## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 272

###### Sifrei Devarim 272:1
[Sifrei Devarim 272:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/272:1)

(דברים כד ו) **לֹא יַחֲבֹל רֵחַיִם וָרָכֶב**, אֵין לִי אֶלָּא רֵחַיִם וָרֶכֶב הַמְיֻחָדִים, מִנַּיִן לְרַבּוֹת כָּל דָּבָר? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **כִּי נֶפֶשׁ הוּא חֹבֵל**, אִם כֵּן לָמָּה נֶאֱמַר **רֵחַיִם וָרָכֶב**? מָה רֵחַיִם וָרֶכֶב מְיֻחָדִים שֶׁהֵם שְׁנֵי כֵלִים וּמְשַׁמְּשִׁים מְלָאכָה אַחַת, וְחַיָּב עַל זֶה בִּפְנֵי עַצְמוֹ וְעַל זֶה בִּפְנֵי עַצְמוֹ, כָּךְ כָּל שְׁנֵי כֵלִים שֶׁמְּשַׁמְּשִׁים מְלָאכָה אַחַת, חַיָּב עַל זֶה בִּפְנֵי עַצְמוֹ וְעַל זֶה בִּפְנֵי עַצְמוֹ.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(Devarim 24:6) "One shall not take as a pledge the nether millstone nor the upper millstone": Whence do we derive (the same for) all things (that process food)? From "for it is a soul (i.e., a life) that he takes as a pledge." If so, why mention (only) nether millstone and upper millstone? Just as these are distinct in being implements performing one task, for *each* of which in itself one is liable, so, one is liable for all such implements.


###### Sifrei Devarim 272:2
[Sifrei Devarim 272:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/272:2)

**כִּי נֶפֶשׁ הוּא חֹבֵל**, לְהַגִּיד מַה גָּרַם.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"for it is a soul that he takes as a pledge": This is the basis (of the prohibition).