## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 245

###### Sifrei Devarim 245:1
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(דברים כב כט) **וְנָתַן הָאִישׁ** – וְלֹא הַקָּטָן.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**Pisqa’ 245**²²⁰
1. “And the *man*” (Dt. 22:29)—but, not a child.

footnotes:
²²⁰ H:251;JN2:168-169.


###### Sifrei Devarim 245:2
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**הַשֹּׁכֵב עִמָּהּ**, כָּל שְׁכִיבָה. **לַאֲבִי הַנַּעֲרָה**, שֶׁיְּהוּ שֶׁלּוֹ.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
“Who *beds her* down” (Dt. 22:29)—any kind of *bedding down*.
“Shall give *to the father* of the young lady” (Dt. 22:29)—
they shall be entirely *his* [and not hers].


###### Sifrei Devarim 245:3
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**לַאֲבִי הַנַּעֲרָה**, וְלֹא לַאֲבִי הַבּוֹגֶרֶת.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
“To the father of the *young lady*” (Dt. 22:29)—
but not to the father *of an adult woman*.


###### Sifrei Devarim 245:4
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**חֲמִשִּׁים כָּסֶף**, כֶּסֶף צוֹרִי.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
“Fifty silver *sel`as*” (Dt. 22:29)—of Tyrian silver.


###### Sifrei Devarim 245:5
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**וְלוֹ תִהְיֶה לְאִשָּׁה**, מְלַמֵּד שֶׁשּׁוֹתֶה בַּעֲצִיצוֹ, וַאֲפִלּוּ הִיא חִגֶּרֶת, וַאֲפִלּוּ הִיא סוּמָה, וַאֲפִלּוּ הִיא מֻכַּת שְׁחִין. נִמְצָא בָהּ דְּבַר זִמָּה, אוֹ שֶׁאֵינָהּ רְאוּיָה לָבוֹא בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל, יָכוֹל יְהֵא רַשַּׁי לְקַיְּמָהּ? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **וְלוֹ תִהְיֶה לְאִשָּׁה**, בְּאִשָּׁה הָרְאוּיָה לוֹ.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
“And she shall be his wife” (Dt. 22:29).2. This teaches that
**He drinks from his own urinal!**
**For, even if she is lame,**
**or even if she is blind,**
**and, even if she’s covered with sores,**
**[she remains his wife till he dies].**
**However—**
**If he found in her**
**a trace of lewdness,**
**or she was not suitable**
**[by circumstances of birth]**
**to enter the Community of Israel,**
**is it possible to say that he has the right**
**to maintain her in the marriage?**
**The Teaching states:**
**“She shall be *his* wife” (Dt. 22: 29)—**
**she’ll be a wife truly *worthy of him*!**²²¹ 238.3

footnotes:
²²¹ =M. Ket. 3:5. cf. Pisqa’


###### Sifrei Devarim 245:6
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**תַּחַת אֲשֶׁר עִנָּהּ**, לְרַבּוֹת אֶת הַיְּתוֹמָה. מִכָּן אָמְרוּ: יְתוֹמָה שֶׁנִּתְאַרְמְלָה אוֹ שֶׁנִּתְגָּרְשָׁה, רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר: הָאוֹנֵס חַיָּב וְהַמְפַתֶּה פָּטוּר.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
3. “Insofar as he abused her” (Dt. 22:29)—
This includes an orphan as well.
On this basis they taught:
A fatherless woman who was widowed or divorced—
R. Eliezer says:
One who rapes her is obliged
[to compensate her, since her father is dead].
But the seducer is exempt
[from any compensation other than marriage].


###### Sifrei Devarim 245:7
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**לֹא יוּכַל שַׁלְּחָהּ כָּל יָמָיו**, מְשַׁלְּחָהּ הוּא לְיָבָם.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
4. “He won’t be able to send her off for the *remainder* of his days” (Dt. 22:29)—
that is, even after the passage of time.
“For the *remainder* of his days” (Dt. 22:29)—
[but if he dies childless from the marriage,]
he can send her to his brother
[who may release her under the rule of
levirate marriage (see Dt. 25:5-10)].