## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 64

###### Sifrei Devarim 64:1
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(דברים יב ז) **וַאֲכַלְתֶּם שָׁם לִפְנֵי ה׳ אֱלֹהֵיכֶם** – בַּמְּחִיצָה.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**Pisqa’ 64**⁴⁹
1. “And you shall eat *there before HASHEM* your God” (Dt. 12:7)—
in the partitioned area
[in the Courtyard designated for the consumption of Most-holy offerings].⁵⁰

footnotes:
⁴⁹ H:119-120;JN1:196.
⁵⁰ As listed at M. Zev.5:1-6.


###### Sifrei Devarim 64:2
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**וּשְׂמַחְתֶּם**, נֶאֱמַר כָּאן שִׂמְחָה, וְנֶאֱמַר לְהַלָּן (דברים כז ז) שִׂמְחָה. מָה שִׂמְחָה הָאֲמוּרָה לְהַלָּן – שְׁלָמִים, אַף שִׂמְחָה הָאֲמוּרָה כָּאן – שְׁלָמִים.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
“And you shall *rejoice*” (Dt. 12:7)—
*rejoicing* is mentioned here,
and *rejoicing* is mentioned elsewhere (viz., Dt. 27:7).
Just as the rejoicing mentioned elsewhere is
[aroused by eating]
the Communion-offering (*shelamim*),⁵¹). Since the offering is normally eaten “before HASHEM” by those who offer it, I translate the term on the basis of its sacrificial function.
so, too, the *rejoicing* mentioned here is
[aroused by eating] the Communion-offering.

footnotes:
⁵¹ Often translated as “Peace Offering” on the basis of etymology (sh-l-m


###### Sifrei Devarim 64:3
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**בְּכָל מִשְׁלַח יֶדְכֶם**, בְּכָל מַה שֶׁאַתֶּם שׁוֹלְחִים בּוֹ יְדֵיכֶם – בְּרָכָה אֶשְׁלַח בּוֹ.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
2. “In all the work of your hands” (Dt. 12:7)—
whatever you set your hands to do,
upon that very thing will I send a blessing.


###### Sifrei Devarim 64:4
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**אַתֶּם וּבָתֵּיכֶם** – זוֹ אִשְׁתּוֹ.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**“You and your *households*” (Dt. 12:7)—**
**this refers to one’s *wife*.**⁵²

footnotes:
⁵² =M. Yoma 1:1.Cf. also T. Sotah 7:20.


###### Sifrei Devarim 64:5
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**אֲשֶׁר בֵּרַכְךָ ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ** – הַכֹּל לְפִי הַבְּרָכָה הָבֵא.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
“*With which* HASHEM your God has blessed you” (Dt. 12:7)—
each person shall bring his offering
in proportion to his blessing.