## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 258

###### Sifrei Devarim 258:1
[Sifrei Devarim 258:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/258:1)

(דברים כג טו) **כִּי ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ מִתְהַלֵּךְ בְּקֶרֶב מַחֲנֶיךָ**, מִכָּן אָמְרוּ לֹא יִקְרָא אָדָם אֶת שְׁמַע בְּצַד מִשְׁרָה שֶׁל כּוֹבְסִים, וְלֹא יִכָּנֵס לֹא לַמֶּרְחָץ וְלֹא לַבֻּרְסְקִי וּסְפָרִים וּתְפִלִּין בְּיָדוֹ.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(Devarim 23:15) "For the L-rd your G-d walks in the midst of your camp … And let your camp be holy": *Make* it holy — whence it was ruled: One should not recite the *Shema* near the washers' dippings, nor should he enter a bathhouse or a tannery with scrolls or *tefillin* in his hand.


###### Sifrei Devarim 258:2
[Sifrei Devarim 258:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/258:2)

**לְהַצִּילְךָ וְלָתֵת אוֹיְבֶיךָ לְפָנֶיךָ**, אִם עָשִׂיתָ כָּל הָאָמוּר בָּעִנְיָן לְסוֹף שֶׁהוּא מַצִּילְךָ וְנוֹתֵן אֶת אוֹיְבֶיךָ לְפָנֶיךָ.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"to save you and to deliver your foes before you": If you do all that is stated herein, in the end He will save you and deliver your foes into your hand.


###### Sifrei Devarim 258:3
[Sifrei Devarim 258:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/258:3)

**וְהָיָה מַחֲנֶיךָ קָדוֹשׁ**, קַדְּשֵׁהוּ. מִכָּן אָמְרוּ: לֹא יִכָּנֵס אָדָם לְהַר הַבַּיִת בְּמַקְלוֹ וּבְמִנְעָלוֹ וּבַאֲפֻנְדָּתוֹ וּבְאָבָק שֶׁעַל גַּבֵּי רַגְלָיו.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
("And let your camp be holy": Sanctify it. From here it was taught that a person should not enter the Temple Mount with his walking-stick, shoes, or dust on his feet.)


###### Sifrei Devarim 258:4
[Sifrei Devarim 258:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/258:4)

**וְלֹא יִרְאֶה בְךָ עֶרְוַת דָּבָר וְשָׁב מֵאַחֲרֶיךָ**, מְלַמֵּד שֶׁעֲרָיוֹת מְסַלְּקוֹת אֶת הַשְּׁכִינָה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"that He not see in you a thing of nakedness and turn away from you" — whence it is seen that *ervah* (illicit relations) causes the Shechinah to depart.