## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 243

###### Sifrei Devarim 243:1
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(דברים כב כו) **וְלַנַּעֲרָה לֹא תַעֲשֶׂה דָבָר** – מְלַמֵּד שֶׁפְּטָרָהּ הַכָּתוּב מִן הַמִּיתָה. מִנַּיִן אַף מִן הַקׇּרְבָּן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **חֵטְא**. מִנַּיִן אַף מִן הַמַּכּוֹת? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **חֵטְא מָוֶת**.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**Pisqa’ 243**²⁰⁸
1. “But, do *nothing* to the young lady” (Dt. 22:26)—
This teaches that
the verse releases her from [the penalty of] execution.
How do I know that
it also [releases her from the obligation] to bring a sacrifice?²⁰⁹
The Teaching states:
“The young lady has committed *no sin* worthy of the death sentence” (Dt. 22:26)—
[therefore, she has no obligation to make an offering
in absolution of such a sin].
How do I know that
the verse releases her as well from
the option of a judicial lashing?
The Teaching states:
“No sin *worthy* of the death sentence” (Dt. 22:26).

footnotes:
²⁰⁸ H:248-249;JN2:163-164.
²⁰⁹ A Purification-offering.


###### Sifrei Devarim 243:2
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**כִּי כַּאֲשֶׁר יָקוּם אִישׁ עַל רֵעֵהוּ וּרְצָחוֹ נֶפֶשׁ**, מְלַמֵּד שֶׁכָּל אֲנוּסִים שֶׁבַּתּוֹרָה פְּטוּרִים וּמַצִּילִים אוֹתָם בְּנַפְשָׁם. אֵין לִי אֶלָּא זֶה, מִנַּיִן אַף הָרוֹדֵף אַחַר חֲבֵרוֹ לְהָרְגוֹ וְאַחַר הַזָּכוּר? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **כֵּן הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה**. יָכוֹל אַף הָרוֹדֵף אַחַר הַבְּהֵמָה וְהַמְחַלֵּל אֶת הַשַּׁבָּת וְהָעוֹבֵד עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **הַזֶּה** – זֶה בִּסְקִילָה וְאֵין כָּל אֵלּוּ בִּסְקִילָה.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
2. “For that matter, should a man rise up *intending only to strike* his kinsman,
but he delivers instead a fatal wound” (Dt. 22:26)—
this teaches that
any transgression of the Torah,
committed accidentally,
is released from penalty.
But one may save a victim
[from a murderous attack]
at the cost of [the attacker’s] life.
I might infer only that the rule
applies to this case [of the murderer].
**On what basis do I know that it also applies**
**to someone pursuing his companion [intending] to kill him?**
**Or to someone pursuing a male [in order to sodomize him]?** ²¹⁰
The Teaching states:
“*This* is a *comparable case*” (Dt. 22:26)—
[in which the victim is saved at the cost of the assailant’s life].3. **Is it possible to say that the same rule applies**
**even to someone chasing a beast [for sexual gratification],**
**or to one rushing off to desecrate the Sabbath,**
**or to another rushing off to engage in the rites of a foreign cult?**²¹¹
The Teaching states:
“*This* is a *comparable case*” (Dt. 22:26)—
*this* refers to transgressions
that involve stoning.
But these others do not involve stoning.

footnotes:
²¹⁰ = M. San. 8:7; // T. San. 11:10.
²¹¹ = M. San.8:7; // T. San.11:11.


###### Sifrei Devarim 243:3
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(דברים כב כז) **כִּי בַשָּׂדֶה מְצָאָהּ**, יָכוֹל בָּעִיר חַיֶּבֶת, בַּשָּׂדֶה תְּהֵא פְטוּרָה? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **צָעֲקָה הַנַּעֲרָה הַמְאֹרָשָׂה וְאֵין מוֹשִׁיעַ לָהּ**. הָא אִם יֵשׁ לָהּ מוֹשִׁיעַ, בֵּין בָּעִיר בֵּין בַּשָּׂדֶה חַיֶּבֶת, וְאִם אֵין לָהּ מוֹשִׁיעַ, בֵּין בָּעִיר בֵּין בַּשָּׂדֶה פְּטוּרָה.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
4. “For he found her in the *countryside*” (Dt. 22:27)—
is it possible to say that
she would be under liability
if the assault occurred in town,
but in the field, she has no liability?
The Teaching states:
“The betrothed young lady did, indeed, cry out, but *there was none* to save her” (Dt. 22:27)—
Consider this:
**if someone can, indeed, save her**
**[and she fails to cry out]—**
**whether in town or in the countryside—**
**she is held liable [for provoking the attack];**
**but if there is, in fact, none to save her**
**[and she failed to cry out]—**
**whether in town or in the countryside**—
**she has no liability**.²¹² 13.

footnotes:
²¹² Mechilta Ishmael, neziqin,


###### Sifrei Devarim 243:4
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**צָעֲקָה**, פְּרָט לְשֶׁאָמְרָה הַנַּח לוֹ, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי יְהוּדָה.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**“*She did* . . . cry out” (Dt. 22:27)—**
**this excludes the victim who says to witnesses—leave him be:**
**Words of R. Judah.**²¹³

footnotes:
²¹³ // T. San. 11:11.