## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 214

###### Sifrei Devarim 214:1
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(דברים כא יד) **וְהָיָה אִם לֹא חָפַצְתָּ בָּהּ**, הַכָּתוּב מְבַשֶּׂרְךָ שֶׁאַתָּה עָתִיד לִשְׂנאוֹתָהּ.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**Pisqa’ 214**⁷
1. “Should you no longer *desire* her” (Dt. 21:14).
The verse announces to you that
you will eventually come to *reject* her.

footnotes:
⁷ H:225-226; JN2:115.


###### Sifrei Devarim 214:2
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**וְשִׁלַּחְתָּהּ לְנַפְשָׁהּ** – וְלֹא לְבֵית אֱלֹהֶיהָ.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
“And you shall send her off *on her own*” (Dt. 21:14)—
But not back to her god’s house.⁸ Other versions read: *liveit ‘aviha* (“to her father’s house).

footnotes:
⁸ Heb: liveit ‘eloheiha.


###### Sifrei Devarim 214:3
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**וְשִׁלַּחְתָּהּ** – בְּגֵט, כְּדִבְרֵי רַבִּי יוֹנָתָן; וְאִם הָיְתָה חוֹלָה – יַמְתִּין לָהּ עַד שֶׁתַּבְרִיא, קַל וָחוֹמֶר לִבְנוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל, שֶׁהֵן קְדוֹשׁוֹת וּטְהוֹרוֹת.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
“And you shall *send her* off” (Dt. 21:14)—
with a document of divorce,
as in the opinion of R. Jonathan.
And if she were ill,
he should give her time to recover.
[If such consideration is extended
to a gentile war-bride,]
it is simply logical that it applies to
Israelite daughters, who are holy and pure.⁹

footnotes:
⁹ This material is considered spurious, due to spotty mss evidence. See F:247. n. 6.


###### Sifrei Devarim 214:4
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וּמָכוֹר לֹא תִמְכְּרֶנָּה בַּכָּסֶף, אֵין לִי אֶלָּא שֶׁלֹּא יִמְכְּרֶנָּה בְּכֶסֶף, מִנַּיִן שֶׁלֹּא יִתְּנֶנָּה בְּמַתָּנָה, וְלֹא יַעֲשֶׂה בָּהּ טוֹבָה? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר **וּמָכֹר לֹא תִמְכְּרֶנָּה בַּכָּסֶף**.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
2. “And you shall surely not sell her for *money*” (Dt. 21:14).
I might infer only that
one may not sell her for money.
On what basis do I know that
he may not offer her either as a gift,
or [even temporarily,] as a favor?
The Teaching states:
“And you shall surely not sell her *for money*” (Dt. 21:14)—
[or in any way treat her like a commodity].


###### Sifrei Devarim 214:5
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**לֹא תִתְעַמֵּר בָּהּ** – שֶׁלֹּא תִּשְׁתַּמֵּשׁ בָּהּ. דָּבָר אַחֵר: **לֹא תִתְעַמֵּר בָּהּ** – כְּדִבְרֵי רַבִּי יוֹנָתָן. דָּבָר אַחֵר: הֲרֵי זוֹ אַזְהָרָה לְבֵית דִּין.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
3. “You shall not enslave her” (Dt. 21:14)—
that is, you may not abuse her.
Another word:
“You shall not enslave her” (Dt. 21:14)—
as in the opinion of R. Jonathan.
Another word:
Indeed, this is a warning to the court.¹⁰

footnotes:
¹⁰ See F:247, n.10.


###### Sifrei Devarim 214:6
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**תַּחַת אֲשֶׁר עִנִּיתָהּ**, אֲפִלּוּ לְאַחַר מַעֲשֶׂה יְחִידִי.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
“In light of the way you’ve *demeaned* her” (Dt. 21:14)—
even after *a single* sexual encounter.