## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 209

###### Sifrei Devarim 209:1
[Sifrei Devarim 209:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/209:1)

(דברים כא ו) **וְכֹל זִקְנֵי הָעִיר הַהִיא**, וַאֲפִלּוּ הֵם מֵאָה. לְפִי שֶׁאָמַרְנוּ לְהַלָּן שְׁלֹשָׁה וַחֲמִשָּׁה, יָכוֹל אַף כָּאן כֵּן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר **וְכֹל זִקְנֵי הָעִיר הַהִיא**, וַאֲפִלּוּ הֵם מֵאָה.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**Pisqa’ 209**³⁶⁸
1. “Then, all the elders of that city” (Dt. 21:6)—
even if there are a hundred!
Since we have taught elsewhere:³⁶⁹):
**Three elders or five elders—**
Is it possible to say that
The same applies here?
The Teaching states:
“All the elders of that city” (Dt .21:6)—
Even if there are a hundred!

footnotes:
³⁶⁸ H:223; JN2:195-106.
³⁶⁹ M.Sot.9:5 cited at Pisqa’ 205.3


###### Sifrei Devarim 209:2
[Sifrei Devarim 209:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/209:2)

**יִרְחֲצוּ אֶת יְדֵיהֶם עַל הָעֶגְלָה הָעֲרוּפָה בַּנָּחַל**, עַל מְקוֹם עֲרִיפָתָהּ שֶׁל עֶגְלָה. יָכוֹל יַעֲלוּ מִן הַנַּחַל וְיֹאמְרוּ? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **בַּנָּחַל**, שֶׁתְּהֵא עֲנִיָּתָם וַאֲמִירָתָם בַּנַּחַל.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
2. “They shall wash their hands over the beheaded calf, in the river-bed” (Dt. 21:6)—
over the place of the calf’s beheading.
Is it possible to say that
they should ascend from the river-bed
before reciting [the formula of denial]?
The Teaching states:
“In the river-bed” (Dt. 21:6)—
let all their recitals and responses come from the river-bed.