## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 98

###### Sifrei Devarim 98:1
[Sifrei Devarim 98:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/98:1)

(דברים יד ו) **וְכָל בְּהֵמָה מַפְרֶסֶת פַּרְסָה וְשֹׁסַעַת שֶׁסַע שְׁתֵּי פְרָסוֹת וּמַעֲלַת גֵּרָה**, עַד שֶׁיְּהוּ בָהּ שְׁלֹשָׁה סִימָנִים הַלָּלוּ אֵינָהּ מֻתֶּרֶת בַּאֲכִילָה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(Devarim 14;6) "And every beast that has split hooves, entirely cloven in two, and which chews the cud in beast, it shall you eat": Unless it has these three signs, it may not be eaten.


###### Sifrei Devarim 98:2
[Sifrei Devarim 98:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/98:2)

אַבָּה חָנָן מִשּׁוּם רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר: הַשְּׁסוּעָה – מִין חַיָּה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Abba Channan says in the name of R. Eliezer: The *shesuah* is a beast in itself; it has two backs and two spines.


###### Sifrei Devarim 98:3
[Sifrei Devarim 98:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/98:3)

אָמַר רַבִּי יֹאשִׁיָּה: כָּל מָקוֹם שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דברים יד יא) ״צִפּוֹר״ – בַּטְּהוֹרָה הַכָּתוּב מְדַבֵּר.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
R. Yashiah said: Wherever "*tzippor*" is written, a clean bird is intended.


###### Sifrei Devarim 98:4
[Sifrei Devarim 98:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/98:4)

אָמַר רַבִּי יִצְחָק: עוֹף טָהוֹר נִקְרָא ׳עוֹף׳ וְנִקְרָא ׳צִפּוֹר׳, וְהַטָּמֵא – אֵין נִקְרָא אֶלָּא ׳עוֹף׳ בִּלְבַד.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
R. Yitzchak said: A clean bird is called either "*of*" or "*tzippor*"; an unclean bird is called only "*of*."


###### Sifrei Devarim 98:5
[Sifrei Devarim 98:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/98:5)

(דברים יד יג) ״וְהָרָאָה״ זוֹ דַּיָּה, וְכֻלָּן מִין דַּיָּה. אִיסִי בֶן יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר: יֵשׁ לוֹ מֵאָה מִינֵי עוֹפוֹת בַּמִּזְרָח, וְכֻלָּן מִין אַיָּה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
3. [“The buzzard, the falcon, and the kite” (Dt.14:13)] —
the *kite* (*dayah*)—it is a falcon (*ayah*).
And, in fact, they are all a kind of kite.
Isi b. Judah says:
there are 100 types of fowl in the East,
and all of them are a kind of falcon.


###### Sifrei Devarim 98:6
[Sifrei Devarim 98:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/98:6)

אַיָּה, ״דַּיָּה״, ״וְהָרָאָה״, ״וְהַדָּאָה״ – לָמָּה נִשְׁנוּ בְּמִשְׁנֵה תּוֹרָה? בַּבְּהֵמָה מִפְּנֵי הַשְּׁסוּעָה, וּבָעוֹף מִפְּנֵי הַדַּיָּה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
[One verse states]
“The *buzzard* (*ra’ah*), the *falcon (‘ayah*), and the *kite*” (*dayah*),
and any kind of raven (*`oreiv*)” (Dt.14:13).
[yet another verse states:]
“The falcon, the *kite* (*da’ah*), the buzzard . . . and any kind of raven” (Lv.11:14)—
why is this [list of unclean animals (Lv.11:1-47)]
restated in the Repetition of the Torah (Dt. 14:3-21)?
[Regarding] the cattle, because of the *split one* (*shasu`ah)*,
and [regarding] the fowl—because of *the kite*,
[which is known as *dayah* (Dt.14:13) and *da’ah* (Lv.11:14)]²¹⁸98.1-2 appears out of place in relation to the flow of the scriptural text, while 98.3-4 is poorly attested in the textual tradition of Sifre. See Ish-Shalom, *ad loc*., n. 1, F:159, n.4, and his critical apparatus, ls. 4-11.

footnotes:
²¹⁸ Pisqa’