## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 224

###### Sifrei Devarim 224:1
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(דברים כב ג) **וְכֵן תַּעֲשֶׂה לַחֲמוֹרוֹ**, הָיְתָה חֲמוֹר – עוֹשָׂה וְאוֹכֶלֶת;

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(Devarim 22:3) "And thus shall you do with his ass": It works and it eats.


###### Sifrei Devarim 224:2
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כְּסוּת – מְנַעֲרָהּ אַחַת לִשְׁלֹשִׁים יוֹם, שׁוֹטְחָהּ לְצָרְכָהּ אֲבָל לֹא לִכְבוֹדוֹ;

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"and thus shall you do with his garment": A garment is shaken out once in thirty days. He spreads it out for *its* need (i.e., to preserve it), but not for his honor.


###### Sifrei Devarim 224:3
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כְּלֵי כֶסֶף וּכְלֵי נְחֹשֶׁת – מִשְׁתַּמֵּשׁ בָּהֶם לְצָרְכָּם, אֲבָל לֹא לְשָׁחֳקָם;

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Vessels of silver and copper — he uses them for their need, but (he must take care) not to rub them out.


###### Sifrei Devarim 224:4
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כְּלֵי עֵץ – מִשְׁתַּמֵּשׁ בָּהֶם כְּדֵי שֶׁלֹּא יֵרָקְבוּ.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Vessels of wood — he uses them so that they do not mold.


###### Sifrei Devarim 224:5
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אַף הַשִּׂמְלָה הָיְתָה בִּכְלַל כָּל אֵלּוּ, וְלָמָּה יָצָאת? לְהַקִּישׁ אֵלֶיהָ – מָה שִׂמְלָה מְיֻחֶדֶת, שֶׁיֵּשׁ לָהּ סִימָנִים וְיֵשׁ לָהּ תוֹבְעִים – כָּךְ כָּל שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ סִימָנִים וְיֵשׁ לוֹ תוֹבְעִים. אֵין לִי אֶלָּא אֵלּוּ בִּלְבַד, שְׁאָר אֲבֵדָה מִנַּיִן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **לְכָל אֲבֵדַת אָחִיךָ**.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"And thus shall you do with his ass and thus shall you do with his garment": This tells me of these only. Whence do I derive (the same for) other lost objects? From (*Ibid*.) "and thus shall you do with every lost object of your brother." If so, why is "garment" singled out? Is it not included with all the rest? To serve as the basis for a comparison, viz.: Just as a garment is characterized by possessing (identifying) signs and claimants, thus all objects that are thus characterized (must, if found, be publicized for the owners to come forward).


###### Sifrei Devarim 224:6
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**אֲשֶׁר תֹּאבַד מִמֶּנּוּ** – פְּרָט לְפָחוֹת מִשָּׁוֶה פְּרוּטָה. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר: **וּמְצָאתָ[הּ]** – לְרַבּוֹת פָּחוֹת מִשָּׁוֶה פְּרוּטָה!

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"which shall go lost from him": to exclude (an object worth) less than a *perutah*, (whose loss he is not conscious of.) R. Yehudah says: "and you find it": to exclude (an object worth) less than a *perutah*.


###### Sifrei Devarim 224:7
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**לֹא תוּכַל לְהִתְעַלֵּם** – לִתֵּן עָלָיו בְּלֹא תַעֲשֶׂה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"You shall not be able to ignore": This renders "ignoring" transgression of a negative commandment.