## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 91

###### Sifrei Devarim 91:1
[Sifrei Devarim 91:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/91:1)

(דברים יג יב) **וְכָל יִשְׂרָאֵל יִשְׁמְעוּ וְיִרָאוּן**, מְשַׁמְּרִים אוֹתוֹ עַד הָרֶגֶל וּמְמִיתִים אוֹתוֹ בָּרֶגֶל, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וְכָל הָעָם יִשְׁמְעוּ וְיִרָאוּ״, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי עֲקִיבָה.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**Pisqa’ 91**¹⁷⁶
1. “And all Israel shall *hear* and feel *dread*” (Dt. 13:12).
**They imprison him until the next Pilgrimage Festival,**
**and they execute him during [the intermediate days of] the Festival,**
**for it is stated:**
**“And all Israel shall *hear* and feel *dread*” (Dt. 13:12):**
**words of R. Akiva.**

footnotes:
¹⁷⁶ H:140-141; JN1:244.


###### Sifrei Devarim 91:2
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רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר: אֵין מְעַנִּים בְּבֵית דִּין! אֵין לִי אֶלָּא זֶה בִּלְבַד,

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**R. Judah says:**
**The court permits no delay [once the death sentence is delivered].** ¹⁷⁷

footnotes:
¹⁷⁷ =M. San.11:4; //T. San.11:7. Despite the presence of this material in nearly all texts of Sifre, F:153, n. 6 regards it as a marginal insertion.


###### Sifrei Devarim 91:3
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מִנַּיִן לָאוֹמֵר ״אֶעֱבֹד״, ״אֵלֵךְ וְאֶעֱבֹד״, ״נֵלֵךְ וְנַעֲבֹד״, ״אֶזְבַּח״, ״אֵלֵךְ וְאֶזְבַּח״, ״נֵלֵךְ וְנִזְבַּח״, ״אֲקַטֵּר״, ״אֵלֵךְ וַאֲקַטֵּר״, ״נֵלֵךְ וּנְקַטֵּר״, ״אֲנַסֵּךְ״, ״אֵלֵךְ וַאֲנַסֵּךְ״, ״נֵלֵךְ וּנְנַסֵּךְ״, ״אֶשְׁתַּחֲוֶה״, ״אֵלֵךְ וְאֶשְׁתַּחֲוֶה״, ״נֵלֵךְ וְנִשְׁתַּחֲוֶה״? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **וְלֹא יוֹסִפוּ לַעֲשׂוֹת כַּדָּבָר הָרָע הַזֶּה**, לֹא כְ׳דָבָר׳ וְלֹא כְ׳רָע׳ וְלֹא כְ׳זֶה׳!

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
2. I might infer that [stoning] applies only to this case
[in which the tempter summons the name of a god].
On what basis do I know that
[the punishment applies as well] to one who says:
I will serve this; [or] I will go and serve;
[or] let’s go and serve;
I will sacrifice to this; [or] I will go and sacrifice;
[or] let’s go and sacrifice;
I will offer incense to this; [or] I will go and offer incense;
[or] let’s go and offer incense;
I will pour a libation to this ; [or] I will go and pour;
[or]let’s go and pour;
I will prostrate myself; [or] I will go and prostrate myself;
[or] let’s go and prostrate ourselves.
The Teaching states:
“And they shall never repeat *any* evil thing *like this*” (Dt. 13:12)—
neither like the *thing*, nor like its *evil*, and nothing like *this*!


###### Sifrei Devarim 91:4
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יָכוֹל אַף הַמְגַפֵּף וְהַמְנַשֵּׁק וְהַמַּרְבִּיץ וְהַמַּרְחִיץ וְהַסָּךְ וְהַמַּלְבִּישׁ וְהַמַּנְעִיל וְהַמַּעֲטִיף? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר **הַזֶּה**; זֶה בִּסְקִילָה וְאֵין כָּל אֵלּוּ בִּסְקִילָה.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
Is it possible that
[these other acts are also punished by death?]:
**one who embraces [an image of a god]; or one who kisses it;**
**one who sprinkles upon it; or one who bathes it;**
**one who anoints it with oil; or one who clothes it;**
**one who shoes it; or one who wraps it?**
**The Teaching states:**
**“Like *this*” (Dt. 13:12)—**
***this* one [who utters the god’s name suffers] stoning,**
**but none of these others [is punished by] stoning.**¹⁷⁸

footnotes:
¹⁷⁸ //M. San.7:6; cf. T. San.10:3.