## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 296

###### Sifrei Devarim 296:1
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(דברים כה יז) **זָכוֹר**, בַּפֶּה, **אַל תִּשְׁכָּח** בַּלֵּב, וְכֵן הוּא אוֹמֵר (שמות טו יד): ״שָׁמְעוּ עַמִּים יִרְגָּזוּן״.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**Pisqa’ 296**⁵⁰²
1. **“*Remember*” (Dt. 25:17)—**
**[let its story be always] *in the mouth*.**
**“Do *not forget*” (Dt. 25:19)—**
**[let its lessons be always] *in the mind*.**
2. **And similarly He says:**
**“The peoples *heard* and *trembled*” (Ex. 15:14)**⁵⁰³ par.1;3.

footnotes:
⁵⁰² H:286-287; JN2:265-266.
⁵⁰³ // Sifra, behuqotai,


###### Sifrei Devarim 296:2
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**בַּדֶּרֶךְ**, בִּשְׁעַת טֵרוּפְכֶם.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
“**On the *way*” (Dt. 25:17)—**
**at the moment of your utter *confusion*.**


###### Sifrei Devarim 296:3
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**בְּצֵאתְכֶם מִמִּצְרָיִם**, בִּשְׁעַת גְּאֻלַּתְכֶם.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**“During your *leaving* from Egypt” (Dt. 25:17)—**
**at the moment of your *liberation*.** ⁵⁰⁴ 250.1, 275.1.

footnotes:
⁵⁰⁴ Cf. Pisqa’


###### Sifrei Devarim 296:4
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(דברים כה יח) **אֲשֶׁר קָרְךָ**, אֵין קָרְךָ אֶלָּא שֶׁנִּזְדַּמֵּן לְךָ.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
“Who *encountered* you” (Dt. 25:18)—
*encountered* actually suggests that
Amalek *happened upon* you
[and took advantage of the situation].


###### Sifrei Devarim 296:5
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**וַיְזַנֵּב בְּךָ כָּל הַנֶּחֱשָׁלִים אַחֲרֶיךָ**, מְלַמֵּד שֶׁלֹּא הָיָה הוֹרֵג בָּהֶם אֶלָּא בְּנֵי אָדָם שֶׁנִּמְשְׁכוּ מִדַּרְכֵי מָקוֹם וְנֶחְשְׁלוּ מִתַּחַת כַּנְפֵי הֶעָנָן.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**“How he attacked your rear, all the *stumblers*, from behind” (Dt. 25:18)—**
**this teaches that Amalek killed only those**
**people who were drawn away**
**from the ways of the All-Present,**
**and *stumbled* from beneath**
**of the wings of the Cloud of Glory.**⁵⁰⁵, 1.

footnotes:
⁵⁰⁵ Cf. Mechilta Ishmael, `amaleq


###### Sifrei Devarim 296:6
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**וְאַתָּה עָיֵף וְיָגֵעַ וְלֹא יָרֵא אֱלֹהִים**, בַּמִּדָּה שֶׁמָּדַדְתָּ בָּהּ מָדְדוּ לְךָ: מָה אַתָּה עָיֵף וְיָגֵעַ וְלֹא יָרֵא אֱלֹהִים, אַף הוּא עָיֵף וְיָגֵעַ וְלֹא יָרֵא אֱלֹהִים.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**“And you were so tired out and weakened,**
**and could not hold God in awe” (Dt. 25:18)—**
**according to the measure**
**you measured out to Him,**
**did He measure out to you!**
**Just as you were tired and weak**
**“and could not hold God in awe,”**
**so, too, was Amalek tired and weak**
**“and could not hold God in awe,**
**[thus, in his weakness, he attacked**
**the weakest of Israel].**⁵⁰⁶, 1.

footnotes:
⁵⁰⁶ Cf. Mechilta Ishmael, `amaleq


###### Sifrei Devarim 296:7
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(דברים כה יט) **וְהָיָה בְּהָנִיחַ ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ לְךָ מִכָּל אֹיְבֶיךָ מִסָּבִיב**, שֶׁלֹּא תֵאָגֵד עָלֶיךָ אֲגֻדָּה.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
3. “Now, it shall be, when HASHEM your God grants you *respite from* your surrounding *enemies*” (Dt. 25:19)—
when no *troops* join against you.


###### Sifrei Devarim 296:8
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**בָּאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ נוֹתֵן לְךָ נַחֲלָה לְרִשְׁתָּהּ**, מַה שֶּׁתִּירַשׁ תִּכְבֹּשׁ.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
“In the Land which HASHEM your God has given you as a bequest *to possess*” (Dt. 25:19)—
that is, you will *possess* it by conquest.⁵⁰⁷ 180.1, 297.1.

footnotes:
⁵⁰⁷ Cf. Pisqa’ot


###### Sifrei Devarim 296:9
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**תִּמְחֶה אֶת זֵכֶר עֲמָלֵק**, וּלְהַלָּן הוּא אוֹמֵר (שמות יז יד): ״כִּי מָחֹה אֶמְחֶה אֶת זֵכֶר עֲמָלֵק״, וְאוֹמֵר (שם יז טז): ״כִּי יָד עַל כֵּס יָהּ מִלְחָמָה לַה׳ בַּעֲמָלֵק מִדֹּר דֹּר״.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
4. **“*Obliterate* the memory of Amalek” (Dt. 25:19).**
**Now, elsewhere He says:**
**“For I will *totally obliterate* the memory of Amalek” (Ex. 17:14),**
**And then He says:**
**“I swear by the Throne of Yah!**
**HASHEM will be at war with Amalek for all generations!” (Ex. 17:16)—**
**[there will always be a remnant of Amalek for Israel to battle**
**until the messianic future].**⁵⁰⁸ 2.

footnotes:
⁵⁰⁸ Cf. Mechilta Ishmael, `amaleq,