## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 63

###### Sifrei Devarim 63:1
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(דברים יב ה-ו) **וּבָאתָ שָׁמָּה**, וַהֲבֵאתֶם שָׁמָּה״, לָמָּה נֶאֱמַר? לְפִי שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ויקרא כג לז): ״אֵלֶּה מוֹעֲדֵי ה׳ אֲשֶׁר תִּקְרְאוּ אֹתָם מִקְרָאֵי קֹדֶשׁ לְהַקְרִיב אִשֶּׁה לַה׳ דְּבַר יוֹם בְּיוֹמוֹ״,

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**Pisqa’ 63**⁴³
1. “There shall you come. And you shall bring there
your Holocaust-offerings *(`oloteichem*), your sacrifices (*zivkheichem*; Dt. 12:5-6).
Why is this stated?
Because it also states:
“*These* are the Occasions (*mo`adei*) of HASHEM which you are to convene
as Holy Assemblies (*miqra’ei qodesh*);
to make an offering by fire to HASHEM
each on its own day” (Lv. 23:37).

footnotes:
⁴³ H:118-119; JN1:194-195.


###### Sifrei Devarim 63:2
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יָכוֹל אֵין לִקְרַב בָּרֶגֶל אֶלָּא קָרְבְּנוֹת רֶגֶל בִּלְבַד? מִנַּיִן לְקָרְבְּנוֹת צִבּוּר שֶׁהוּקְדְּשׁוּ לִפְנֵי הָרֶגֶל שֶׁיָּבוֹאוּ בָרֶגֶל, וְקָרְבְּנוֹת הַיָּחִיד שֶׁהוּקְדְּשׁוּ לִפְנֵי הָרֶגֶל שֶׁיָּבֹאוּ בָרֶגֶל, וְשֶׁהוּקְדְּשׁוּ בָרֶגֶל שֶׁיָּבוֹאוּ בָרֶגֶל? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר (ויקרא כג לח): ״וּמִלְּבַד מַתְּנוֹתֵיכֶם וּמִלְּבַד כָּל נִדְרֵיכֶם וּמִלְּבַד כָּל נִדְבוֹתֵיכֶם אֲשֶׁר תִּתְּנוּ לַה׳״, לְרַבּוֹת עוֹפוֹת וּמְנָחוֹת, לְהַתִּיר שֶׁכֻּלָּם יָבוֹאוּ בָרֶגֶל.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
Is it possible to say that
one may offer on the Pilgrimage Festival (*regel*)
only an offering appropriate to that Pilgrimage
[e.g., the Paschal lamb on Passover]?
**On what basis do I know that**
**communal offerings that have been consecrated**
***before* the Pilgrimage,**
**may be offered on the Altar**
***during* the Pilgrimage?**
**And that private offerings**
**that have been consecrated**
***before* the Pilgrimage,**
**are also offered**
***during* the Pilgrimage?**
**And even those that have been consecrated**
***during* the period of the Pilgrimage**
**may be offered *during* the Pilgrimage?**
**The Teaching states:**
**“In addition to your priestly Gifts (*matenoteichem*),**
**and in addition to all your Vow-offerings (*nidreichem*),**
**and in addition to all your Voluntary-offerings (*nidvoteichem*)**
**which you give to HASHEM” (Lv. 23:38)—**
**this includes offerings of birds (`*ofot*) and grain (*menakhot*),**
**permitting offerings from all of these categories**
**to be brought during the Pilgrimage Festival.**⁴⁴. par.12:10.

footnotes:
⁴⁴ // Sifra, ‘emor


###### Sifrei Devarim 63:3
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יָכוֹל רְשׁוּת? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר (במדבר כט לט): ״אֵלֶּה תַּעֲשׂוּ לַה׳ בְּמוֹעֲדֵיכֶם״. אִם לְהַתִּיר – כְּבָר הִתִּיר, אִם כֵּן לָמָּה נֶאֱמַר ״אֵלֶּה תַּעֲשׂוּ לַה׳ בְּמוֹעֲדֵיכֶם״? לְקָבְעָם, שֶׁכֻּלָּם יָבוֹאוּ בָרֶגֶל.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
2. Is it possible to say that
[this applies *only*]
to optional offerings?
The Teaching states:
“*These* shall you prepare for HASHEM at *your Occasions*” (Nu. 29:39).
If this verse grants permission
[to bring optional offerings],
the prior verse (Nu. 29:38) has already granted such permission!
If so, why is it stated:
“These shall you prepare for HASHEM at *your Occasions*” (Nu. 29:39)?
To establish that all of them
may be offered on the Altar
during the Pilgrimage Festival.


###### Sifrei Devarim 63:4
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יָכוֹל בְּאֵיזֶה רֶגֶל שֶׁיִּרְצֶה? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **וּבָאתָ שָׁמָּה וַהֲבֵאתֶם שָׁמָּה**. אִם לְהַתִּיר – כְּבָר הִתִּיר; אִם לִקְבֹּעַ – כְּבָר קָבַע; אִם כֵּן לָמָּה נֶאֱמַר **וּבָאתָ שָׁמָּה וַהֲבֵאתֶם שָׁמָּה**? לְקָבְעָם חוֹבָה שֶׁלֹּא יָבוֹאוּ אֶלָּא בְּרֶגֶל רִאשׁוֹן שֶׁפָּגַע בּוֹ.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
Is it possible to say that
[these offerings may be made]
during *any* Pilgrimage that he chooses?
The Teaching states:
“There shall you come. And you shall *bring there* your Holocaust-offerings,
your sacrifices . . . (Dt. 12:5-6).
If [this verse] grants permission
[to bring optional-offerings],
[the prior verse] (Nu. 29:38) already granted permission!
If [the verse] establishes them as obligatory,
it already so establishes them (Nu. 29:39)!
**If so, why is it stated:**
**“There shall you come. And you *shall bring* there” (Dt. 12:5-6)?**
**To establish the obligation to offer them**
**during the first Pilgrimage Festival they encounter**
**after consecration as an offering.**


###### Sifrei Devarim 63:5
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יָכוֹל אִם עָבַר רֶגֶל אֶחָד וְלֹא הֵבִיא יְהֵא עוֹבֵר עָלָיו מִשּׁוּם בַּל תְּאַחֵר? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: ״אֵלֶּה תַּעֲשׂוּ לַה׳ בְּמוֹעֲדֵיכֶם״, הָא אֵין עוֹבֵר עָלָיו מִשּׁוּם בַּל תְּאַחֵר עַד שֶׁיַּעַבְרוּ עָלָיו רִגְלֵי שָׁנָה כֻּלָּהּ!

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**Is it possible to say that**
**if one Pilgrimage passes,**
**and he has *not* brought the offering—**
**he has transgressed the proscription**
**“do not delay!”**⁴⁵ payment of the Tithe (Ex. 22:28) or of a vow (Dt. 23:22).
**The Teaching states:**
**“These shall you prepare for HASHEM at your *Occasions*” (Nu. 29:39).**
**Indeed, one does not transgress “do not delay!”**
**unless all three Pilgrimages for the year**
**have passed him by**.⁴⁶

footnotes:
⁴⁵ Viz.,
⁴⁶ // Sifre Nu, 152.


###### Sifrei Devarim 63:6
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**עוֹלוֹתֵיכֶם** – עוֹלַת יָחִיד וְעוֹלַת צִבּוּר.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
3. “Your Holocaust-offerings” (Dt. 12:6)—
both the private Holocaust-offering
and the communal Holocaust-offering.


###### Sifrei Devarim 63:7
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**וְזִבְחֵיכֶם** – זִבְחֵי שַׁלְמֵי יָחִיד וְזִבְחֵי שַׁלְמֵי צִבּוּר.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
“Your sacrifices” (Dt. 12:6)—
both the private Communion-offering (*zevakh shelamim*)
and the communal Communion-offering.


###### Sifrei Devarim 63:8
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**מַעְשְׂרוֹתֵיכֶם** – רַבִּי עֲקִיבָה אוֹמֵר: בִּשְׁנֵי מַעַשְׂרוֹת הַכָּתוּב מְדַבֵּר; אֶחָד מַעְשַׂר דָּגָן וְאֶחָד מַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
“Your Tithes” (Dt. 12:6)—
**R. Akiva says:**
**This verse speaks of two distinct Tithes.**
**one is the Tithe of grain,**
**and the other is the Tithe of cattle**.⁴⁷, per. 13:6. Cf, *Pisqa’* 63.3.

footnotes:
⁴⁷ //T. Bech. 7:1, Sifra, bekhuqotai


###### Sifrei Devarim 63:9
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**וּתְרוּמַת יֶדְכֶם** – אֵלּוּ הַבִּכּוּרִים, כְּעִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דברים כו ד): ״וְלָקַח הַכֹּהֵן הַטֶּנֶא מִיָּדֶךָ״.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
“And your Threshing-floor-offering”⁴⁸; literally “the offering of your hand.” (See also, Dt. 12:17) Commonly rendered in English as “heave-offering,” the offering usually is considered to be “offered up” (*tarimu* : Nu. 18:28) to priests as a gift “from the threshing floor” (Nu. 18:27) in return for their service in the Dwelling. Hence the term “Threshing-floor-offering” serves in most instances to describe the nature of this gift (*terumah* or *terumah gedolah,* in rabbinic terminology). In the present passage, Akiba insists that *terumat yedchem* applies as well to the First-fruits offering that is subject to the ceremony described at Dt. 26:1-19. The material her at *Pisqa’* 63.3 is reproduced with slight changes at 68.1 below. (Dt. 12:6)—
this is the First-fruits-offering (*bikurim*).
This accords with what is said:
“And the priest shall take the basket from your hands” (Dt. 26:4).

footnotes:
⁴⁸ Heb: terumat yedchem


###### Sifrei Devarim 63:10
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**וּבְכוֹרֹת** – זֶה הַבְּכוֹר.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
“And the Firstlings” (*bechorot*: Dt. 12:6)—
this is the first-born cattle.


###### Sifrei Devarim 63:11
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**בְּקַרְכֶם וְצֹאנְכֶם** – אֵלּוּ חַטָּאוֹת וַאֲשָׁמוֹת.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
“Of your herd and your flock” (Dt. 12:6)—
these are your Purification-offerings (*khata’at*)
and your Guilt-offerings (*‘asham*).