## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 298

###### Sifrei Devarim 298:1
[Sifrei Devarim 298:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/298:1)

**וְשַׂמְתָּ בַטֶּנֶא**, מְלַמֵּד שֶׁטְּעוּנִים כְּלִי.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**Pisqa’ 298**¹⁸
1. “And place it in a basket” (Dt. 26:2).
This teaches that
First-fruits should be [presented in] a vessel.

footnotes:
¹⁸ H:289; JN272


###### Sifrei Devarim 298:2
[Sifrei Devarim 298:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/298:2)

**וְהָלַכְתָּ אֶל הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יִבְחַר ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ בּוֹ**, זֶה שִׁילֹה וּבֵית עוֹלָמִים.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
“Then you shall go to *the place* from which HASHEM your God shall choose” (Dt. 26:2)—
that is, Shiloh [while it stood], or the Eternal Abode [while it stood].


###### Sifrei Devarim 298:3
[Sifrei Devarim 298:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/298:3)

(דברים כו ג) **וּבָאתָ אֶל הַכֹּהֵן אֲשֶׁר יִהְיֶה בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם**, זוֹ הִיא שֶׁאָמַר רַבִּי יוֹסֵי הַגְּלִילִי: וְכִי עָלְתָה עַל דַּעְתֵּנוּ כֹּהֵן שֶׁאֵינוֹ בְּיָמֶיךָ? אֶלָּא כֹּהֵן שֶׁהוּא כָּשֵׁר וּמֻחְזָק לְךָ בְּאוֹתָם הַיָּמִים. הָיָה קָרוֹב וְנִתְרַחֵק – כָּשֵׁר. וְכֵן הוּא אוֹמֵר (קהלת ז י): ״אַל תֹּאמַר מֶה הָיָה שֶׁהַיָּמִים הָרִאשֹׁנִים הָיוּ טוֹבִים מֵאֵלֶּה״.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
2. “Now, when you reach the Priest who will officiate *in those days*” (Dt. 26:3)—
this is what R. Yose the Galilean taught:
Now, can you imagine that
you would go to a Priest who is *not* a contemporary?
**The point is, seek the rulings of a Priest**
**who is eminently qualified**
**among his contemporaries.**
**If he had been kin to the litigants,**
**but then lost the connection [e.g., through death],**
**he is qualified to preside over the declaration.**
**And in this connection, He states:**
**“Do not wonder why the old days were better than today,**
**for such a question does not proceed from wisdom” (Ecc. 7:10**).¹⁹ 153.2, 190.3.

footnotes:
¹⁹ Cf. T. RH. 2:3; Pisqa’ot