## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 328

###### Sifrei Devarim 328:1
[Sifrei Devarim 328:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/328:1)

(דברים לב לה) **אֲשֶׁר חֵלֶב זְבָחֵימוֹ יֹאכֵלוּ**, שֶׁהָיִינוּ נוֹתְנִים לָהֶם אַפְסַנְיוֹת וְעוֹשִׂים לָהֶם דּוֹנָאטִיבִי וּמַעֲלִים לָהֶם סְלָנְיָא.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"who ate the fat of their sacrifices": they gave them recruits, and officers, and taxes.


###### Sifrei Devarim 328:2
[Sifrei Devarim 328:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/328:2)

**יָקוּמוּ וְיַעְזְרֻכֶם**, ״יָקוּמוּ וְיַעְזְרוּ אֶתְכֶם״ אֵין כְּתִיב כָּאן, אֶלָּא **יָקוּמוּ וְיַעְזְרֻכֶם**. רַבִּי נְחֶמְיָה אוֹמֵר: זֶה טִיטוּס הָרָשָׁע בֶּן אִשְׁתּוֹ שֶׁל אַסְפַּסְיָנוֹס, שֶׁנִּכְנַס לְבֵית קֹדֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁים וְגָדַר שְׁתֵּי פָרוֹכוֹת בְּסַיִף, וְאָמַר: אִם אֱלוֹהַּ הוּא יָבוֹא וְיִמְחֶה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
R. Nechemiah expounds this ("he") as referring to the nations, viz. "And *he* (Titus) will say." Titus, the son of the wife of Vespasian, went into the holy of holies, tore the curtain with a knife, and said "Where is their G-d? If he is G-d, let Him come and fight with me!"


###### Sifrei Devarim 328:3
[Sifrei Devarim 328:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/328:3)

**אֲשֶׁר חֵלֶב זְבָחֵימוֹ יֹאכֵלוּ**, אָמַר: הַלָּלוּ מֹשֶׁה הִטְעָם וְאָמַר לָהֶם: בְּנוּ לָכֶם מִזְבֵּחַ וְהַעֲלוּ עָלָיו עוֹלוֹת וְהַסֵּכוּ עָלָיו נְסָכִים, כָּעִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (במדבר כח ד) ״אֶת הַכֶּבֶשׂ אֶחָד תַּעֲשֶׂה בַבֹּקֶר וְאֵת הַכֶּבֶשׂ הַשֵּׁנִי תַּעֲשֶׂה בֵּין הָעַרְבָּיִם״.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"who ate the fat of their sacrifices." He said: These (Jews) were swindled by Moses, who said to them: Build an altar, sacrifice burnt-offerings upon it, and pour libations upon it, as it is written (Bamidbar 29:4) "The one lamb shall you make in the morning, etc." (all for his own delectation!)


###### Sifrei Devarim 328:4
[Sifrei Devarim 328:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/328:4)

**יָקוּמוּ וְיַעְזְרֻכֶם יְהִי עֲלֵיכֶם סִתְרָה**, עַל הַכֹּל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מוֹחֵל, עַל חִלּוּל הַשֵּׁם פּוֹרֵעַ מִיָּד.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"Let them arise and help you": It is not written "Let them arise *veya'azru ethchem*," but "Let them arise *veya'azruchem*" (implying that they cannot even help themselves!) For all (transgressions) the Holy One Blessed be He withholds His wrath, except for desecration of the Name, for which He exacts punishment immediately, as it is written (Devarim, *Ibid*. 39) "See, now, that I, I am He, and there is no god with Me!" This is the rebuttal for those who would say: There is no Authority in heaven!