## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 274

###### Sifrei Devarim 274:1
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(דברים כד ח) **הִשָּׁמֶר**, בְּלֹא תַעֲשֶׂה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(Devarim 24:8) "*Be heedful* of the plague-spot of leprosy": This is a negative commandment.


###### Sifrei Devarim 274:2
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**בְּנֶגַע**, זֶה שֵׂעָר לָבָן.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"of the plague-spot": This refers to (tearing out) the white hair.


###### Sifrei Devarim 274:3
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**הַצָּרַעַת**, זוֹ מִחְיָה, אֵין לִי אֶלָּא עַד שֶׁלֹּא נִזְקַק לְטֻמְאָה, מִשֶּׁנִּזְקַק לְטֻמְאָה וְאַחַר הַפְּטוּר מִנַּיִן, תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **לִשְׁמֹר מְאֹד וְלַעֲשׂוֹת**.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"of leprosy": This refers to the *michyah* (viz. Vayikra 13:24). This tells me (that he is liable) only for (cutting) all of them. Whence do I derive (the same for) some of them? From "to heed it exceedingly and to do."


###### Sifrei Devarim 274:4
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אֵין לִי אֶלָּא נִגְעֵי אָדָם, נִגְעֵי בְגָדִים וְנִגְעֵי בָתִּים מִנַּיִן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר יוֹרוּ אֶתְכֶם הַכֹּהֲנִים הַלְוִיִּם**.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
This tells me only of plague-spots of men. Whence do I derive (the same for) plague-spots of garments and plague-spots of houses? From "according to *all* that the Cohanim, the Levites, teach you."


###### Sifrei Devarim 274:5
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אֵין לִי אֶלָּא מִתּוֹךְ הֶחְלֵט, מִתּוֹךְ הֶסְגֵּר מִנַּיִן, תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִים**.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
This tells me (of liability) only in the instance of confirmation (of the plague-spot). Whence do I derive (the same for the instance of) quarantine and non-designation of "uncleanliness" (*tumah*)? From "as I have commanded them."


###### Sifrei Devarim 274:6
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אֵין לִי אֶלָּא כֻּלָּם, מִנַּיִן אַף מִקְצָתָם? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **לִשְׁמוֹר**. **וְלַעֲשׂוֹת** – עוֹשֶׂה אַתָּה בָּהּ וְהוֹלֵךְ וְאִי אַתָּה חוֹשֵׁשׁ שֶׁמָּא הָלְכָה לָהּ צָרַעְתּוֹ.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"so shall you observe *to do*": You may not *do* so (i.e., you may not remove a plague-spot deliberately), but you may tie the (shoe) thong around your foot, and you may place the (carrying) pole on your back, and if it is thereby removed, it is removed (and there is no liability).