## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 65

###### Sifrei Devarim 65:1
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(דברים יב ח) **לֹא תַעֲשׂוּן כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר אֲנַחְנוּ עֹשִׂים פֹּה הַיּוֹם** – חוֹבָה בְּבֵית עוֹלָמִים וּרְשׁוּת בַּבָּמָה. דָּבָר אַחֵר: **לֹא תַעֲשׂוּן** – צְאוּ וַעֲשׂוּ! מִכָּן אָמְרוּ: (זבחים פי״ד, מ״ד-ח) עַד שֶׁלֹּא הוּקַם הַמִּשְׁכָּן הָיוּ הַבָּמוֹת מֻתָּרוֹת וַעֲבוֹדָה בַּבְּכוֹרוֹת, מִשֶּׁהוּקַם הַמִּשְׁכָּן נֶאֶסְרוּ הַבָּמוֹת וַעֲבוֹדָה בַּכֹּהֲנִים.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**Pisqa’ 65**⁵³
1. “Do not act in any way as we do here *today*” (Dt. 12:8)—
by bringing obligatory offerings to the Eternal Abode,
and optional offerings to the [external] cultic sites.
Another word:
“Do not *act* in any way” (Dt. 12:8)—
that is, by going out *to do.*
On this basis they taught:
**Prior to building the Dwelling,**
**the [external] cultic sites were permitted**
**[for sacrificial offerings],**
**and the service was offered**
**by the First-born males.**
**Once the Dwelling was built,**
**the cultic sites were proscribed,**
**and the service was offered by Priests.**

footnotes:
⁵³ H:119-120;JN1:197..


###### Sifrei Devarim 65:2
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בָּאוּ לְגִלְגָּל הוּתְּרוּ הַבָּמוֹת. בָּאוּ לְשִׁילֹה נֶאֶסְרוּ הַבָּמוֹת. בָּאוּ לְנוֹב וְגִבְעוֹן הוּתְּרוּ הַבָּמוֹת. בָּאוּ לִירוּשָׁלִַם נֶאֶסְרוּ הַבָּמוֹת – מִכָּאן וָאֵילָךְ לֹא הוּתְּרוּ.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**When they came to Gilgal (Hos. 8:11),**
**the cultic sites were once again permitted.**
**When they came to Shiloh (Josh. 18:1),**
**the cultic sites were once again proscribed.**
**When they came to Nob (1Sam:21:2ff.) and Gibeon (1Ki. 3:4ff.),**
**the cultic sites were once again permitted.**
**When they came to Jerusalem (1Ki. 8:1ff.),**
**the high places were once again prohibited.**
**From then on,**
**the cultic sites were never again permitted.**⁵⁴

footnotes:
⁵⁴ //T. Zev.14:1-2.


###### Sifrei Devarim 65:3
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**לֹא תַעֲשׂוּן כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר אֲנַחְנוּ עֹשִׂים פֹּה הַיּוֹם**, הַיּוֹם אָנוּ מְטַלְטְלִים אֶת הַמִּשְׁכָּן, הַיּוֹם אָנוּ אֲסוּרִים בַּבָּמָה, מִשֶּׁנָּבוֹא לָאָרֶץ אֵין אָנוּ אֲסוּרִים בַּבָּמָה.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
“Do not *act in any way* as we do here *today*” (Dt. 12:8)—
*today* [during our wilderness wandering] we carry the Dwelling with us,
today we are prohibited to offer at a cultic site.
But once we enter the Land,
we will not be prohibited to offer at a cultic site.


###### Sifrei Devarim 65:4
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רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר: יָכוֹל יְהֵא צִבּוּר מַקְרִיב בַּבָּמָה? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **אִישׁ**, הַיָּחִיד מַקְרִיב בַּבָּמָה וְאֵין הַצִּבּוּר מַקְרִיב בַּבָּמָה.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
2. R. Judah says:
Is it possible to say that
the community can offer at a cultic site?
The Teaching states:
“Each *person*” (Dt. 12:8)—
thus, an individual may offer at a cultic site,
but the community may not offer at a cultic site.


###### Sifrei Devarim 65:5
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**אִישׁ כָּל הַיָּשָׁר בְּעֵינָיו**, כָּל שֶׁנִּדָּר וְנִדָּב קָרֵב בְּבָמַת יָחִיד, וְכָל שֶׁאֵין נִדָּר וְנִדָּב אֵין קָרֵב בְּבָמַת יָחִיד.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
*“Each person doing* whatever he thinks right” (Dt. 12:8)—
**whoever vowed an offering or volunteered an offering**
**could offer it up at a private cultic site.**
**But whoever did not vow an offering**
**or volunteer an offering,**
**would not offer it up on a private cultic site.**⁵⁵

footnotes:
⁵⁵ //T. Zev.13:1.


###### Sifrei Devarim 65:6
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רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר: **הַיּוֹם** אָנוּ מַקְרִיבִים חַטָּאוֹת וַאֲשָׁמוֹת, מִשֶּׁנָּבוֹא לָאָרֶץ אֵין אָנוּ מַקְרִיבִים חַטָּאוֹת וַאֲשָׁמוֹת.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
3. R. Shimon says:
*Today* we offer Purification-offerings⁵⁶ often translated as “Sin-offering.” I translate according to the function of the offering, which is purgative. and Guilt-offerings,
but once we enter the Land,⁵⁷
we will not offer Purification-offerings or Guilt-offerings.

footnotes:
⁵⁶ Heb: khata’at,
⁵⁷ That is, before the building of the Dwelling. Thus Pardo ad loc.