## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 108

###### Sifrei Devarim 108:1
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(דברים יד כז) **וְהַלֵּוִי אֲשֶׁר בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ**, כָּל מָקוֹם אַתָּה מוֹצֵא לֵוִי הַזֶּה לוֹמַר: תֵּן לוֹ מֵחֶלְקוֹ! אֵין לוֹ חֶלְקוֹ – תֵּן לוֹ מַעְשַׂר עָנִי! אֵין לוֹ מַעְשַׂר עָנִי – תֵּן לוֹ שְׁלָמִים! אֵין לוֹ שְׁלָמִים – פַּרְנְסֵהוּ מִן הַצְּדָקָה!

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**Pisqa’ 108**²⁹⁰
1. “Now, *the Levite* within your gates—do not abandon him,
for he shares no portion or inheritance with you” (Dt. 14:27). **Anywhere you find [reference to] *the Levite* (e.g., Dt. 12:18),**²⁹¹ 69.1, 74.2.
**the instruction is:**
**give him his portion [i.e., the First-tithe].**
**If he can’t survive on his portion,**
**then sustain him from the Pauper’s-tithe.**
**If he can’t survive on the Pauper’s-tithe,**
**then sustain him from Communion-offerings.**
**And if he can’t survive on Communion-offerings,**
**then sustain him from alms.**

footnotes:
²⁹⁰ H:155-156; JN1:276.
²⁹¹ See also Dt. 12:12, 14:27, 14:29 and Pisqa’ot


###### Sifrei Devarim 108:2
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**כִּי אֵין לוֹ חֵלֶק וְנַחֲלָה עִמָּךְ**, לְהַגִּיד מֶה גָּרַם.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
“For he shares no portion or inheritance with you” (Dt. 14:27)—
this explains the source [of levitical privilege]