## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 182

###### Sifrei Devarim 182:1
[Sifrei Devarim 182:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/182:1)

(דברים יט ה) **וַאֲשֶׁר יָבֹא אֶת רֵעֵהוּ בַּיַּעַר**, מָה יַּעַר, רְשׁוּת לַנִּזָּק וְלַמַּזִּיק לִכָּנֵס שָׁם – אַף כָּל שֶׁהוּא רְשׁוּת לַנִּזָּק וְלַמַּזִּיק לִכָּנֵס לְשָׁם. יָצָאת חֲצַר שֶׁל בַּעַל הַבַּיִת שֶׁאֵין רְשׁוּת לַנִּזָּק וְלַמַּזִּיק לִכָּנֵס שָׁם.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**Pisqa’ 182**²²⁴
1. “When he goes into the forest with his kinsman” (Dt. 19:5)
[and an accidental death results,]—
**just as a forest affords both**
**the injured and the injurer**
**equally free access,**
**[where each party is responsible**
**for his own safety,]**
**so, too, any place**
**which affords to the injured and the injurer**
**equally free access**
**[imposes upon each party responsibility**
**for his own safety].**
**This precludes application of the rule**
**[of the unwitting killer]**
**to [an accidental death in] a householder’s courtyard,**
**for it does *not* afford to the injured and the injurer**
**equally free access.**²²⁵

footnotes:
²²⁴ H:205; JN2:63-65.
²²⁵ =M. Mak.2:2. The injured party must receive permission from the householder to be in the latter’s courtyard.


###### Sifrei Devarim 182:2
[Sifrei Devarim 182:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/182:2)

**לַחְטֹב עֵצִים**, אַבָּה שָׁאוּל אוֹמֵר: מַה חֲטִיבַת עֵצִים רְשׁוּת – אַף כָּל שֶׁהוּא רְשׁוּת, יָצָא הָאָב הַמַּכֶּה אֶת בְּנוֹ, וְהָרַב הָרוֹדֶה אֶת תַּלְמִידוֹ, וּשְׁלִיחַ בֵּית דִּין.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
2. “To chop wood” (Dt. 19:5).
**Abba Saul says:**
**Just as wood-chopping, is an optional act**
**[that may result in an accidental death],**
**so, too, any optional act**
**[resulting in an accidental death**
**releases the injuring party from the charge of murder].**
**This excludes from our rule**
**the father who [inadvertently]**
**beats his son to death**
**[since disciplining the son is not optional],**
**the master who [inadvertently]**
**whips his disciple to death**
**[while disciplining him],**
**or an agent of the court**
**[who accidentally kills a prisoner**
**while administering lashes].**²²⁶, 4. In each case, the death was caused by a well-intentioned, but misapplied, desire to fulfill the commandment to administer corporal punishment.

footnotes:
²²⁶ =M. Mak.2:2; //T. Mak.2:5, cf. Mechilta Ishmael, neziqin