## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 104

###### Sifrei Devarim 104:1
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(דברים יד כא) **לֹא תֹאכְלוּ כָל נְבֵלָה**, אֵין לִי אֶלָּא נְבֵלָה, טְרֵפָה מִנַּיִן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: ״נְבֵלָה״ – ״כָל נְבֵלָה״.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**Pisqa’ 104**²⁴⁰
1. “Do not eat any *carcass*” (Dt. 14:21).
I might infer only that
[the rule applies to] a carcass *found* dead.
On what basis do I know that
[it applies] to what is mauled [and about to die]?
The teaching states:
“*Any* carcass” (Dt. 14:21)—
[this includes] *anything* found dead
[including a mauled animal that will not survive].

footnotes:
²⁴⁰ H:149-150; JN1:265-266.


###### Sifrei Devarim 104:2
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**לַגֵּר אֲשֶׁר בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ** – מְלַמֵּד שֶׁנּוֹתְנָהּ בְּמַתָּנָה לְגֵר תּוֹשָׁב.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
2. “Give it to the *migrant* (*ger*) within your gates” (Dt. 14:21)—
this teaches that
one may make a gift of the carcass
to the resident alien (*ger toshav*).


###### Sifrei Devarim 104:3
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מִנַּיִן אַף לְנָכְרִי? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **לְנָכְרִי**.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
On what basis do I know that
[the carcass may be given]
even to a foreigner?
The Teaching states:
“To a *foreigner*” (Dt. 14:21).


###### Sifrei Devarim 104:4
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מִנַּיִן שֶׁמּוֹכְרָהּ לְגֵר תּוֹשָׁב? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **אוֹ מָכֹר**.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
On what basis do I know that
one may sell it to a resident alien?
The Teaching states:
“Or *sell* it” (Dt. 14:21).


###### Sifrei Devarim 104:5
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מִנַּיִן אַף לְנָכְרִי? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **לְנָכְרִי**. כְּשֶׁתִּמְצֵי אוֹמֵר: מוֹכְרָהּ וְנוֹתְנָהּ בְּמַתָּנָה לְנָכְרִי וּלְגֵר תּוֹשָׁב.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
On what basis do I know that
one may sell it to a foreigner?
The Teaching states:
“To a *foreigner*” (Dt. 14:21).
You might conceivably say that
one may sell it or give it as a gift
to a foreigner or a resident alien.


###### Sifrei Devarim 104:6
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רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר: דְּבָרִים כִּכְתָבָם.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
R. Judah says:
Matters stand as they are written
[and require no further explication].


###### Sifrei Devarim 104:7
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**כִּי עַם קָדוֹשׁ אַתָּה לַה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ** – קַדֵּשׁ אֶת עַצְמְךָ. דְּבָרִים הַמּוּתָּרִים וַאֲחֵרִים נָהֲגוּ בָּהֶם אִסּוּר – אִי אַתָּה רַשַּׁי לִנְהֹג הֶתֵּר בִּפְנֵיהֶם.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
3. “For you are a people consecrated (*qadosh*) to HASHEM your God” (Dt. 14:21).
[Therefore,] consecrate (*qadesh*) yourself.
Permitted acts that others treat as prohibited—
you are not permitted to treat them as permissible.


###### Sifrei Devarim 104:8
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**לֹא תְבַשֵּׁל גְּדִי בַּחֲלֵב אִמּוֹ** לָמָּה נֶאֱמַר? כְּנֶגֶד שָׁלֹשׁ בְּרִיתוֹת שֶׁכָּרַת הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא עִם יִשְׂרָאֵל שָׁלֹשׁ פְּעָמִים: אַחַת בְּחוֹרֵב, וְאַחַת בְּעַרְבוֹת מוֹאָב, וְאַחַת בְּהַר גְּרִזִים וּבְהַר עֵיבָל.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**“Do not boil a kid in its mother’s milk” (Dt. 14:21).**
**Why is this taught [on three separate occasions**
**[(Dt. 14:21, Ex. 23:19, and Ex. 34:26)]?**
**[The repetition] corresponds to three covenantal promises**
**that the Blessed Holy One sealed with Israel**
**at three separate occasions:**
**Once at Horeb (Dt. 6:1ff.),**
**and once on the Plain of Moab (Dt. 28:69-30:20),**
**and once at Mt. Gerizim and Mt. Ebal (Dt. 28:1-24**).²⁴¹ 20.

footnotes:
²⁴¹ This material is identified by F:163, n.9 as an interpolation based upon Mechilta Ishmael, kaspa’,


###### Sifrei Devarim 104:9
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רַבִּי עֲקִיבָה אוֹמֵר: חַיָּה וָעוֹף אֵינָם מִן הַתּוֹרָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר **לֹא תְבַשֵּׁל גְּדִי בַּחֲלֵב אִמּוֹ** שָׁלֹשׁ פְּעָמִים, פְּרָט לְחַיָּה וְעוֹף וּבְהֵמָה טְמֵאָה.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
4. **R. Akiva says:**
**[prohibitions against cooking milk with]**
**wild cattle and fowl are not grounded in the Torah!**
**Therefore, it is stated three times:**
**“Do not boil a kid in its mother’s milk” (Dt. 14:21)—**
**specifically, wild cattle, fowl, and unclean beasts**
**[along with domestic cattle, may not be cooked with milk].**²⁴²

footnotes:
²⁴² //M. Hul.8:4.


###### Sifrei Devarim 104:10
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רַבִּי יוֹסֵי הַגְּלִילִי אוֹמֵר: נֶאֱמַר **לֹא תֹאכְלוּ כָל נְבֵלָה** וְנֶאֱמַר **לֹא תְבַשֵּׁל גְּדִי בַּחֲלֵב אִמּוֹ**, [אֵת שֶׁאָסוּר מִשּׁוּם נְבֵלָה אָסוּר לְבַשֵּׁל בְּחָלָב. עוֹף שֶׁאָסוּר מִשּׁוּם נְבֵלָה, יָכוֹל יְהֵא אָסוּר לְבַשֵּׁל בְּחָלָב? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **בַּחֲלֵב אִמּוֹ**,] יָצָא עוֹף שֶׁאֵין לוֹ חֲלֵב אֵם.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**R. Yose the Galilian says:**
**One verse states:**
**“Do not eat *any carcass*” (Dt. 14:21),**
**while another states:**
**“Do not boil *a kid* in its mother’s milk” (Dt. 14:21) –**
**{thus, whatever is prohibited under the rule of *carcass***
**is forbidden to boil in milk.**
**As for fowl, which is prohibited under the rule of *carcass*,**
**is it possible to say that**
**it should be forbidden to boil in milk?**
**The Teaching states:**
**“In its *mother’s* milk” (Dt. 14:21).}**²⁴³
**This excludes fowl,**
**which has no mother’s milk!**²⁴⁴

footnotes:
²⁴³ The bracketed material is added to the text by F:163 based on M. Hu.8:4. See his list of variant readings ad loc.
²⁴⁴ = M/ Hul.8:4; cf. Mechilta Rashbi-Nelson, pp.369-370.