## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 211

###### Sifrei Devarim 211:1
[Sifrei Devarim 211:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/211:1)

(דברים כא י) **כִּי תֵצֵא לַמִּלְחָמָה** – בְּמִלְחֶמֶת הָרְשׁוּת הַכָּתוּב מְדַבֵּר.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(Devarim 21:10) "If you go out to war": Scripture speaks of an optional war (as opposed to a war of mitzvah).


###### Sifrei Devarim 211:2
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**עַל אֹיְבֶיךָ** – כְּנֶגֶד אוֹיְבֶיךָ.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"*al* your foes": *against* your foes.


###### Sifrei Devarim 211:3
[Sifrei Devarim 211:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/211:3)

**וּנְתָנוֹ ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ בְּיָדֶךָ**, אִם עָשִׂיתָ כָּל הָאָמוּר בָּעִנְיָן – סוֹף שֶׁה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ נוֹתְנוֹ בְּיָדֶךָ.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"and the L-rd your G-d delivers him into your hand": If you do as stated herein, in the end, the L-rd your G-d will deliver him into your hand.


###### Sifrei Devarim 211:4
[Sifrei Devarim 211:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/211:4)

**וְשָׁבִיתָ שִׁבְיוֹ** – לְרַבּוֹת כְּנַעֲנִים שֶׁבְּתוֹכָהּ.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"and you capture its captivity": including Canaanites in their midst (even if they be of the seven nations).


###### Sifrei Devarim 211:5
[Sifrei Devarim 211:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/211:5)

(דברים כא יא) **וְרָאִיתָ בַּשִּׁבְיָה** – בִּשְׁעַת שִׁבְיָה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(*Ibid*. 11) "and you see in the captivity": at the *time* of the captivity.


###### Sifrei Devarim 211:6
[Sifrei Devarim 211:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/211:6)

**אֵשֶׁת** – וְאַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהִיא אֵשֶׁת אִישׁ.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"a woman": even a married woman.


###### Sifrei Devarim 211:7
[Sifrei Devarim 211:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/211:7)

**יְפַת תֹּאַר**, אֵין לִי אֶלָּא בִּזְמַן שֶׁהִיא נָאָה, מִנַּיִן אֲפִילּוּ הִיא כְּעוּרָה? – תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **וְחָשַׁקְתָּ בָהּ**, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֵינָהּ יְפַת תֹּאַר.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"of beautiful form": This tells me only of a woman of beautiful form. Whence do I derive that the same applies to an ugly woman? From "and you desire her": even if she is not beautiful. If so, why is it written of beautiful form"? Scripture speaks of the common instance.


###### Sifrei Devarim 211:8
[Sifrei Devarim 211:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/211:8)

**וְלָקַחְתָּ לְךָ לְאִשָּׁה**, שֶׁלֹּא תֹּאמַר ׳הֲרֵי זוֹ לְאַבָּה׳, ׳הֲרֵי זוֹ לְאָחִי׳.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"then you may take her for *yourself* as a wife": and not for his father and not for his son.