## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 265

###### Sifrei Devarim 265:1
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(דברים כג כג) **וְכִי תֶחְדַּל לִנְדֹּר**, רַבִּי מֵאִיר אוֹמֵר (קהלת ה ד): ״טוֹב אֲשֶׁר לֹא תִדֹּר מִשֶּׁתִּדֹּר וְלֹא תְשַׁלֵּם״, טוֹב מִזֶּה וּמִזֶּה שֶׁלֹּא תִדֹּר כָּל עִקָּר. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר: ״טוֹב אֲשֶׁר לֹא תִדֹּר״, טוֹב מִזֶּה וּמִזֶּה נוֹדֵר וּמְשַׁלֵּם.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(Devarim 23:23) "But if you forbear to vow, it will not be a sin in you": R. Meir says: It is better not to vow than to vow and pay. Better than both (i.e., to vow and not to pay and to vow and to pay) is not to vow at all. R. Yehudah says: Better than both (i.e., to vow and not to pay and not to vow at all) is to vow and to pay. (*Ibid*. 24) "What issues from your lips shall you keep and you shall do":


###### Sifrei Devarim 265:2
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(דברים כג כד) **מוֹצָא שְׂפָתֶיךָ**, מִצְוַת עֲשֵׂה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"What issues from your lips" — a positive commandment.


###### Sifrei Devarim 265:3
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**תִּשְׁמֹר**, מִצְוַת לֹא תַעֲשֶׂה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"shall you keep" — a negative commandment.


###### Sifrei Devarim 265:4
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**וְעָשִׂיתָ**, הֲרֵי זוֹ אַזְהָרָה לְבֵית דִּין שֶׁיְּעַשּׂוּךָ.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"and you shall do": This is an exhortation to *beth-din* to make you do (what you have vowed).


###### Sifrei Devarim 265:5
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**כַּאֲשֶׁר נָדַרְתָּ**, זֶה נֵדֶר.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"as you have vowed": This is a vow;


###### Sifrei Devarim 265:6
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**לַה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ**, אֵלּוּ עֲרָכִים וַחֲרָמִים וְהֶקְדֵּשׁוֹת.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"to the L-rd your G-d": These are sin-offerings, guilt-offerings, burnt-offerings, and peace-offerings;


###### Sifrei Devarim 265:7
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**נְדָבָה**, זוֹ נְדָבָה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"the pledge": as implied;


###### Sifrei Devarim 265:8
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**אֲשֶׁר דִּבַּרְתָּ**, זֶה הֶקְדֵּשׁ בֶּדֶק הַבַּיִת.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"that you spoke": These are consecrations for Temple maintenance;


###### Sifrei Devarim 265:9
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**בְּפִיךָ**, זוֹ צְדָקָה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"with you mouth": This is charity.