## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 326

###### Sifrei Devarim 326:1
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(דברים לב לו) **כִּי יָדִין ה׳ עַמּוֹ**, כְּשֶׁהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא דָּן אֶת הָאֻמּוֹת שִׂמְחָה הִיא לְפָנָיו, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: **כִּי יָדִין ה׳ עַמּוֹ**, וּכְשֶׁהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא דָּן אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל כִּבְיָכוֹל תְּהוּת הִיא לְפָנָיו, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: **וְעַל עֲבָדָיו יִתְנֶחָם**, וְאֵין נֶחָמָה אֶלָּא תְּהוּת, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (בראשית ו ז): ״כִּי נִחַמְתִּי כִּי עֲשִׂיתִם״, וְאוֹמֵר (ש״א טו יא): ״נִחַמְתִּי כִּי הִמְלַכְתִּי אֶת שָׁאוּל לְמֶלֶךְ״.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**Pisqa’ 326**¹⁶⁸
1. “Yet, HASHEM will judge His *people*” (Dt. 32:36)—
when the Blessed Holy One
renders judgment among *the nations* it brings Him joy.
As it is said:
“Yet, HASHEM will judge His *people*” ¹⁶⁹ (Dt. 32:36)
But when the Blessed Holy One
renders judgment of *Israel*
—so to speak—
He has second-thoughts about it.
As it is said:
“He consoled Himself concerning *His* servants” (Dt. 32:36).
Actually, *consolation* can imply second-thoughts as it is said:
“I *console Myself* for having made them” (Gn. 6:7).
And He says:
“I *console Myself* for having crowned Saul as King” (1Sam. 15:11).

footnotes:
¹⁶⁸ H:338-339;JN22:370-371.
¹⁶⁹ The implication is that God delights in his judgment of the nations.


###### Sifrei Devarim 326:2
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**כִּי יִרְאֶה כִּי אָזְלַת יָד**, כְּשֶׁרוֹאֶה כְּלָיָה שֶׁלָּהֶם עַל הַשִּׁבְיָה שֶׁהָיוּ כֻּלָּם מְהַלְּכִים.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
2. “When He sees that their *hand has failed*” (Dt. 32:36)—
when He sees their *annihilation*,
and the *captivity* to which they *are all* carried.¹⁷⁰); “annihilation” (*keliah*), and “all of them” (*kulam*).

footnotes:
¹⁷⁰ Complex verbal resonances govern the construction of this exegesis: “their hand has failed” (ki ‘azlat yad


###### Sifrei Devarim 326:3
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דָּבָר אַחֵר **כִּי יִרְאֶה** כְּשֶׁנִּתְיָאֲשׁוּ מִן הַגְּאֻלָּה.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
Another word:
“*When* He sees” (Dt. 32:36)—
that they have all despaired of liberation.


###### Sifrei Devarim 326:4
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דָּבָר אַחֵר: **כִּי אָזְלַת יָד וְאֶפֶס עָצוּר וְעָזוּב** – כְּשֶׁרוֹאֶה שֶׁתִּכְלֶה פְּרוּטָה מִן הַכִּיס, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דניאל יב ז): ״וּכְכַלּוֹת נַפֵּץ יַד עַם קֹדֶשׁ תִּכְלֶינָה כָּל אֵלֶּה״. דָּבָר אַחֵר: **כִּי יִרְאֶה כִּי אָזְלַת יָד** – כְּשֶׁרוֹאֶה שֶׁאֵין בָּהֶם בְּנֵי אָדָם שֶׁמְּבַקְשִׁים עֲלֵיהֶם רַחֲמִים כְּמֹשֶׁה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (תהלים קו כג): ״וַיֹּאמֶר לְהַשְׁמִידָם לוּלֵי מֹשֶׁה בְחִירוֹ״.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
Another word:
“When He sees that their *hand has failed* (*‘azlat yad*),
and *none remains*, but the imprisoned or abandoned” (Dt. 32:36)—
when He sees that even
a *perutah* has *vanished* from their purse,
As it is said:
“Once the *hand* of the Holy People is *fully-crippled* (*neifetz yad*),
then all of these [signs] will have been completed” (Dan. 12:7)
Another word:
“*When* He sees that their *hand* has failed” (Dt. 32:36)—
*as* He sees that no one begs for mercy
on their behalf, like Moses,
as it is stated:
“And He would have destroyed them were it not for Moses, His Chosen” (Ps. 106:23).


###### Sifrei Devarim 326:5
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דָּבָר אַחֵר: **כִּי יִרְאֶה** – כְּשֶׁרוֹאֶה שֶׁאֵין בָּהֶם בְּנֵי אָדָם שֶׁמְּבַקְשִׁים עֲלֵיהֶם רַחֲמִים כְּאַהֲרֹן, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (במדבר יז יג): ״וַיַּעֲמֹד בֵּין הַמֵּתִים וּבֵין הַחַיִּים וַתֵּעָצַר הַמַּגֵּפָה״.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
Another word:
“*When He sees*” (Dt. 32:36)—
*as He sees* that no one begs for mercy
on their behalf, like Aaron,
as it is said:
“So he stood between the dead and the living,
and the plague was brought to an end” (Nu. 17:13)


###### Sifrei Devarim 326:6
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דָּבָר אַחֵר **כִּי יִרְאֶה**, כְּשֶׁרוֹאֶה שֶׁאֵין בָּהֶם בְּנֵי אָדָם שֶׁמְּבַקְשִׁים עֲלֵיהֶם רַחֲמִים כְּפִינְחָס, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (תהלים קו ל): ״וַיַּעֲמֹד פִּינְחָס וַיְפַלֵּל״.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
Another word:
“*When* He *sees*” (Dt. 32:36)—
as He sees that no one begs for *mercy*
on their behalf, like Phineas,
as it is said:
“And Phineas stood up in *prayerful petition*,
and the plague was halted (Ps. 106:30).


###### Sifrei Devarim 326:7
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דָּבָר אַחֵר **כִּי יִרְאֶה כִּי אָזְלַת יָד וְאֶפֶס עָצוּר וְעָזוּב**, אֶפֶס עָצוּר וְאֶפֶס עָזוּב וְאֵין עוֹזֵר לְיִשְׂרָאֵל.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
Another word:
“When He sees that their *hand* has failed,
and *none remains* (*‘efes*), but the imprisoned or abandoned” (Dt. 32:36)—
*none* (*‘efes*) is left in prison, *none* (*‘efes*) is left abandoned,
and there is *no-one* (*‘ayn*) to help Israel.