## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 75

###### Sifrei Devarim 75:1
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(דברים יב כ) **כִּי יַרְחִיב ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֶת גְּבוּלְךָ**, עֲשֵׂה מִצְוָה הָאֲמוּרָה בָּעִנְיָן, שֶׁבִּשְׂכָרָהּ יַרְחִיב ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֶת גְּבוּלְךָ.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(Devarim 12:20) "When the L-rd your G-d broadens your boundaries": Observe the mitzvah prescribed herein, in whose merit the L-rd shall broaden your boundaries.


###### Sifrei Devarim 75:2
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**כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר לָךְ**, מַה דִּבֶּר לָךְ? אֶת אֶרֶץ קֵינִי וּקְנִזִּי וְקַדְמוֹנִי. רַבִּי אוֹמֵר: כְּבָר אֵלּוּ אֲמוּרִים! מַה דִּבֶּר לָךְ? (יחזקאל מח א-ז) ״מִפְּאַת קָדִים עַד פְּאַת יָם דָּן אֶחָד... יְהוּדָה אֶחָד אָשֵׁר אֶחָד״.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"as He spoke to you": (that He would give you the lands of) "the Keini, the Kenizi, and the Kadmoni." Rebbi says: These have already been stated (viz. Bereshith 15:19). What is being spoken of now? (Ezekiel 48:1-7) "from the eastern side to the west — Dan, one (portion), etc."


###### Sifrei Devarim 75:3
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**וְאָמַרְתָּ אֹכְלָה בָשָׂר כִּי תְאַוֶּה נַפְשְׁךָ לֶאֱכֹל בָּשָׂר**, רַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל אוֹמֵר: מַגִּיד שֶׁבְּשַׂר תַּאֲוָה נֶאֱסַר לָהֶם לְיִשְׂרָאֵל בַּמִּדְבָּר, וּמִשֶׁבָּאוּ לָאָרֶץ הִתִּירוֹ הַכָּתוּב לָהֶם.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"and you will say: I shall eat flesh, for your soul will desire to eat flesh": R. Yishmael says: We are hereby apprised that "flesh of desire" was forbidden to Israel in the desert, and when they came to Eretz Yisrael it was permitted to them.


###### Sifrei Devarim 75:4
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רַבִּי עֲקִיבָה אוֹמֵר: לֹא בָא הַכָּתוּב אֶלָּא לְלַמֶּדְךָ מִצְווֹת הָאֲמוּרוֹת בּוֹ.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
R. Akiva says: Scripture comes to teach only the mitzvoth stated here, to forbid to them flesh of "stabbing" (*nechirah* [as opposed to *shechitah*, ritual slaughter]), and when they entered the land it was forbidden to them. R. Elazar b. Azaryah says: Scripture comes to teach you *derech eretz* (proper deportment), that one should eat flesh only out of desire.


###### Sifrei Devarim 75:5
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רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר בֶּן עֲזַרְיָה אוֹמֵר: לֹא בָא הַכָּתוּב אֶלָּא לְלַמֶּדְךָ דֶּרֶךְ אֶרֶץ, שֶׁלֹּא יֹאכַל אָדָם בָּשָׂר אֶלָּא לְתֵאָבוֹן. יָכוֹל יִקַּח מִן הַשּׁוּק וְיֹאכַל? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר (דברים יב כא): ״וְזָבַחְתָּ מִבְּקָרְךָ וּמִצֹּאנְךָ״, הָא אֵין אָדָם אוֹכֵל בָּשָׂר עַד שֶׁיִּהְיוּ לוֹ בָּקָר וְצֹאן! יָכוֹל יִזְבַּח כָּל צֹאנוֹ וְכָל בְּקָרוֹ? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: ״מִבְּקָרְךָ״, וְלֹא כָל בְּקָרְךָ. ״מִצֹּאנְךָ״, וְלֹא כָל צֹאנְךָ.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
I might think that he could buy meat in the marketplace and eat it; it is, therefore, written (*Ibid*. 21) "then you shall slaughter of your cattle and of your flocks" — One is not to eat flesh unless he has cattle and flocks (of his own). I might think that he is to slaughter all of his flocks and all of his cattle; it is, therefore, written "*of* your cattle," and not "*all* of your cattle"; "*of* your flocks," and not "*all* of your flocks."


###### Sifrei Devarim 75:6
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(דברים יב כא) **כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִיךָ**, מָה קֳדָשִׁים בִּשְׁחִיטָה – אַף חוּלִּין בִּשְׁחִיטָה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"as He commanded you": Just as offerings (are slaughtered) by *shechitah*, so, *chullin* ("mundane" animals), by *shechitah*.


###### Sifrei Devarim 75:7
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אוֹ מָה קֳּדָשִׁים בַּמָּקוֹם – אַף חוּלִּין בַּמָּקוֹם? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: ״כִּי יַרְחִיב״, בְּרִחוּק מָקוֹם אַתָּה זוֹבֵחַ, וְאִי אַתָּה זוֹבֵחַ בְּקָרוֹב מָקוֹם, פְּרָט לְחוּלִּין שֶׁנִּשְׁחֲטוּ בָּעֲזָרָה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
— But perhaps, just as offerings in the "place" (of the Temple — the *azarah*, the Temple court), so, *chullin* in the "place"; it is, therefore, written (*Ibid*.) "When there is distant from you the place … then you shall slaughter." When the place is *distant*, you slaughter (*chullin*), and you do not slaughter (*chullin*) when the place is near — to exclude *chullin* from being slaughtered in the *azarah*.


###### Sifrei Devarim 75:8
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אֵין לִי אֶלָּא תְּמִימִים, בַּעֲלֵי מוּמִים מִנַּיִן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר (ויקרא ג ב): ״וּשְׁחָטוֹ פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד״. יָכוֹל אַף חַיָּה וָעוֹף פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר (ויקרא ג ח): ״אוֹתוֹ״, אוֹתוֹ פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד, וְאֵין חַיָּה וָעוֹף פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
This tells me only of unblemished animals (that they may not be slaughtered in the *azarah* [lest they be confused with offerings]). Whence do I derive (the same for) blemished animals? From (Vayikra 3:2) "and he shall slaughter *it*" (implying an offering only [and not *chullin* of any kind]) at the entrance of the tent of meeting" (i.e., the *azarah*.) Whence do I derive (the same for) animals and birds, (which cannot be confused with offerings)? From (*Ibid*. 8) "and he shall slaughter *it* (a sheep) before the tent of meeting" — it, and not animals and birds.


###### Sifrei Devarim 75:9
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אוֹ מָה קֳּדָשִׁים בִּזְמַן אַף חוּלִּין בִּזְמַן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **וְאָכַלְתָּ בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ בְּכֹל אַוַּת נַפְשֶׁךָ**.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
If (you might think,) just as (the eating of) offerings is time constrained (i.e., peace-offerings may be eaten only for two days and one night) so *chullin* is time constrained; it is, therefore, written (*Ibid*. 21) "with all the desire of your soul" (connoting whenever you wish).


###### Sifrei Devarim 75:10
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אוֹ מָה קֳּדָשִׁים בִּמְחִיצָה אַף חוּלִּין בִּמְחִיצָה? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **וְאָכַלְתָּ בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ**. אוֹ מָה קֳּדָשִׁים בַּיּוֹם אַף חוּלִּין בַּיּוֹם? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **וְאָכַלְתָּ בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ בְּכֹל אַוַּת נַפְשְׁךָ**.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
If (you might think,) just as (the eating of) offerings is confined within certain bounds, so, *chullin*; it is, therefore, written (*Ibid*. 22) "the unclean one … may eat it."


###### Sifrei Devarim 75:11
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אוֹ מָה קֳּדָשִׁים בְּטָהֳרָה אַף חוּלִּין בְּטָהֳרָה? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר (דברים יב כב): ״הַטָּמֵא יֹאכַל״. אֵין לִי אֶלָּא טָמֵא, טָהוֹר מִנַּיִן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: ״הַטָּהוֹר יֹאכַל״. ״הַטָּמֵא וְהַטָּהוֹר יַחְדָּו יֹאכְלֶנּוּ״, מְלַמֵּד שֶׁשְּׁנֵיהֶם אוֹכְלִים מִתּוֹךְ קְעָרָה אַחַת. יָכוֹל אַף תְּרוּמָה תְּהֵא נֶאֱכֶלֶת מִתּוֹךְ קְעָרָה אַחַת? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: ״יַחְדָּו יֹאכְלֶנּוּ״, זֶה נֶאֱכָל מִתּוֹךְ קְעָרָה אַחַת וְאֵין תְּרוּמָה נֶאֱכֶלֶת מִתּוֹךְ קְעָרָה אַחַת.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
This tells me only of the unclean one. Whence do I derive (the same for) the clean one? From "the unclean one and the clean one." "*together* may eat it" We are hereby apprised that both of them may eat it from one dish. I might think that *terumah*, too, may be eaten from the same dish; it is, therefore, written "may eat *it* (*chullin*)." This may be eaten from the same dish, but not *terumah*.


###### Sifrei Devarim 75:12
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יָכוֹל יְהוּ חַיָּבִים בְּחָזֶה וְשׁוֹק? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **כַּצְּבִי**.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
I might think that they (*chullin*) are subject to (the giving of) breast and thigh (to the Cohein); it is, therefore, written (*Ibid*.) "as the deer," (whose breast and thigh are not given to the Cohein).


###### Sifrei Devarim 75:13
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אוֹצִיאוֹ מִכְּלַל חָזֶה וְשׁוֹק וְלֹא אוֹצִיאוֹ מִכְּלַל שְׁתֵּי כְלָיוֹת וְיוֹתֶרֶת הַכָּבֵד? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **כָאַיָּל**.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
I would then exclude it from breast and thigh, (which do not go to the altar, but to the Cohein); but I would not exclude it from *yothereth* (the large lobe of the liver) and the two kidneys, (which are sacrificed on the altar in offerings [and they would be forbidden to eat in *chullin*]); it is, therefore, written "as the hart" (i.e., just as (it is permitted to eat the two kidneys and *yothereth* of the hart, so, is it permitted to eat those of *chullin*.)


###### Sifrei Devarim 75:14
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אוֹ מָה צְּבִי כֻּלּוֹ מֻתָּר – אַף זֶה כֻּלּוֹ מֻתָּר? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **אַךְ**.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
If so, (why not say) just as all of hart (including its fats) is permitted, so, all of *chullin*! It is, therefore written "*Only* as the deer and the hart are to be eaten" (to exclude fats and blood [in *chullin*], which are not to be eaten.)


###### Sifrei Devarim 75:15
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(דברים יב כב) **אַךְ כַּאֲשֶׁר יֵאָכֵל אֶת הַצְּבִי וְאֶת הָאַיָּל**, רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר הַקַּפָּר בְּרַבִּי אוֹמֵר: וְכִי מַה בָּא הַכָּתוּב לְלַמְּדֵנוּ בֵּין צְבִי לְאַיָּל? אֶלָּא הֲרֵי זֶה בָּא לְלַמֵּד וְנִמְצָא לָמֵד: מַה בְּהֵמָה בִּשְׁחִיטָה – אַף חַיָּה בִּשְׁחִיטָה, אֲבָל עוֹף אֵינוֹ אֶלָּא מִדִּבְרֵי סוֹפְרִים. רַבִּי אוֹמֵר: ״כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִיךָ״, מַגִּיד שֶׁנִּצְטַוָּה מֹשֶׁה עַל הַוֵּשֶׁט וְעַל הַגַּרְגֶּרֶת וְעַל רוֹב אֶחָד בָּעוֹף וְעַל רוֹב שְׁנַיִם בַּבְּהֵמָה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
R. Elazar Hakappar says: Now what did we learn from deer and hart? It came (ostensibly) to teach, but it (in the end) it was found to be taught, viz.: Just as a beast (must be slaughtered) through *shechitah*, so, an animal (e.g., deer and hart), through *shechitah*, (but a bird [must be slaughtered through *shechitah*] only by ordinance of the scribes). Rebbi says: "as He commanded you" (*Ibid*. 21) apprises us that Moses was commanded as to gullet and windpipe (as being the loci of *shechitah*) and as to the (cutting of) the major portion of one (of these being the criterion for *shechitah*) in a bird and of both, in a beast.