## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 131

###### Sifrei Devarim 131:1
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(דברים טז ד) **לֹא יֵרָאֶה לְךָ שְׂאֹר**, רוֹאֶה אַתָּה לַאֲחֵרִים; **לֹא יֵרָאֶה לְךָ שְׂאֹר**, רוֹאֶה אַתָּה לַגָּבוֹהַּ; **לֹא יֵרָאֶה לְךָ שְׂאֹר**, רוֹאֶה אַתָּה בַּפְּלַטְיָא.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**Pisqa’ 131**⁴²⁹
1. **“Leaven**⁴³⁰ the leavening *agent*, rather than *khametz*, the leavened *product..* **should be out of *your sight*” (Dt. 16:4)—**
**you *may* see the leaven of [gentile] others among you.**⁴³¹ 10; Mechilta Shimon- Nelson, p. 38.
“Leaven should be out of *your sight*” (Dt. 16:4)—
you may see the leaven of the Supernal One
[if it had been already consecrated
to the Holy Abode, for it is not *yours*].
“Leaven should be out of *your sight*” (Dt. 16:4)—
[you may see leaven] on a plaza
where it is deemed to be ownerless, and thus not *yours*.

footnotes:
⁴²⁹ H:175; JN1:319-320.
⁴³⁰ Heb: se’or;
⁴³¹ Cf. Mechilta Ishmael, paskha’,


###### Sifrei Devarim 131:2
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**לֹא יֵרָאֶה לְךָ שְׂאֹר**, בַּטֵּל בְּלִבְּךָ! מִכָּאן אָמְרוּ (פסחים ג ז): הַהוֹלֵךְ לִשְׁחוֹט אֶת פִּסְחוֹ וְלָמוּל אֶת בְּנוֹ, וְנִזְכַּר שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ חָמֵץ בְּתוֹךְ בֵּיתוֹ – אִם יָכוֹל לַחֲזוֹר וּלְבַעֵר וְלַחֲזוֹר לְמִצְוָתוֹ – יַחֲזוֹר; וְאִם לָאו – יְבַטֵּל בְּלִבּוֹ.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
“Leaven should be *out of* your sight” (Dt. 16:4)—
that is, *nullify it* in your heart.
On this basis they taught:
**One who is on the way to slaughter his Paschal lamb,**
**or to circumcise his son,**
**and recalls that he has leavened-food inside his home—**
**if he has time to return and remove it,**
**and can still complete the intended commandment,**
**let him return home [to remove it].**
**But if not, he should nullify it in his heart**.⁴³²

footnotes:
⁴³² //M. Pes. 3:7.


###### Sifrei Devarim 131:3
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(שמות יג ז) ״לֹא יֵרָאֶה לְךָ חָמֵץ וְלֹא יֵרָאֶה לְךָ שְׂאֹר״ – זֶהוּ חִלּוּק שֶׁבֵּין בֵּית שַׁמַּיי לְבֵית הִלֵּל (ביצה פ״א מ״א) שֶׁבֵּית שַׁמַּיי אוֹמְרִים: שְׂאוֹר כַּזַּיִת וְחָמֵץ כַּכּוֹתֶבֶת, וּבֵית הִלֵּל אוֹמְרִים: זֶה וָזֶה כַּזַּיִת.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
“*Leavened-food* (*khametz*) should be out of your sight” (Ex. 13:7) and
“*Leaven* (*se’or*) should be out of your sight” (Dt. 16:4)—
[why does the Torah distinguish *khametz* from *se’or*]?
This points to a dispute between
the disciple-circle of Shammai and the disciple-circle of Hillel.
**For the circle of Shammai say:**
**as for leaven,**
**the volume of an olive [is prohibited during Passover];**
**but as for leavened-food,**
**the volume of a large date [is prohibited during Passover].**
**But the circle of Hillel say:**
**both this and that**
**[are prohibited at the smaller] volume of an olive.**⁴³³

footnotes:
⁴³³ Cf. M. Bez. 1:1; T. YT. 1:4.


###### Sifrei Devarim 131:4
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**וְלֹא יָלִין מִן הַבָּשָׂר אֲשֶׁר תִּזְבַּח בָּעֶרֶב**, אֵיזוֹ זְבִיחָה אַתָּה זוֹבֵחַ עַל מְנָת לֶאֱכוֹל לָעֶרֶב? הֱוֵי אוֹמֵר זֶה הַפֶּסַח.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
2. “And any meat that you slaughter for the evening
shall not remain *over night*” (Dt. 16:4).
What sacrifice do you offer by day
in order to eat it that night?
I would say: the Paschal lamb!


###### Sifrei Devarim 131:5
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**בַּיּוֹם הָרִאשׁוֹן לַבֹּקֶר**, לְבָקְרוֹ שֶׁל שְׁלִישִׁי אוֹ יָכוֹל לְבָקְרוֹ שֶׁל שֵׁנִי? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: ״נֶדֶר״, (ויקרא ז טז) ״אִם נֶדֶר״; ״נְדָבָה״, (ויקרא ז טז) ״אוֹ נְדָבָה״, לְרַבּוֹת חֲגִיגָה הַבָּאָה עִם הַפֶּסַח, שֶׁתֵּאָכֵל לִשְׁנֵי יָמִים. הָא מָה אֲנִי מְקַיֵּם **לַבֹּקֶר**? לְבָקְרוֹ שֶׁל שְׁלִישִׁי.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**“Till morning of the *first* day” (Dt. 16:4)]—**
**that is, the morning of the *third day*.**⁴³⁴
**Or, is it possible to say that**
**it refers to the morning of the *second* day?**⁴³⁵
**The Teaching states:**
**“If his sacrificial offering is a . . . *Voluntary-offering* . . .**
**on the day of his sacrifice shall he eat it . ..**
**but what remains of the sacrificial meat *by the third day***
**shall be burnt in fire” (Lv. 7:16-17).**⁴³⁶ 131, n. 7.**The phrase, *or a Voluntary-offering*,**
**includes the Festival-offering (*khagigah*) that is brought with the Paschal lamb**
**in the requirement to be eaten within two days.**
**Well, then, how do I understand the phrase *till morning* (Dt. 16:4)?**
**It refers to the**
**[Festival-offering, which may be eaten]**
**on the morning of the third day**
**[unlike the Paschal lamb].**⁴³⁷ per. 12:7-8.

footnotes:
⁴³⁴ Neusner explains as follows (JN1.320): “The first night, the intervening day, and the second night form the period during which the meat must be eaten up.”
⁴³⁵ Encompassing Passover evening, the following first day of Passover, and the next night t ill morning.
⁴³⁶ Commentaries are unclear about the import of this proof text. RH and Ish-Shalom omit it. See Sifra’s parallel (next note) and the comments of H:444, Pisqa’
⁴³⁷ // Sifra, tsav,