## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 78

###### Sifrei Devarim 78:1
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(דברים יב כז) **וְעָשִׂיתָ עֹלֹתֶיךָ הַבָּשָׂר וְהַדָּם**, רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אוֹמֵר: אִם אֵין דָּם אֵין בָּשָׂר, וְאִם אֵין בָּשָׂר אֵין דָּם.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**Pisqa’ 78**¹²⁴
1. “And you shall *perform* your Holocaust-offerings, the meat *and* the blood,
on the altar of HASHEM your God” (Dt. 12:27)—
R. Joshua says:
**If there is no [suitable] blood,**
**then there is no meat [to offer];**
**and if there is no [suitable] meat,**
**then there is no blood [to offer].**¹²⁵

footnotes:
¹²⁴ H:132-133; JN1:223-225
¹²⁵ = T. Zev.4:1.


###### Sifrei Devarim 78:2
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רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר: **וְדַם זְבָחֶיךָ יִשָּׁפֵךְ**, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֵין בָּשָׂר. הָא מָה אֲנִי מַקִּישׁ **וְעָשִׂיתָ עֹלֹתֶיךָ הַבָּשָׂר וְהַדָּם**? מַקִּישׁ בָּשָׂר לְדָם: מַה דָּם בִּזְרִיקָה, אַף בָּשָׂר בִּזְרִיקָה!

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
R. Eliezer says:
“And the blood of your sacrifices *shall be poured* out on the altar” (Dt. 12:27)—
**even though there is no [suitable] meat,**
**[the blood may still be offered]**.¹²⁶
**Indeed, how should I interpret this juxtaposition?**
**“And you shall perform your Holocaust-offerings,**
**the *meat and* the *blood*.” (Dt. 12:27).**
**Meat is juxtaposed with blood—**
**just as blood must be flung**
**[on the side of the altar],**
**so, too, the meat must be flung**
**[on the altar itself].**¹²⁷ par.4:12.

footnotes:
¹²⁶ // T. Zev.4:1.
¹²⁷ Cf. Sifra, nedavah,


###### Sifrei Devarim 78:3
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יָכוֹל יְהֵא עוֹמֵד מֵרָחוֹק וְזוֹרֵק? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר (ויקרא א יב): ״וְעָרַךְ הַכֹּהֵן אֹתָם״ – עוֹמֵד בְּקָרוֹב וְסוֹדְרָם עַל גַּבֵּי מַעֲרָכָה.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
Is it possible to say that
[the officiating priest] stands at a distance and flings?
The Teaching states:
“Then the priest shall *arrange* them . . . on the fire which is upon the altar” (Lv. 1:12)—
he stands nearby and arranges the parts on the pyre.


###### Sifrei Devarim 78:4
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מִכְּלָל שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ויקרא א ט) ״וְהִקְטִיר הַכֹּהֵן אֶת הַכֹּל הַמִּזְבֵּחָה״, לְרַבּוֹת הָעֲצָמוֹת וְהַגִּידִים וְהַקַּרְנַיִם וְהַטְּלָפִים, יָכוֹל אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁפֵּרְשׁוּ? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **וְעָשִׂיתָ עֹלֹתֶיךָ הַבָּשָׂר וְהַדָּם**.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
2. Inferring from what is stated:
“Then the priest shall burn up *the whole* on the altar” (Lv. 1:9)—
**this includes the bones, the tendons, the horns and hooves.**
**Is it possible that [these parts are burnt]**
**even if they become separated [from the meat]?** ¹²⁸
The Teaching states:
“And you shall perform your Holocaust-offerings, the *meat and the blood*” (Dt. 12:27)—
[but not the bones, etc.].

footnotes:
¹²⁸ // M.Zev.9:5


###### Sifrei Devarim 78:5
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אוֹ **וְעָשִׂיתָ עֹלֹתֶיךָ הַבָּשָׂר וְהַדָּם**, יָכוֹל יַחֲלֹץ גִּידִים וַעֲצָמוֹת וְיַעֲלֶה הַבָּשָׂר עַל גַּבֵּי הַמִּזְבֵּחַ? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: ״אֶת הַכֹּל״. הָא כֵּיצַד? מְחֻבָּרִים – יִקְרְבוּ; פֵּרְשׁוּ, אֲפִלּוּ הֵם בְּרֹאשׁ הַמִּזְבֵּחַ – יֵרְדוּ.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
Or [perhaps, we can reason otherwise]:
“And you shall perform your Holocaust-offerings*, the meat* and *the blood*” (Dt. 12:27)—
is it possible that
he should remove the tendons and the bones,
and elevate [only] the meat to the altar?
The Teaching states:
**“The *whole*” (Lv. 1:9, 13).**
**How so?**
**If they are still connected [to the meat],**
**let them be offered;**
**if they are separated,**
**even if they are on top of the altar,**
**they must be taken down.**¹²⁹ per.6:9.

footnotes:
¹²⁹ Cf. Sifra, nedavah,


###### Sifrei Devarim 78:6
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מִנַּיִן לְכָל הַקֳּדָשִׁים שֶׁטְּעוּנִים מַתַּן יְסוֹד וּשְׁפִיכָה אַחַת עַל גַּבֵּי הַמִּזְבֵּחַ? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **וְעָשִׂיתָ עֹלֹתֶיךָ הַבָּשָׂר וְהַדָּם**.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
3. How do we know that
all consecrated offerings
require an application of blood
to the foundation [of the altar],
and one pouring of blood atop the altar?
The Teaching states:
“And you shall perform your Holocaust-offerings. . .
and the blood of your sacrifices shall be poured out on the altar of HASHEM your God” (Dt. 12:27).


###### Sifrei Devarim 78:7
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מִנַּיִן לְמַעֲשֵׂר וּפֶסַח, שֶׁאִם נְתָנָם בְּמַתָּנָה אַחַת כִּפֵּר? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **וְעָשִׂיתָ עֹלֹתֶיךָ**.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
How do we know that
the Cattle-tithe and the Paschal lamb
effect atonement [even] if their blood
is applied in a single application?
The Teaching states:
“And you shall offer your Holocaust-offerings, the meat and *the blood*” (Dt. 12:27)—
[of the Paschal lamb and the Cattle-tithe].


###### Sifrei Devarim 78:8
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וּמִנַּיִן לְמַעֲשֵׂר וּפֶסַח, שֶׁלֹּא יִנָּתְנוּ אֶלָּא בְּמַתָּנָה אַחַת? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **וְדַם זְבָחֶיךָ יִשָּׁפֵךְ**.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
And how do we know that,
**[the blood of] the Cattle-tithe and the Paschal lamb,**
**must be applied in a single application?**¹³⁰
The Teaching states:
“And the *blood* of your offerings shall be *poured ou*t on the altar” (Dt. 12:27)

footnotes:
¹³⁰ //T. Zev. 6:15.


###### Sifrei Devarim 78:9
[Sifrei Devarim 78:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/78:9)

רַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל אוֹמֵר: בִּתְמוּרַת קָדָשִׁים הַכָּתוּב מְדַבֵּר (דברים יב כו),

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
4. R. Ishmael says:
The verse addresses the transfer of consecration
[from one sacrificial animal] to a substitute.


###### Sifrei Devarim 78:10
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תִּשָּׂא וּבָאתָ אֶל הַמָּקוֹם, הֲרֵי הוּא בָּא אֶל הַמָּקוֹם. מַה יַּעֲשֶׂה לוֹ? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **וְעָשִׂיתָ עֹלֹתֶיךָ הַבָּשָׂר וְהַדָּם**. מָה עוֹלָה טְעוּנָה הֶפְשֵׁט וְנִתּוּחַ וְכָלִיל לָאִשִּׁים – אַף תְּמוּרָתָהּ כַּיּוֹצֵא בָהּ, מָה עוֹלָה טְעוּנָה מַתַּן יְסוֹד וּשְׁפִיכָה אַחַת עַל גַּבֵּי הַמִּזְבֵּחַ – אַף תְּמוּרָתָהּ כַּיּוֹצֵא בָהּ, מָה עוֹלָה פָּקְעוּ אֵבָרִים מֵעַל גַּבֵּי הַמִּזְבֵּחַ מַחֲזִירָם לַמַּעֲרָכָה – אַף תְּמוּרָתָהּ כַּיּוֹצֵא בָהּ, מָה כָּל הַקֳּדָשִׁים אֵינָם מֻתָּרִים בַּבָּשָׂר אֶלָּא לְאַחַר זְרִיקַת דָּמִים – אַף תְּמוּרָתָם כַּיּוֹצֵא בָּהֶם.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
“You shall take up and bring *to the place*” (Dt. 12:26)—
having arrived [with a consecrated substitute] at “the place,”
what should he do with it?
The Teaching states:
“And you shall perform *your Holocaust-offerings*, the meat and the blood” (Dt. 12:27)—
Just as the Holocaust-offering
requires flaying, butchering, and total burning,
so, too, its substitute follows the same procedure.
Just as [the blood of] the Holocaust-offering
requires application to the foundation [of the altar],
and one pouring atop the altar,
so, too, its substitute follows the same procedure.
**Just as the Holocaust-offering**
**requires replacement upon the altar pyre**
**if its pieces explode off the altar,**
**so, too, its substitute follows the same procedure.**¹³¹
Just as with all the consecrated offerings,
the meat is permitted only after the sprinkling of the blood,
so, too, their substitutes follow the same procedure.

footnotes:
¹³¹ Cf. M. Zev.9:6.