## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 236

###### Sifrei Devarim 236:1
[Sifrei Devarim 236:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/236:1)

**לְאִשָּׁה וַיִּשְׂנָאֶהָ** (דברים כב יז), **וְהִנֵּה הוּא שָׂם לָהּ עֲלִילוֹת דְּבָרִים לֵאמֹר: לֹא מָצָאתִי לְבִתְּךָ בְּתוּלִים, וְאֵלֶּה בְּתוּלֵי בִתִּי** – הֲרֵי עֵדִים לְהַזִּים עֵדָיו שֶׁל זֶה.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**Pisqa’ 236**¹⁷²
1. “To be his wife, but now he hates her;
moreover, he has leveled scandalous charges against her, saying:
I have found no signs of maidenhood in your daughter!
But *here is proof* of my daughter’s maidenhood!” (Dt. 22:16-17)—
that is, here are *witnesses* to impugn *this guy’s witnesses*!

footnotes:
¹⁷² H:245;JN2:154.


###### Sifrei Devarim 236:2
[Sifrei Devarim 236:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/236:2)

רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר: אֵינוֹ חַיָּב לְעוֹלָם אֶלָּא אִם כֵּן בָּעַל.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
R. Judah says:
He is never obliged
[under this rule to indemnify the father]
unless he has in fact mounted her
[before leveling his charge].


###### Sifrei Devarim 236:3
[Sifrei Devarim 236:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/236:3)

**וְאָמַר אֲבִי הַנַּעֲרָה**, מְלַמֵּד שֶׁתּוֹבֵעַ מַתְחִיל בַּדְּבָרִים תְּחִלָּה.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
“Then the *father* of the young lady shall say to the *elders*” (Dt. 22:16)—
this teaches that the *plaintiff* is the first to present his case.


###### Sifrei Devarim 236:4
[Sifrei Devarim 236:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/236:4)

(דברים כב כב) **בְּעֻלַת בַּעַל**, רַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל אוֹמֵר: בָּא הַכָּתוּב לְלַמֶּדְךָ עַל הַיְּבָמָה שֶׁהַבָּא עָלֶיהָ – אֵינוֹ חַיָּב עַד שֶׁתִּבָּעֵל.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
2. “If a man is found to have bedded a woman who has been *mounted* by her *husband*” (Dt. 22:22)—
R. Ishmael says:
The verse comes to teach you about
a [childless, widowed] sister-in-law
[awaiting her levir’s decision
to marry her or to release her from marriage to him]:
One consorting with her [after her husband’s death]
is not liable under the rule
[against mounting a married woman]
until she is actually mounted.¹⁷³ 236. 1-2 consists of material that is poorly attested in the early versions of Sifre.

footnotes:
¹⁷³ The bulk of Pisqa’