## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 226

###### Sifrei Devarim 226:1
[Sifrei Devarim 226:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/226:1)

(דברים כב ה) **לֹא יִהְיֶה כְלִי גֶבֶר עַל אִשָּׁה**, וְכִי מָה בָּא הַכָּתוּב לְלַמְּדֵנוּ, שֶׁלֹּא תִּלְבַּשׁ אִשָּׁה כְּלֵי לְבָנִים וְהָאִישׁ לֹא יִתְכַּסֶּה צִבְעוֹנִים? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **תּוֹעֵבָה**, דָּבָר הַבָּא לִידֵי תּוֹעֵבָה. זֶהוּ כְּלָלוֹ שֶׁל דָּבָר: שֶׁלֹּא תִּלְבַּשׁ אִשָּׁה כְּדֶרֶךְ שֶׁהָאִישׁ לוֹבֵשׁ וְתֵלֵךְ לְבֵין הָאֲנָשִׁים, וְהָאִישׁ לֹא יִתְקַשֵּׁט בְּתַכְשִׁיטֵי נָשִׁים וְיֵלֵךְ לְבֵין הַנָּשִׁים.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**Pisqa’ 226**⁸⁹
1. “A woman must not don a *man’s gear*;
nor may a man dress-up in *feminine costume*” (Dt. 22:5).
Now, what is the verse coming to teach us—
that a woman should not be dressed in *white* garments,
while a man should not cover himself with *colorful* garments?
[No, for] the Teaching states:
“It is *abominable*” (Dt. 22:5)—
[the reference is to] a matter of habituation to abominable acts.
This is the principle of the matter:
A woman should not be dressed *as a man* dresses,
in order to circulate among men.
And a man should not adorn himself *in feminine adornments*
in order to circulate among women.

footnotes:
⁸⁹ H:236;JN2:136.


###### Sifrei Devarim 226:2
[Sifrei Devarim 226:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/226:2)

רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר בֶּן יַעֲקֹב אוֹמֵר: מִנַּיִן שֶׁלֹּא תִלְבַּשׁ אִשָּׁה כְּלִי זַיִן וְתֵצֵא לַמִּלְחָמָה? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **לֹא יִהְיֶה כְלִי גֶבֶר עַל אִשָּׁה**. וְהָאִישׁ לֹא יִתְקַשֵּׁט בְּתַכְשִׁיטֵי נָשִׁים? – תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **וְלֹא יִלְבַּשׁ גֶּבֶר שִׂמְלַת אִשָּׁה**.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
2. R. Eliezer b. Jacob says:
On what basis do I know that
a woman should not be garbed in *weapons* and go off to war?
The Teaching states:
“A woman must not don a *man’s gear*” (Dt. 22:5).
And [how do I know] that
a man should not adorn himself in *feminine adornments*?
The Teaching states:
“And a man shall not dress himself in *feminine costume*” (Dt. 22:5).


###### Sifrei Devarim 226:3
[Sifrei Devarim 226:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/226:3)

**כִּי תוֹעֲבַת ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ כָּל עֹשֵׂה אֵלֶּה**, קָרוּי חֲמִשָּׁה שֵׁמוֹת: חֵרֶם, תּוֹעֵבָה, שָׂנאוּי, מְשֻׁקָּץ, וְעַוָּל.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
3. **“For *all who do so* are abominable to HASHEM your God.” (Dt. 22:5)—**
**he is called by five epithets:**
**Condemned; Abominated; Hateful; Disgusting; and Perverted.**⁹⁰, per.4:1; cf. *Pisqa’* 148.4.

footnotes:
⁹⁰ // Sifra, qedoshim