## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 290

###### Sifrei Devarim 290:1
[Sifrei Devarim 290:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/290:1)

(דברים כה ח) **וְקָרְאוּ לוֹ זִקְנֵי עִירוֹ**, מִצְוָה בְּזִקְנֵי עִירוֹ.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(Devarim 25:18) "Then the elders of his city shall call to him": It is a mitzvah for the elders of his city and not for their messengers.


###### Sifrei Devarim 290:2
[Sifrei Devarim 290:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/290:2)

**וְדִבְּרוּ אֵלָיו**, בְּהוֹגֶנֶת לוֹ, שֶׁאִם הָיָה הוּא יֶלֶד וְהִיא זְקֵנָה, הוּא זָקֵן וְהִיא יַלְדָּה, אוֹמְרִים לוֹ כַּלֵּךְ אֵצֶל כְּמוֹתְךָ וְלָמָּה לְךָ לְהַכְנִיס קְטָטָה לְבֵיתְךָ.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"and they shall speak to him": as befits him. So that if he were young, and she, old, or he, old, and she, young, they tell him: "What do you want with a young girl?" or "What do you want with an old woman? Find someone like yourself and don't bring strife into your household!"


###### Sifrei Devarim 290:3
[Sifrei Devarim 290:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/290:3)

**וְעָמַד וְאָמַר**, מְלַמֵּד שֶׁאֵין אוֹמֵר דְּבָרָיו אֶלָּא בַּעֲמִידָה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"then *he shall stand up* and he shall say: I did not desire to take her": We are hereby apprised that he says his words only while standing.


###### Sifrei Devarim 290:4
[Sifrei Devarim 290:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/290:4)

**לֹא חָפַצְתִּי לְקַחְתָּהּ**, וְלֹא שֶׁלֹּא חָפֵץ בָּהּ הַמָּקוֹם.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"*I* did not desire to take her": and not that the L-rd did not desire her (by reason of *arayoth*).