## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 240

###### Sifrei Devarim 240:1
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(דברים כב כא) **וּסְקָלוּהָ** כָּל אַנְשֵׁי עִירָהּ, וְכִי כָּל אַנְשֵׁי עִירָהּ רוֹגְמִים אוֹתָהּ? אֶלָּא בְּמַעֲמַד כָּל אַנְשֵׁי עִירָהּ.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**Pisqa’ 240**¹⁹⁰
1. **“Now, *the men of her city* shall *pelt***¹⁹¹ See Dt. 21:21 and *Pisqa’* 220.1. **her with stones” (Dt. 22:21).**
**Now, can *all* the men of her city**
**actually *pummel* her?**
**Rather, they appoint a deputation**
**from among all the men of her city.**

footnotes:
¹⁹⁰ H:247;JN2:159.
¹⁹¹ Heb: seqaluhah.


###### Sifrei Devarim 240:2
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**בָּאֲבָנִים**, יָכוֹל בַּאֲבָנִים מְרֻבּוֹת? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר (ויקרא כ ב): ״בָּאֶבֶן״. אִי בָּאֶבֶן, יָכוֹל בְּאֶבֶן אַחַת? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **בָּאֲבָנִים**. אֱמֹר מֵעַתָּה: אִם לֹא מֵתָה בָרִאשׁוֹנָה תָּמוּת בַּשְּׁנִיָּה.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**“With *stones*” (Dt. 22:21)—**
**is it possible to say that many stones are used?**
**The Teaching states:**
**“With *stone*” (Lv. 20:2).**
**If “with *stone*”—**
**is it possible to say, then, that only *one* stone is used?**
**The Teaching states:**
**“with *stones*” (Dt. 22:21)!**
**From this you may conclude that**
**if she doesn’t die from the first stone,**
**let her die from the second!**¹⁹² 220.1

footnotes:
¹⁹² // Sifre Nu., 114. Cf. Pisqa’


###### Sifrei Devarim 240:3
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**כִּי עָשְׂתָה נְבָלָה בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל**, לֹא עַצְמָהּ בִּלְבַד נִוְּלָה, אֶלָּא כָּל בְּתוּלוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
2. “For she has committed an outrage in Israel” (Dt. 22:21)—
not only has she disgraced herself,
but all the maidens of Israel as well.


###### Sifrei Devarim 240:4
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**לִזְנוֹת בֵּית אָבִיהָ**, נֶאֱמַר כָּאן ״אָבִיהָ״ וְנֶאֱמַר לְהַלָּן (ויקרא כא ט) ״אָבִיהָ״, מָה אָבִיהָ הָאָמוּר לְהַלָּן, זְנוּת עִם זִיקַת הַבַּעַל – אַף אָבִיהָ הָאָמוּר כָּאן, זְנוּת עִם זִיקַת הַבַּעַל.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**“By fornicating in the house of *her father*” (Dt. 22:21).**
***Her father* is mentioned here (Dt. 22:21),**
**And *her father* is mentioned elsewhere (Lv. 21:9).**¹⁹³?
**Just as *her father* elsewhere is mentioned**
**in the context of fornication that**
**violates the connection to her husband,**
**so, too, *her father* is mentioned here,**¹⁹⁴ 240, n.3
**in the context of fornication that**
**violates the connection to her husband.**¹⁹⁵, per.1:15.

footnotes:
¹⁹³ The question is: why mention the father in connection with the daughter’s breach of marriage to her husband
¹⁹⁴ On the text, see H:472, Pisqa’
¹⁹⁵ //Sifra, ‘emor


###### Sifrei Devarim 240:5
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**וּבִעַרְתָּ הָרָע מִקִּרְבֶּךָ** – בַּעֵר עוֹשֵׂי הָרָעוֹת מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל!

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
“And you shall expunge the evil from your midst” (Dt. 22:21)—
**expunge the evil-doers from Israel.**¹⁹⁶ 86.2 and is repeated in SD frequently.

footnotes:
¹⁹⁶ This common exegetical trope first appears in Pisqa’