## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 226

###### Sifrei Devarim 226:1
[Sifrei Devarim 226:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/226:1)

(דברים כב ה) **לֹא יִהְיֶה כְלִי גֶבֶר עַל אִשָּׁה**, וְכִי מָה בָּא הַכָּתוּב לְלַמְּדֵנוּ, שֶׁלֹּא תִּלְבַּשׁ אִשָּׁה כְּלֵי לְבָנִים וְהָאִישׁ לֹא יִתְכַּסֶּה צִבְעוֹנִים? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **תּוֹעֵבָה**, דָּבָר הַבָּא לִידֵי תּוֹעֵבָה. זֶהוּ כְּלָלוֹ שֶׁל דָּבָר: שֶׁלֹּא תִּלְבַּשׁ אִשָּׁה כְּדֶרֶךְ שֶׁהָאִישׁ לוֹבֵשׁ וְתֵלֵךְ לְבֵין הָאֲנָשִׁים, וְהָאִישׁ לֹא יִתְקַשֵּׁט בְּתַכְשִׁיטֵי נָשִׁים וְיֵלֵךְ לְבֵין הַנָּשִׁים.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(Devarim 22:5) "A man's vestment shall not be upon a woman": What does Scripture come to teach us? If that she should not wear colored clothing, is it not written (*Ibid*.) "for the *abomination*, etc."? And this is not an abomination. It means, rather, that a woman should not wear what a man wears and go among the men (for licentious purposes), and a man should not wear colored clothing and go among the women.


###### Sifrei Devarim 226:2
[Sifrei Devarim 226:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/226:2)

רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר בֶּן יַעֲקֹב אוֹמֵר: מִנַּיִן שֶׁלֹּא תִלְבַּשׁ אִשָּׁה כְּלִי זַיִן וְתֵצֵא לַמִּלְחָמָה? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **לֹא יִהְיֶה כְלִי גֶבֶר עַל אִשָּׁה**. וְהָאִישׁ לֹא יִתְקַשֵּׁט בְּתַכְשִׁיטֵי נָשִׁים? – תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **וְלֹא יִלְבַּשׁ גֶּבֶר שִׂמְלַת אִשָּׁה**.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
R. Eliezer b. Yaakov says: Whence is it derived that a woman may not go out with armor to war? From "A man's vestment shall not be upon a woman." And whence is it derived that a man may not adorn himself with the adornments of women? From (*Ibid*.) "and a man shall not wear a woman's garment." For the abomination of the L-rd your G-d are all who do these"


###### Sifrei Devarim 226:3
[Sifrei Devarim 226:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/226:3)

**כִּי תוֹעֲבַת ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ כָּל עֹשֵׂה אֵלֶּה**, קָרוּי חֲמִשָּׁה שֵׁמוֹת: חֵרֶם, תּוֹעֵבָה, שָׂנאוּי, מְשֻׁקָּץ, וְעַוָּל.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"It goes by five epithets: "*cherem*" (banned), "*toevah*" (abomination), "*sanui* (detested), "*meshukatz*" (revolting), "*avel*" (wrong).