## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 129

###### Sifrei Devarim 129:1
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(דברים טז ב) **וְזָבַחְתָּ פֶּסַח** – שֶׁתְּהֵא שְׁחִיטָתוֹ לְשֵׁם פֶּסַח, שֶׁאִם שְׁחָטוֹ שֶׁלֹּא לִשְׁמוֹ – פָּסוּל.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**Pisqa’ 129**⁴¹⁶
1. “And you shall *slaughter* the *Paschal lamb*” (Dt. 16:2)—
**so that its *slaughtering* should be entirely**
**for the sake of the Paschal lamb.**
**For if he slaughtered it under a different name,**
**it is disqualified.**

footnotes:
⁴¹⁶ H: 173-174; JN1: 315-316.


###### Sifrei Devarim 129:2
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אֵין לִי אֶלָּא שְׁחִיטָתוֹ, מִנַּיִן לְרַבּוֹת קִבּוּל דָּמוֹ וּזְרִיקַת דָּמוֹ? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר (דברים טז א): ״וְעָשִׂיתָ״.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**I might infer only that**
**one who [intended to] slaughter it under a different name**
**[disqualifies the Paschal lamb from being eaten].**
**On what basis do I know to include**
**[a change of intention while]**
**receiving its blood and sprinkling its blood?**⁴¹⁷
**The Teaching states:**
**“To *celebrate*” (*`asita;***⁴¹⁸ at *Pisqa’* 128.1 ****Dt. 16:1)—**
**[to perform the rite with full mindfulness].**

footnotes:
⁴¹⁷ Cf. M. Pes. 5:2.
⁴¹⁸ Cf. the translation of `asita


###### Sifrei Devarim 129:3
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יָכוֹל שֶׁאֲנִי מְרַבֶּה אֶת הֶקְטֵר חֲלָבָיו? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **וְזָבַחְתָּ**.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
Is it possible that I should include [as a disqualifications]
the burning of its organ-fats [under a different name]?
**The Teaching states:**
**“You shall *slaughter*” (Dt. 16:2)—**
**[only acts intrinsic to sacrifice disqualify the offering**
**if they are performed under a different name].**


###### Sifrei Devarim 129:4
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זְבִיחָה בִּכְלָל הָיְתָה, וְלָמָּה יָצְאָה? לְהַקִּישׁ אֵלֶיהָ: מַה זְבִיחָה מְיֻחֶדֶת, שֶׁמְּעַכֶּבֶת אֶת הַכַּפָּרָה – אַף כָּל שֶׁמְּעַכֵּב אֶת הַכַּפָּרָה; יָצְאָה הַקְטָרָה שֶׁאֵינָהּ מְעַכֶּבֶת אֶת הַכַּפָּרָה.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**Now, slaughtering [the lamb] could have been incorporated**
**[under the rule of other sacrificial rites].**
**So why is it singled out for special mention?**
**To use it for comparison:**
**Seeing that slaughter is distinctive,**
**in that [improper intention during the slaughter] hinders expiation—**
**so, too, whatever hinders expiation is comparable to slaughter.**
**This excludes burning the organ-fats,**
**for they do not hinder expiation [when offered with improper intention].**


###### Sifrei Devarim 129:5
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**לַה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ** – לַשֵּׁם הַמְיֻחָד.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**“For HASHEM your God” (Dt. 16:1)—**
**[only the acts intrinsic to slaughter must be done]**
**for the sake of the Unique Name!**⁴¹⁹ 128.1.

footnotes:
⁴¹⁹ Cf. Sifre Nu., 143 and Pisqa’


###### Sifrei Devarim 129:6
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**צֹאן וּבָקָר**, וַהֲלֹא אֵין פֶּסַח בָּא אֶלָּא מִן הַכְּבָשִׂים וּמִן הָעִזִּים! אִם כֵּן לָמָּה נֶאֱמַר **צֹאן וּבָקָר**? צֹאן לַפֶּסַח וּבָקָר לַחֲגִיגָה. דָּבָר אַחֵר: לְהַקִּישׁ כָּל הַבָּא מִן הַצֹּאן וּמִן הַבָּקָר לַפֶּסַח: מַה פֶּסַח שֶׁהוּא בָּא חוֹבָה, אֵינוֹ בָּא אֶלָּא מִן הַחֻלִּין – כָּךְ כָּל דָּבָר שֶׁהוּא בָּא חוֹבָה אֵינוֹ בָּא אֶלָּא מִן הַחֻלִּין.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
2. **“From the flock or the *herd*” (Dt. 16:2).**
**Now, indeed—doesn’t the Paschal lamb come**
**only from sheep or goats [who gather in flocks]?**
**If so, why does the verse state:**
**“From the flock *or the herd*” (Dt. 16:2)?**
**Flocking animals are used for the Paschal lamb,**
**while herding animals are used for the Festival-offering**
**[brought on all Festival days, including Passover (Dt. 16:14-17)].**⁴²⁰ 4.
*[Flocks* and *herds* are mentioned]
in order to compare
all flocking and herding animals to the Paschal lamb.
**Just as the Paschal lamb is an obligatory offering**
**that must be chosen from an unconsecrated animal,**
**so, too, every obligatory offering must be chosen**
**from an unconsecrated animal.**⁴²¹

footnotes:
⁴²⁰ //Mechilta Ishmael, paskha’,
⁴²¹ = M. Men. 7:6; cf. T. Men. 8:28 and other citations in F:187, n. 2.


###### Sifrei Devarim 129:7
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**בַּמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יִבְחַר ה׳ לְשַׁכֵּן שְׁמוֹ שָׁם** – זוֹ שִׁילֹה וּבֵית עוֹלָמִים.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**“In the *place* at which—*there*— HASHEM will settle His name” (Dt. 16:2)—**
**[the redundancy of *place* and *there*]**
**implies that one refers to the sanctuary at Shiloh,**
**and the other refers to the Eternal Abode.**⁴²² 74.2.

footnotes:
⁴²² Cf. Pisqa’