## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 218

###### Sifrei Devarim 218:1
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(דברים כא יח) **כִּי יִהְיֶה לְאִישׁ בֵּן** – וְלֹא כְּשֶׁיִּהְיֶה בֵּן לְאִשָּׁה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(Devarim 21:18) "If there be to a *man* a son (who goes astray"): and not if there be to a *son* (one who has not reached the state of manhood) a son.


###### Sifrei Devarim 218:2
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**בֵּן** – וְלֹא בַת.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"a son": and not a daughter.


###### Sifrei Devarim 218:3
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**בֵּן** – וְלֹא אִישׁ. קָטָן פָּטוּר, שֶׁלֹּא בָּא לִכְלַל מִצְווֹת.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"a son": and not a man (one who has reached the state of manhood.) A minor is exempt, for he is not obligated in (the observance of) mitzvoth.


###### Sifrei Devarim 218:4
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**סוֹרֵר** – שְׁתֵּי פְעָמִים. **וּמוֹרֶה** – שׁוֹטֶה. דָּבָר אַחֵר: **סוֹרֵר** – מִין, שֶׁמּוֹרֶה לְעַצְמוֹ דֶּרֶךְ אַחֶרֶת.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"*sorer*" ("who turns astray") "*umoreh*" ("and who teaches"): two times. He turns astray from the Torah, and he teaches himself a "different way" (viz. *Ibid*. 20) "he gluts and he guzzles."


###### Sifrei Devarim 218:5
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דָּבָר אַחֵר: בִּשְׁבִיל שֶׁאָכַל זֶה מָמוֹן אָבִיו, אָמַרְתָּ בֵּן סוֹרֵר וּמוֹרֶה יָמוּת? אֶלָּא נִדּוֹן עַל שֵׁם סוֹפוֹ: מוּטָב יָמוּת זַכַּאי, וְאַל יָמוּת חַיָּב! אָבִיו שֶׁל זֶה חָשַׁק יְפַת תֹּאַר, וְהִכְנִיס שָׂטָן לְתוֹךְ בֵּיתוֹ וְנַעֲשָׂה בֵּן סוֹרֵר וּמוֹרֶה, וְסוֹפוֹ לַהֲמִיתוֹ מִיתָה מְשֻׁנָּה. (דברים כא כב) ״כִּי יִהְיֶה בְאִישׁ חֵטְא מִשְׁפַּט מָוֶת וְהוּמָת״ – לֹא בְּשַׁבָּת וְלֹא בְּיָמִים טוֹבִים.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(Variantly: Just because he used his father's money he must die?! Only he is judged based on his future behavior - better he die while [relatively] innocent and not for more severe sins. His father desired a captive woman and brought the devil into his home and caused his son to be rebellious. The result will be that he will kill him in an unnatural way, as it states (v. 22) "And if there be in a man a sin whose judgment is death, then he shall be put to death...").


###### Sifrei Devarim 218:6
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דָּבָר אַחֵר: **סוֹרֵר** – עַל דִּבְרֵי אָבִיו, **וּמוֹרֶה** – עַל דִּבְרֵי אִמּוֹ. **סוֹרֵר** – עַל דִּבְרֵי תּוֹרָה, **וּמוֹרֶה** – עַל דִּבְרֵי הַנְּבִיאִים. **סוֹרֵר** – עַל דִּבְרֵי עֵדִים, **וּמוֹרֶה** – עַל דִּבְרֵי דַיָּנִים.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Variantly: "*sorer*": against the words of his father, "*umoreh*": against the words of his mother. "*sorer*": against the words of the Torah; "*umoreh*": against the words of the prophets. "*sorer*": against the words of witnesses; "*umoreh*": against the words of judges.


###### Sifrei Devarim 218:7
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אָמַר רַבִּי יֹאשִׁיָּה: שְׁלֹשָׁה דְבָרִים סָח לִי זְעֵירָא מִשּׁוּם אַנְשֵׁי יְרוּשָׁלִַם – סוֹטָה, אִם רָצָה בַּעְלָהּ לִמְחוֹל לָהּ – מוֹחֵל. בֵּן סוֹרֵר וּמוֹרֶה, אִם רָצוּ אָבִיו וְאִמּוֹ לִמְחוֹל לוֹ – מוֹחֲלִים. זָקֵן מַמְרֵא עַל פִּי בֵּית דִּין, אִם רָצוּ חֲבֵרָיו לִמְחוֹל לוֹ – מוֹחֲלִים.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
R. Yashiah said: Three things were told to me by R. Zeira in the name of the men of Jerusalem: A *sotah* (a woman suspected of infidelity) — if her husband wishes to forgive her, he may do so. A *sorer umoreh* — if his father and mother wish to forgive him, they may do so. An elder who rebels against *beth-din* — if his colleagues wish to forgive him, they may do so.


###### Sifrei Devarim 218:8
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וּכְשֶׁבָּאתִי וְהִרְצֵיתִי הַדְּבָרִים לִפְנֵי רַבִּי יְהוּדָה בֶּן בְּתֵירָה, עַל שְׁנַיִם הוֹדָה לִי וְעַל אֶחָד לֹא הוֹדָה לִי. עַל סוֹטָה וְעַל בֵּן סוֹרֵר וּמוֹרֶה הוֹדָה לִי, עַל זָקֵן מַמְרֵא עַל פִּי בֵּית דִּין לֹא הוֹדָה לִי, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהָיָה מַעֲמִיד מַחֲלוֹקֶת בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
And when I came and presented this to R. Yehudah b. Betheira, with two he agreed, and with one he did not agree. With (what was stated concerning) *sorer umoreh*, and with *sotah*, he agreed. With a rebellious elder, he did not agree — so as not to multiply dissension in Israel.


###### Sifrei Devarim 218:9
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**אֵינֶנּוּ שׁוֹמֵעַ בְּקוֹל אָבִיו וּבְקוֹל אִמּוֹ**, יָכוֹל אֲפִלּוּ אָמְרוּ לוֹ אָבִיו וְאִמּוֹ לְהַדְלִיק אֶת הַנֵּר וְלֹא הִדְלִיק? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **אֵינֶנּוּ שׁוֹמֵעַ** **אֵינֶנּוּ שׁוֹמֵעַ**, לִגְזֵרָה שָׁוָה: מָה **אֵינֶנּוּ שׁוֹמֵעַ** הָאָמוּר לְהַלָּן – זוֹלֵל וְסוֹבֵא, אַף **אֵינֶנּוּ שׁוֹמֵעַ** הָאָמוּר כָּאן – זוֹלֵל וְסוֹבֵא. וּמָה **אֵינֶנּוּ שׁוֹמֵעַ** הָאָמוּר לְהַלָּן – עַד שֶׁיִּגְנוֹב מִשֶּׁל אָבִיו וּמִשֶּׁל אִמּוֹ, אַף **אֵינֶנּוּ שׁוֹמֵעַ** הָאָמוּר כָּאן – עַד שֶׁיִּגְנוֹב מִשֶּׁל אָבִיו וּמִשֶּׁל אִמּוֹ.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"not heeding the voice of his father and the voice of his mother": I might think (that this applies) even if his father and mother told him to light a candle and he refused; it is, therefore, written "not heeding" here —"not heeding" elsewhere (*Ibid*. 20) as an identity (*gezeirah shavah*). Just as "not heeding" there — "*sorer umoreh* … glutting and guzzling," so, "not heeding" here" — "*sorer umoreh*," glutting and guzzling. "glutting and guzzling": R. Yossi b. R. Yehudah says: He is not liable (for this) until he steals (what he consumes) from his father and from his mother.


###### Sifrei Devarim 218:10
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**וְיִסְּרוּ אֹתוֹ** – בְּמַכּוֹת.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"and they chastise him": by stripes.


###### Sifrei Devarim 218:11
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**וְלֹא יִשְׁמַע אֲלֵיהֶם** – מְלַמֵּד שֶׁמַּלְקִים אוֹתוֹ בִּפְנֵי שְׁלֹשָׁה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"And he does not listen to them": This teaches that he is flogged in the presence of three.