## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 181

###### Sifrei Devarim 181:1
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(דברים יט ד) **וְזֶה דְּבַר הָרוֹצֵחַ**, מִכָּן אַתָּה אוֹמֵר (מכות ב ח) רוֹצֵחַ שֶׁגּוֹלֶה מֵעִיר לְעִיר מִקְלָט.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(Devarim 19:4) "And this is the *dvar* of the slayer": From here they ruled: If a slayer fled to his city of refuge and the people of that city wished to honor him, he must tell them: "I am a slayer." If they persist, he may accept their homage, (it being written "And this is *dvar* [lit., "the word"] of the slayer" [i.e., he must tell them "I am a slayer"]).


###### Sifrei Devarim 181:2
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מִכְּלָל שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דברים יט ו) ״פֶּן יִרְדֹּף גֹּאֵל הַדָּם אַחֲרֵי הָרוֹצֵחַ״, אֵין לִי אֶלָּא רוֹדֵף וְגוֹאֵל; רוֹדֵף וְלֹא גוֹאֵל, גּוֹאֵל וְלֹא רוֹדֵף, לֹא רוֹדֵף וְלֹא גוֹאֵל מִנַּיִן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: רֹצֵחַ רֹצֵחַ, רִבָּה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(*Ibid*. 6) "Lest the avenger of blood pursue the slayer": This tells me (that he must flee them) only if there is a pursuer and a redeemer. Whence do I derive (the same for an instance) where there is a pursuer but no redeemer, a redeemer but no pursuer, or neither a pursuer or a redeemer? From (the repetition of) "slayer" (verse 4), "slayer" (here), (i.e., in any instance).


###### Sifrei Devarim 181:3
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מִכְּלָל שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״כִּי יֵחַם לְבָבוֹ״, אֵין לִי אֶלָּא מִי שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ חַמּוּת הַלֵּב; הָאָב אֶת הַבֵּן וְהַבֵּן אֶת הָאָב מִנַּיִן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: רֹצֵחַ רֹצֵחַ, רִבָּה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(*Ibid*. 6) "his heart being hot": This tells me only of one (a pursuer) whose heart is "hot." Whence do I derive (the same for) a father pursuing his son or a son pursuing his father? From (the repetition of) "slayer," "slayer."


###### Sifrei Devarim 181:4
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מַה תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר **שָׁמָּה שָׁמָּה שָׁמָּה** שְׁלֹשָׁה פְעָמִים? שָׁם תְּהֵא דִירָתוֹ, שָׁם תְּהֵא מִיתָתוֹ, שָׁם תְּהֵא קְבוּרָתוֹ.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(*Ibid*. 4) who shall flee *there*": Why is "there" mentioned three times (in the context of the cities of refuge)? *There* shall be his dwelling; *there* shall be his death; *there* shall be his burial.


###### Sifrei Devarim 181:5
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מַה תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר **רֵעֵהוּ רֵעֵהוּ רֵעֵהוּ** שָׁלֹשׁ פְּעָמִים? רֵעֵהוּ – פְּרָט לַאֲחֵרִים, רֵעֵהוּ – פְּרָט לְגֵר תּוֹשָׁב, רֵעֵהוּ – כְּבָר קְרָאַתּוּ הַתּוֹרָה רֵעֵהוּ! **אֲשֶׁר יַכֶּה אֶת רֵעֵהוּ בִּבְלִי דַעַת וְהוּא לֹא שֹׂנֵא לוֹ**, הָא אִם שׂוֹנֵא לוֹ – אֵינוֹ גוֹלֶה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(*Ibid*. 4) "one who smites *his neighbor*": Why is "his neighbor" mentioned three times (in the context of the cities of refuge)? "his neighbor" — to exclude (from the cities of refuge) others (i.e., gentiles); "his neighbor" — to exclude a sojourning convert; "his neighbor" — *even* "his neighbor," a father (who killed) his son or a son (who killed) his father. (*Ibid*. 4) "not having hated him": But if he had hated him, he is not exiled. ("not having hated him) *mitmol shilshom*":


###### Sifrei Devarim 181:6
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**מִתְּמוֹל שִׁלְשֹׁם**, רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר: תְּמוֹל – שְׁנַיִם, שִׁלְשֹׁם – שְׁלֹשָׁה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"*mitmol*": two days; "*shilshom*": three days. As R. Yehudah says: What constitutes a "foe"? One with whom he did not converse for three days out of hatred.