## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 102

###### Sifrei Devarim 102:1
[Sifrei Devarim 102:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/102:1)

(דברים יד ו) **אַךְ אֶת זֶה לֹא תֹאכְלוּ וְגוֹ׳ הַשְּׁסוּעָה**, אָמַר רַבִּי עֲקִיבָה: וְכִי מֹשֶׁה קְנִיגִי הָיָה אוֹ בַּלִּיסְטְרִי הָיָה? אֶלָּא מִכָּן תְּשׁוּבָה לָאוֹמְרִים אֵין תּוֹרָה מִן הַשָּׁמַיִם.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**Pisqa’ 102**²³²
1. “But this you shall not eat . . . for they ruminate the cud, but do not part the hoof” (Dt. 14:7).
Said R. Akiva:
Now, was Moses a hunter or an archer?
Rather, from this [detailed knowledge of the signs of unclean animals]
do we reply to those who say that the Torah is not from Heaven!

footnotes:
²³² H:148; JN1:261.