## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 73

###### Sifrei Devarim 73:1
[Sifrei Devarim 73:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/73:1)

**בְּקָרְךָ וְצֹאנֶךָ** – זוֹ חַטָּאת וְאָשָׁם. וְכִי מָה בָּא הַכָּתוּב לְלַמְּדֵנוּ? אִם לְאוֹכֵל חַטָּאת וְאָשָׁם חוּץ לַחוֹמָה – קַל וָחוֹמֶר מִמַּעֲשֵׂר; אִם לִפְנֵי זְרִיקַת דָּמִים – קַל וָחוֹמֶר מִתּוֹדָה וּשְׁלָמִים; אִם לְאַחַר זְרִיקַת דָּמִים – קַל וָחוֹמֶר מִן הַבְּכוֹר: וּמָה הַבְּכוֹר שֶׁהוּא קָדָשִׁים קַלִּים, הָאוֹכֵל מִמֶּנּוּ לְאַחַר זְרִיקַת דָּמִים עוֹבֵר בְּלֹא תַעֲשֶׂה, חַטָּאת וְאָשָׁם שֶׁהֵם קָדְשֵׁי הַקֳּדָשִׁים, הָאוֹכֵל מֵהֶם אַחַר זְרִיקַת דָּמִים – אֵינוֹ דִין שֶׁיְּהֵא עוֹבֵר בְּלֹא תַעֲשֶׂה? הָא לֹא בָּא הַכָּתוּב לְלַמֶּדְךָ, אֶלָּא לְאוֹכֵל חַטָּאת וְאָשָׁם חוּץ לַקְּלָעִים שֶׁעוֹבֵר בְּלֹא תַעֲשֶׂה.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**Pisqa’ 73**⁹⁵
1. “Of your herd and your flock” (Dt. 12:17)—
this refers to the Purification-offering and Guilt-offering .
Now, what is the verse coming to teach us?
Is the point [to declare liable one who consumes]
the Purification-offering and Guilt-offering
beyond the wall of Jerusalem?
[No!]
For this is a logical deduction
from the case of the [Cattle-] tithe!
Is the point, rather, [to declare liable one who consumes the meat]
before the sprinkling of the blood?
[No!]
For this is a logical deduction
from the case of the Thanks-offering and the Communion-offering!
Is the point, instead, [to declare liable one who consumes the meat]
after the sprinkling of the blood?
[No!]
For this is a logical deduction
from the case of the Firstling!
Just as with the Firstling,
which is among the Lesser-Holy offerings,
one who consumes it after the sprinkling of the blood
transgresses a proscription,
isn’t it only logical that
with the Purification-offering and the Guilt-offering,
which are among the Most-Holy offerings—
one who consumes them
after the sprinkling of the blood,
should transgress a proscription?
Therefore, [the verse must have some other application]!
The verse is coming only to teach us that
one who consumes a Purification-offering or a Guilt-offering
beyond the curtains⁹⁶ In the wilderness Dwelling these curtains demarcated a space within which Most-Holy offerings could be eaten (Lv. 6:9 and 7:6). In the later Holy Shrine, the area of the Courtyard, within the compound, marked off the permissible space for eating Most-Holy offerings (M. Zev. 14:4-8). transgresses a proscription.

footnotes:
⁹⁵ H:125-127; JN1:211.
⁹⁶ Hebrew: khutz laqela`im.