## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 230

###### Sifrei Devarim 230:1
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(דברים כב ט) **לֹא תִזְרַע כַּרְמְךָ כִּלְאָיִם**, מָה אֲנִי צָרִיךְ? וַהֲלֹא כְּבָר נֶאֱמַר (ויקרא יט יט) ״שָׂדְךָ לֹא תִזְרַע כִּלְאָיִם״! מְלַמֵּד שֶׁכָּל הַמְקַיֵּם כִּלְאַיִם בַּכֶּרֶם עוֹבֵר בִּשְׁנֵי לָאוִים.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**Pisqa’ 230**¹²⁸
1. “**You *may not* sow your *vineyard* with incompatible species**
**lest you prohibit**¹²⁹ In this context, the root *q-d-sh* has the sense of “taboo” and refers to produce the use of which is forbidden until it is deconsecrated. **the whole” (Dt. 22:9).**
**Do I need to know this?**
**Isn’t it already stated:**
**“Your *field* you *may not* sow**
**with incompatible species” (Lv. 19:19)?**
**[The redundancy] teaches that**
**whoever maintains a vineyard**
**with incompatible species**
**transgresses two proscriptions:**
**[One concerning a *vineyard* (Dt. 22:9)**
**and one concerning a *field* (Lv. 19:19)].**¹³⁰ per. 4:16

footnotes:
¹²⁸ H:240-241; JN2:142-143.
¹²⁹ Heb: tiqdash.
¹³⁰ Cf. Sifra, qedoshim,


###### Sifrei Devarim 230:2
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אֵין לִי אֶלָּא כֶּרֶם שָׁלֵם. מִנַּיִן אֲפִלּוּ גֶּפֶן יְחִידִי וְעוֹשֶׂה פֵּרוֹת? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר **כֶּרֶם**, מִכָּל מָקוֹם.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
2. Now, I might infer only that
this rule applies when the *entire* vineyard is sown
with incompatible species!
**But, how do I know that**
**[the prohibition applies to]**
**even a *single* fruit-bearing vine**
**[sown, say, in a wheat field]?**
**The Teaching states:**
**“A *vineyard*” (Dt. 22:9)—**
**[containing] any number [of vines].**¹³¹

footnotes:
¹³¹ Cf. M. Kil. 4:6.


###### Sifrei Devarim 230:3
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מִנַּיִן לְכִלְאֵי הַכֶּרֶם שֶׁאֲסוּרִים בַּהֲנָיָה? נֶאֱמַר כָּאן **תִּקְדַּשׁ**, וְנֶאֱמַר לְהַלָּן (ויקרא ה טו) ״קֹדֶשׁ״ – מָה קֹדֶשׁ הָאָמוּר לְהַלָּן אָסוּר בַּהֲנָיָה, אַף קֹדֶשׁ הָאָמוּר כָּאן אָסוּר בַּהֲנָיָה.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
How, furthermore, do I know that
grapes of a vineyard sown with incompatible species
are prohibited for benefit?
The term, *prohibited*, appears here (Dt. 22:9),
and the term, *prohibited,* appears elsewhere (Lv. 5:15).
Just as [the grapes] *prohibited* elsewhere
are forbidden for benefit,
do, too, [the grapes] *prohibited* here
are [prohibited] for benefit.


###### Sifrei Devarim 230:4
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**פֶּן תִּקְדַּשׁ הַמְלֵאָה הַזֶּרַע**, מֵאֵימָתַי הַמְלֵאָה הַזֶּרַע מִתְקַדֶּשֶׁת? – מִשֶּׁתַּשְׁרִישׁ, וַעֲנָבִים? – מִשֶּׁיַּעֲשׂוּ כְּפוֹל לָבָן.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
3. **“Lest you prohibit *the whole* of the seed you have sown” (Dt. 22:9).**
**At what point [in its growth] is**
***the whole* of the seed prohibited? When it strikes root.**
**[This criterion holds for grain or greens,]**
**but as for grapes—**
**when they are the size of white beans.**¹³²

footnotes:
¹³² = M. Kil.7:7.


###### Sifrei Devarim 230:5
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**הַזֶּרַע** – פְּרָט לְזֶרַע שֶׁיָּצָא עִם הַזְּבָלִים אוֹ עִם הַמַּיִם, הַזּוֹרֵעַ וְהָרוּחַ מְסַעַרְתּוֹ. יָכוֹל שֶׁאֲנִי מוֹצִיא הַזּוֹרֵעַ וְהָרוּחַ מְסַיַּעְתּוֹ? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **אֲשֶׁר תִּזְרָע**.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
“*Of* the seed” (Dt. 22:9)—
excluding from the rule seed [sown inadvertently]
in manure or by watering the field.
**If one was sowing seed [in one field],**
**and it was blown down-wind [to another]—**
**[what is the application of the rule]?** ¹³³
Is it possible for me to exempt from the rule
the case of one who was sowing seed,
and it was blown down-wind?
The Teaching states:
“Of the seed *you* have sown” (Dt. 22:9)—
[The rule is limited to fields intentionally sown
in violation of the rule].

footnotes:
¹³³ Cf. M. Kil. 5:7.


###### Sifrei Devarim 230:6
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הַמְקַיֵּם קוֹצִים בַּכֶּרֶם, רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר: קָדַשׁ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר **אֲשֶׁר תִּזְרָע**, וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים: **זֶרַע** פְּרָט לַמְקַיֵּם קוֹצִים בַּכֶּרֶם.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**As for one who maintains thorns in a vineyard—**
**R. Eliezer says:**
**He has placed it under prohibition,**
**for it is said:**
**“Of the *seed* you have *sown*” (Dt. 22:9)—**
**[and maintaining the thorns is like sowing them].**
**But sages say:**
**“Of the seed you *have sown*” (Dt. 22:9)—**
**this excludes the case of**
**one who maintains thorns in a vineyard**
**[since the thorns are neither seed nor are they sown].** ¹³⁴

footnotes:
¹³⁴ // M. Kil. 5:8.


###### Sifrei Devarim 230:7
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**וּתְבוּאַת הַכָּרֶם**, מֵאֵימָתַי הַתְּבוּאָה מִתְקַדֶּשֶׁת? מִשֶּׁתַּשְׁרִישׁ, וַעֲנָבִים מִשֶּׁיַּעֲלוּ כְּפוֹל לָבָן.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
4. **“Lest you prohibit the whole of the seed you have sown, *and the yield*” (Dt. 22:9).**
**At what point in its growth is *the yield* prohibited? When it strikes root.**
**[This holds for grain and greens,]**
**But as for grapes—**
**When they are the size of white beans**.¹³⁵ 230.3.

footnotes:
¹³⁵ = M. Kil. 7:7 and Pisqa’


###### Sifrei Devarim 230:8
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אֵין לִי אֶלָּא כֶּרֶם שֶׁהוּא עוֹשֶׂה פֵּרוֹת, כֶּרֶם שֶׁאֵינוֹ עוֹשֶׂה פֵּרוֹת מִנַּיִן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **כֶּרֶם**, מִכָּל מָקוֹם. אֵין לִי אֶלָּא כֶּרֶם שֶׁלְּךָ, כֶּרֶם שֶׁל אֲחֵרִים מִנַּיִן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **לֹא תִזְרַע כַּרְמְךָ כִּלְאָיִם**, מִכָּל מָקוֹם.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
I might infer that
the rule only applies to a vineyard that is actually productive.
How do I know that it may also apply
to a vineyard that is barren?
The Teaching states:
“A *vineyard*” (Dt. 22:9)—
of any sort.
I might infer that
the rule only applies to your *own* [Israelite] field.
How do I know that it may also apply
to fields owned by [gentile] others?
The Teaching states:
“You *may not sow* . . . with incompatible species’ (Dt. 22:9)—
in *any* [field, owned by anyone].


###### Sifrei Devarim 230:9
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הַמּוֹתֵחַ זְמוֹרָה שֶׁל גֶּפֶן עַל גַּבֵּי זְרָעִים, אֲפִלּוּ מֵאָה אַמָּה – הַגֶּפֶן אֲסוּרָה וּפֵירוֹתֶיהָ.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**One who extends the tendril of a grape vine**
**over seed of an incompatible species—**
**even [if the extension covers] a distance of a hundred cubits—**
**the vine and its fruit are prohibited under the rule**.¹³⁶

footnotes:
¹³⁶ =T. Kil. 4:10.


###### Sifrei Devarim 230:10
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[(דברים כב י) **לֹא תַחֲרֹשׁ בְּשׁוֹר וַחֲמֹר** –] יָכוֹל לֹא יַחֲרֹשׁ עַל זֶה בִּפְנֵי עַצְמוֹ, וְעַל זֶה בִּפְנֵי עַצְמוֹ? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **יַחְדָּו**. אֲבָל זֶה בִּפְנֵי עַצְמוֹ וְזֶה בִּפְנֵי עַצְמוֹ – מֻתָּר.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
5. “You may not plow with an ox and an ass *as one*” (Dt. 22:10)—
is it possible to say that
you can’t plow with *this one* on its own,
and then with *that one* on its own?
The Teaching states:
“As *one*” (Dt. 22:10)—
however, plowing with *this one* on its own,
and then with *that one* on its own is permitted.


###### Sifrei Devarim 230:11
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דָּבָר אַחֵר: ״כִּלְאַיִם״ – לְחַיֵּב מִשּׁוּם כֶּרֶם וּמִשּׁוּם שָׂדֶה.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
Another word:
“Incompatible *species*” (Dt. 22:9)—
[*species* implies a minimum of two].
This places a vineyard under the rule
as well as a field [of wheat or greens].


###### Sifrei Devarim 230:12
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דָּבָר אַחֵר: ״פֶּן תִּקְדַּשׁ הַמְלֵאָה״ – פֶּן תֵּאָסֵר הַמְלֵאָה, כְּדִבְרֵי רַבִּי יֹאשִׁיָּה.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
Another word:
“Lest you *prohibit* the whole of the seed you have sown” (Dt. 22:9)—
lest you impose a prohibition *upon all* of it:
As was explained by R. Josiah.


###### Sifrei Devarim 230:13
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**אֲשֶׁר תִּזְרַע**, אֵין לִי אֶלָּא שֶׁזָּרַע הוּא. זָרַע חֲבֵירוֹ וְרָצָה לְקַיְּמוֹ מִנַּיִן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **תִּזְרַע**, מִכָּל מָקוֹם.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
6. “Of the seed *you* have sown” (Dt. 22:9)—
I might assume that the rule only applies
to seed *sown by him*.
How do I know that
the rule applies as well where his *companion* has done the sowing,
but the *owner* of the field desires to maintain it?
The Teaching states:
“*You* have sown” (Dt. 22:9)—
by anyone, [acceptable to both parties].¹³⁷

footnotes:
¹³⁷ The text at 230.5-6 is missing from several early copies. See F:263, n.11.