## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 72

###### Sifrei Devarim 72:1
[Sifrei Devarim 72:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/72:1)

(דברים יב יז) **לֹא תוּכַל לֶאֱכֹל בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ**, רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן קָרְחָה אוֹמֵר: יָכוֹל אֲנִי, אֲבָל אֵינִי רַשַּׁי. כַּיּוֹצֵא בוֹ אַתָּה אוֹמֵר (יהושע טו סג): ״וְאֶת הַיְבוּסִי יוֹשְׁבֵי יְרוּשָׁלִַם לֹא יָכְלוּ בְּנֵי יְהוּדָה לְהוֹרִישָׁם״ – יְכוֹלִים הָיוּ, אֲבָל אֵין רַשָּׁיִים.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(Devarim 12:17) "You shall not be able to eat in your gates": R. Yehoshua b. Karchah says (in respect to "able"): I *am* able, but not *permitted*. A cognate instance is (Joshua 15:63) "But the Yevussi, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, they could not drive out": They could but they were not permitted to do so.


###### Sifrei Devarim 72:2
[Sifrei Devarim 72:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/72:2)

**מַעְשַׂר**, אֵין לִי אֶלָּא טָהוֹר. טָמֵא מִנַּיִן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **דְּגָנְךָ**.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"the tithe" (*ma'aser*): This tells me only of clean tithe (that it may not be eaten outside of Jerusalem). Whence do I derive (the same for) *ma'aser* that is *tamei*? From (the superfluous) "your corn."


###### Sifrei Devarim 72:3
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לָקוּחַ בְּכֶסֶף מַעֲשֵׂר מִנַּיִן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **תִּירוֹשְׁךָ**.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Whence do I derive (the same for) food that is purchased for money of *ma'aser*? From "your wine."


###### Sifrei Devarim 72:4
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אֵין לִי אֶלָּא טָהוֹר. טָמֵא מִנַּיִן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **וְיִצְהָרֶךָ**.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
This tells me only of (such food that) is clean. Whence do I derive (the same for) what is *tamei*? From "and your oil."


###### Sifrei Devarim 72:5
[Sifrei Devarim 72:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/72:5)

רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר: מִכְּלָל שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דברים כו יד) ״לֹא אָכַלְתִּי בְאֹנִי מִמֶּנּוּ וְלֹא בִעַרְתִּי מִמֶּנּוּ בְּטָמֵא״, הֵיכָן הוּא מֻזְהָר אֵינִי יוֹדֵעַ! תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **לֹא תוּכַל לֶאֱכֹל בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ מַעְשַׂר**.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
R. Shimon says: From (*Ibid*. 26:14) "I did not eat in my mourning of it and I did not consume of it in uncleanliness," (which implies) whether I were *tamei* and it, clean or I clean and it, *tamei* — where is he *exhorted* (not to eat it)? I would not know, if it were not written "You shall not be able to eat *in your gates* the tithe of your corn and your wine and your oil," and, elsewhere (15:22) "*In your gates* shall you eat it, the unclean and the clean together," (which implies that normally it may *not* be eaten together).


###### Sifrei Devarim 72:6
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יָכוֹל הַנּוֹתֵן בְּמַתָּנָה יְהֵא חַיָּב? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **לֹא תוּכַל לֶאֱכֹל בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ מַעְשַׂר**, הָאוֹכֵל חַיָּב, וְאֵין הַנּוֹתֵן בְּמַתָּנָה חַיָּב.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
I might think that one who gave it (second-tithe) as a gift to his neighbor (outside of Jerusalem, and he ate it there), he (the giver) was liable; it is, therefore, written "You shall not be able to *eat* it in your gates" — The *eater* is liable, but not the giver as a gift.


###### Sifrei Devarim 72:7
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רַבִּי יוֹסֵי הַגְּלִילִי אוֹמֵר: יָכוֹל לֹא יְהוּ חַיָּבִים אֶלָּא עַל טֶבֶל שֶׁלֹּא הוּרַם מִמֶּנּוּ כְּלוּם? מִנַּיִן הוּרַם מִמֶּנּוּ תְּרוּמָה וְלֹא הוּרַם מִמֶּנּוּ מַעֲשֵׂר רִאשׁוֹן, מַעֲשֵׂר רִאשׁוֹן וְלֹא הוּרַם מִמֶּנּוּ מַעֲשֵׂר שֵׁנִי וַאֲפִלּוּ מַעֲשֵׂר עָנִי מִנַּיִן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **לֹא תוּכַל לֶאֱכֹל בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ**.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
R. Yossi says: I might think that there was liability only for (eating) *tevel* (untithed produce) from which nothing had been tithed. Whence is it derived (that there is liability) if *terumah* had been taken from it, but not first-tithe; if first-tithe had been taken, but not second-tithe; if second-tithe had been taken, but not poor-tithe? From (*Ibid*. 17) "You shall not be able to eat *in your gates*," and, elsewhere, (*Ibid*. 26:12) "And they shall eat it *in your gates* and be sated." Just as there, poor-tithe (is being referred to), so, here.


###### Sifrei Devarim 72:8
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רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר: לֹא בָא הַכָּתוּב אֶלָּא לִתֵּן מְחִצָּה בֵּין קָדָשִׁים לְקָדָשִׁים.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
R. Shimon says: The intent of the verse is only to prescribe separate precincts for the eating of holy of holies and lower-order offerings.


###### Sifrei Devarim 72:9
[Sifrei Devarim 72:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/72:9)

**וּתְרוּמַת יָדֶךָ** – אֵלּוּ הַבִּכּוּרִים. וְכִי מַה בָּא הַכָּתוּב לְלַמְּדֵנוּ? אִם לְאוֹכֵל בִּכּוּרִים חוּץ לַחוֹמָה – קַל וָחוֹמֶר מִמַּעֲשֵׂר: מַה מַּעֲשֵׂר, שֶׁמֻּתָּר לְזָרִים, הָאוֹכֵל מִמֶּנּוּ חוּץ לַחוֹמָה עוֹבֵר בְּלֹא תַעֲשֶׂה, בִּכּוּרִים, שֶׁאֲסוּרִים לְזָרִים, הָאוֹכֵל מֵהֶם חוּץ לַחוֹמָה אֵינוֹ דִין שֶׁיְּהֵא עוֹבֵר בְּלֹא תַעֲשֶׂה? הָא לֹא בָּא הַכָּתוּב לְלַמֶּדְךָ, אֶלָּא לְאוֹכֵל בִּכּוּרִים עַד שֶׁלֹּא קָרָא עֲלֵיהֶם, שֶׁעוֹבֵר בְּלֹא תַעֲשֶׂה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"and the offering of your hands": What does Scripture come to teach us? If (that it is forbidden) to eat *bikkurim* (first-fruits) outside the wall (of Jerusalem)? This can be derived *a fortiori*, from *ma'aser* (the tithe), viz.: If *ma'aser*, which is permitted to non-priests — if one transgresses a negative commandment if he eats of it outside the wall (of Jerusalem), then *bikkurim*, which are forbidden to non-priests, if one eats of them outside the wall, how much more so does he transgress a negative commandment if he eats of them outside the wall! The purpose of the verse, then, must be to teach us that if one eats *bikkurim* before the invocation has been recited over them (viz. *Ibid*. 26:5), he transgresses a negative commandment.


###### Sifrei Devarim 72:10
[Sifrei Devarim 72:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/72:10)

**וְנִדְבֹתֶיךָ** – אֵלּוּ תּוֹדָה וּשְׁלָמִים. וְכִי מָה בָּא הַכָּתוּב לְלַמְּדֵנוּ? אִם לְאוֹכֵל תּוֹדָה וּשְׁלָמִים חוּץ לַחוֹמָה, קַל וָחוֹמֶר מִמַּעֲשֵׂר: מַה מַּעֲשֵׂר, שֶׁאֵין חַיָּבִים עָלָיו מִשּׁוּם פִּגּוּל וְנוֹתָר וְטָמֵא, הָאוֹכֵל מִמֶּנּוּ חוּץ לַחוֹמָה עוֹבֵר בְּלֹא תַעֲשֶׂה, תּוֹדָה וּשְׁלָמִים, שֶׁחַיָּבִים עֲלֵיהֶם מִשּׁוּם פִּגּוּל וְנוֹתָר וְטָמֵא, הָאוֹכֵל מֵהֶם חוּץ לַחוֹמָה אֵינוֹ דִין שֶׁיְּהֵא עוֹבֵר בְּלֹא תַעֲשֶׂה? הָא לֹא בָּא הַכָּתוּב לְלַמֶּדְךָ, אֶלָּא לְאוֹכֵל תּוֹדָה וּשְׁלָמִים לִפְנֵי זְרִיקַת דָּמִים – שֶׁעוֹבֵר בְּלֹא תַעֲשֶׂה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"and your gifts": These are thank-offerings and peace-offerings. What does Scripture come to teach us? If (that it is forbidden) to eat a thank-offering and peace-offerings outside the wall, this can be derived *a fortiori* from *ma'aser*, viz.: If *ma'aser*, which is not liable for *piggul* (improper intention), and *nothar* (exceeding of a time limitation) and for (being eaten by one who is) *tamei* — if one eats of it outside the wall, he transgresses a negative commandment, then a thank-offering and peace-offering, which are liable for *piggul* and *nothar* and for *tamei*, how much more so does he transgress a negative commandment if he eats of it outside the wall! The purpose of the verse, then, must be to teach us that if one eats a thank-offering and peace-offerings before the sprinkling of the blood (of the sacrifice) he transgresses a negative commandment.


###### Sifrei Devarim 72:11
[Sifrei Devarim 72:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/72:11)

**וּבְכֹרֹת** – זֶה הַבְּכוֹר. וְכִי מָה בָּא הַכָּתוּב לְלַמְּדֵנוּ? אִם לְאוֹכֵל בְּכוֹר חוּץ לַחוֹמָה, קַל וָחֹמֶר מִמַּעֲשֵׂר; אִם לִפְנֵי זְרִיקַת דָּמִים, קַל וָחֹמֶר מִתּוֹדָה וּשְׁלָמִים: מָה תּוֹדָה וּשְׁלָמִים, שֶׁמֻּתָּרִים לְזָרִים, הָאוֹכֵל מֵהֶם לִפְנֵי זְרִיקַת דָּמִים עוֹבֵר בְּלֹא תַעֲשֶׂה, בְּכוֹר, שֶׁאָסוּר לְזָרִים, הָאוֹכֵל מִמֶּנּוּ לִפְנֵי זְרִיקַת דָּמִים אֵינוֹ דִין שֶׁיְּהֵא עוֹבֵר בְּלֹא תַעֲשֶׂה? הָא לֹא בָּא הַכָּתוּב לְלַמֶּדְךָ, אֶלָּא לְזָר שֶׁאָכַל בְּשַׂר בְּכוֹר בֵּין לִפְנֵי זְרִיקַת דָּמִים בֵּין לְאַחַר זְרִיקַת דָּמִים, שֶׁעוֹבֵר בְּלֹא תַעֲשֶׂה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"and *bechoroth*": the first-born. What does Scripture come to teach us? If (that it is forbidden) to eat a *bechor* outside the wall, this can be derived *a fortiori* from *ma'aser* (as above); if before its blood has been sprinkled, this can be derived *a fortiori* from a thank-offering and peace-offerings, viz.: If a thank-offering and peace-offerings, which are permitted to non-priests — if one eats of them before their blood has been sprinkled, he transgresses a negative commandment, then a *bechor*, which is forbidden to non-priests, if one eats of them before their blood has been sprinkled, how much more so does he transgress a negative commandment! The purpose of the verse, then, must be to teach us that if a non-priest eats of it (even) after the sprinkling of the blood, he transgresses a negative commandment.