## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 123

###### Sifrei Devarim 123:1
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(דברים טו יח) **לֹא יִקְשֶׁה בְעֵינֶיךָ בְּשַׁלֵּחֲךָ**, מִכָּן אַתָּה אוֹמֵר: שָׂכִיר עוֹבֵד בַּיּוֹם; זֶה – בַּיּוֹם וּבַלַּיְלָה.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**Pisqa’ 123**³⁷⁰
1. “You shall not consider it a hardship when you set him free from among you,
for he has given you *twice* the service of a hired hand for six years” (Dt. 15:18).
On this basis you teach:
**A hired hand works by day,**
**while this one [the slave] works by day and night.**³⁷¹ 1. The parallel in Mechlta makes exactly the opposite point from Sifre: “just as a hired hand works by day but not by night, the Hebrew slave, too, works by day but not by night.” Cf. Hammer:442, *pisqa* 123, n. 1.

footnotes:
³⁷⁰ H:168; JN1:303-304.
³⁷¹ Cf. Mechilta Ishmael, neziqin,


###### Sifrei Devarim 123:2
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**וּבֵרַכְךָ ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ**, יָכוֹל בָּטֵל? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר **בְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר תַּעֲשֶׂה**.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
“And HASHEM your God shall *bless* you” (Dt. 15:18).
Is it possible to say that
being idle [you will prosper]?
The Teaching states:
“In all that *you* do” (Dt. 15:18)—
[that is, your labor causes you to prosper].


###### Sifrei Devarim 123:3
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**וּבֵרַכְךָ ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ**, כָּל מָקוֹם שֶׁהַכָּתוּב עוֹנֵשׁ מָמוֹן – כָּתוּב בְּרָכָה, וּבְיוֹתֵר מָקוֹם שֶׁיֵּשׁ בּוֹ חֶסְרוֹן כִּיס.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
“And HASHEM your God shall *bless* you” (Dt. 15:18)—
**whenever a verse mentions financial misfortune**
**it writes [also] of *blessing*.**
**And especially regarding loss of income**
**[as in the owner’s cost in liberating a slave].**³⁷² par. 1:1.

footnotes:
³⁷² //Sifra, tzav,