## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 300

###### Sifrei Devarim 300:1
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(דברים כו ד) **וְלָקַח הַכֹּהֵן הַטֶּנֶא מִיָּדֶךָ**, מִכָּן אָמְרוּ: הָעֲשִׁירִים מְבִיאִים בִּכּוּרֵיהֶם בְּקַלָּתוֹת שֶׁל כֶּסֶף וְשֶׁל זָהָב, וְהָעֲנִיִּים מְבִיאִים בְּסַלֵּי נְצָרִים שֶׁל עֲרָבָה קְלוּפָה, וְהַסַּלִּים וְהַבִּכּוּרִים נִתָּנִים לַכֹּהֲנִים בִּשְׁבִיל לְרַבּוֹת מַתָּנָה לַכֹּהֲנִים.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**Pisqa’ 300**²⁵
1. “Then the Priest will take the basket from *your hand*” (Dt. 26:4).
On this basis they taught:
**The wealthy bring their First-fruits**
**on trays of silver and gold.**
**The poor bring theirs in baskets**
**woven of stripped willow branches.**
**And the baskets, with the First-fruits,**
**are given to the Priests,**
**in order to augment**
**the gifts for the Priests.**²⁶

footnotes:
²⁵ H:289-290;JN2:275.
²⁶ //M.Bik.3:8.


###### Sifrei Devarim 300:2
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**מִיָּדֶךָ**, מְלַמֵּד שֶׁטְּעוּנִים תְּנוּפָה, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר בֶּן יַעֲקֹב. **וְהִנִּיחוֹ לִפְנֵי מִזְבַּח ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ**, כָּל זְמַן שֶׁיֵּשׁ לְךָ מִזְבֵּחַ יֵשׁ לְךָ בִּכּוּרִים, וְכָל זְמַן שֶׁאֵין לְךָ מִזְבֵּחַ אֵין לְךָ בִּכּוּרִים. **וְהִנִּיחוֹ**, מִכָּן אָמְרוּ: נִגְנְבוּ אוֹ אָבְדוּ, חַיָּב בְּאַחֲרָיוּתָם. נִטְמְאוּ בָּעֲזָרָה, נוֹפֵץ וְאֵינוֹ קוֹרֵא.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**“From your *hand*” (Dt. 26:4)—**
**this teaches that**
**First-fruits should be waved before the altar:**
**Words of R. Eliezer b. Jacob.**²⁷
“And he shall lay it before *the altar* of HASHEM your God” (Dt. 26:4)—
**as long as you shall have the altar,**
**you shall have the First-fruits offering;**
**but as long as you shall have no altar,**
**you shall have no First-fruits offering.**²⁸
“And he shall lay it” (Dt. 26:4)—
on this basis they taught:
**If the First-fruits were stolen or lost,**
**one is obliged to replace them.**
**If they were rendered unclean**
**[even] in the courtyard of the Holy Place,**
**one scatters them [as unusable]**
**and does not recite the declaration.**²⁹

footnotes:
²⁷ cf. M.Bik.2:4.
²⁸ =T.Sheq.3:24.
²⁹ // M.Bik.1:8.