאֲחֵרִים. **יָקִים לְךָ ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ** – וְלֹא לַגּוֹיִם. וּמָה אֲנִי מְקַיֵּם (ירמיה א ה) ״נָבִיא לַגּוֹיִם נְתַתִּיךָ״? בְּנוֹהֵג מִנְהַג גּוֹיִם.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(Devarim 18:15) "A prophet from your midst, from your brothers, such as I, the L-rd your G-d will establish for you": "from your midst" — not from outside Eretz Yisrael; "from your brothers" — not from others (i.e., gentiles). "will establish for *you*" — and not for idolators. How, then, am I to understand (Jeremiah 1:5) "A prophet for the *nations* have I made you (Jeremiah)"? For those (Jews) who deport themselves as the nations do.


###### Sifrei Devarim 175:2
[Sifrei Devarim 175:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/175:2)

**אֵלָיו תִּשְׁמָעוּן**, אֲפִלּוּ אוֹמֵר לְךָ עֲבֹר עַל אַחַת מִן הַמִּצְווֹת הָאֲמוּרוֹת בַּתּוֹרָה כְּאֵלִיָּהוּ בְּהַר הַכַּרְמֶל – לְפִי שָׁעָה – שְׁמַע לוֹ!

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"to him shall you hearken": even if he tells you to transgress (temporarily) one of the mitzvoth of the Torah, as in the instance of Eliyahu on Mount Carmel, if (in his judgment) the time requires it, listen to him.