## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 154

###### Sifrei Devarim 154:1
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(דברים יז י) **וְעָשִׂיתָ עַל פִּי הַדָּבָר**, עַל הוֹרָיַת בֵּית דִּין הַגָּדוֹל שֶׁבִּירוּשָׁלִַם חַיָּבִים מִיתָה, וְאֵין חַיָּבִים מִיתָה עַל הוֹרָיַת בֵּית דִּין שֶׁבְּיַבְנֶה.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**Pisqa’ 154**⁷⁰
1. “And you shall behave according to *the ruling*” *(*Dt. 17:10).
Those who violate the instructions
of the High Court in Jerusalem
are liable for execution;
but there is no threat of execution
for violating the instructions
of the court in Yavneh.

footnotes:
⁷⁰ H:190; JN2:20.


###### Sifrei Devarim 154:2
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(דברים יז יא) ״עַל פִּי הַתּוֹרָה אֲשֶׁר יוֹרוּךָ״, עַל דִּבְרֵי תוֹרָה חַיָּבִים מִיתָה וְאֵין חַיָּבִים מִיתָה עַל דִּבְרֵי סוֹפְרִים.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
“According *to the sense* of the *Torah* that *they shall teach* you” (Dt. 17:11).
Those who violate rulings of *the Torah*
are liable for execution;
but there is no threat of execution
for violating *scribal traditions*.


###### Sifrei Devarim 154:3
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**וְעַל הַמִּשְׁפָּט אֲשֶׁר יֹאמְרוּ לְךָ תַּעֲשֶׂה** – מִצְוַת עֲשֵׂה.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
“And according *to the rule which they explain* to you *must you act*” (Dt. 17:11)—
this refers to a prescriptive commandment.


###### Sifrei Devarim 154:4
[Sifrei Devarim 154:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/154:4)

**לֹא תָסוּר מִן הַתּוֹרָה אֲשֶׁר יַגִּידוּ לְךָ** – מִצְוַת לֹא תַעֲשֶׂה.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
“Do not deviate from the Torah *they shall impart* to you” (Dt. 17:11)—
this refers to a proscriptive commandment.


###### Sifrei Devarim 154:5
[Sifrei Devarim 154:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/154:5)

**יָמִין וּשְׂמֹאל** – אֲפִילּוּ מַרְאִים בְּעֵינֶיךָ עַל יָמִין שֶׁהוּא שְׂמֹאל וְעַל שְׂמֹאל שֶׁהוּא יָמִין – שְׁמַע לָהֶם!

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
“To the right or the left” (Dt. 17:11)—
even if, before your very eyes,
they instruct that right is left, or left is right,
you must obey them.