## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 298

###### Sifrei Devarim 298:1
[Sifrei Devarim 298:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/298:1)

**וְשַׂמְתָּ בַטֶּנֶא**, מְלַמֵּד שֶׁטְּעוּנִים כְּלִי.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(Devarim 26:2) "And you shall put (them) in a basket": We are hereby apprised that they require (being handed to the Cohein in) a vessel.


###### Sifrei Devarim 298:2
[Sifrei Devarim 298:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/298:2)

**וְהָלַכְתָּ אֶל הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יִבְחַר ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ בּוֹ**, זֶה שִׁילֹה וּבֵית עוֹלָמִים.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"and you shall go to the place *wherein the L-rd your G-d chooses*to repose His name": This refers to (the sanctuary of) Shiloh and to the Temple. From here it was ruled: If the *bikkurim* were stolen or lost (on the way to the Temple), he must make restoration (for he has not yet "gone to the place"). If they became unclean in the *azarah* (the Temple court), he scatters them and does not recite the formula, (not being obliged to make restoration, for he has "gone to the place.")


###### Sifrei Devarim 298:3
[Sifrei Devarim 298:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/298:3)

(דברים כו ג) **וּבָאתָ אֶל הַכֹּהֵן אֲשֶׁר יִהְיֶה בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם**, זוֹ הִיא שֶׁאָמַר רַבִּי יוֹסֵי הַגְּלִילִי: וְכִי עָלְתָה עַל דַּעְתֵּנוּ כֹּהֵן שֶׁאֵינוֹ בְּיָמֶיךָ? אֶלָּא כֹּהֵן שֶׁהוּא כָּשֵׁר וּמֻחְזָק לְךָ בְּאוֹתָם הַיָּמִים. הָיָה קָרוֹב וְנִתְרַחֵק – כָּשֵׁר. וְכֵן הוּא אוֹמֵר (קהלת ז י): ״אַל תֹּאמַר מֶה הָיָה שֶׁהַיָּמִים הָרִאשֹׁנִים הָיוּ טוֹבִים מֵאֵלֶּה״.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(*Ibid*. 3) "And you shall come to the Cohein that shall be in those days": R. Yossi said: Would it enter your mind that you should go to a Cohein that is *not* "in your days"! — (The intent is) to apprise us that the only criterion is a Cohein *in your* days (i.e., do not attempt to recapture the Cohanim of the past). And thus is it written (Koheleth 7:10) "Do not say: 'How was it that former times were better than these?'"