## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 94

###### Sifrei Devarim 94:1
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(דברים יג טז) **הַכֵּה תַכֶּה**, מִנַּיִן לֹא יָכֹלְתָּ לַהֲמִיתוֹ בַּמִּיתָה הָאֲמוּרָה בּוֹ, הֲמִיתוֹ בְּאַחַת מִכָּל מִיתוֹת הָאֲמוּרוֹת בֵּין קַלּוֹת בֵּין חֲמוּרוֹת? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **הַכֵּה תַכֶּה**. מִנַּיִן יָצָא יָדְךָ לֹא יָצָא יָדִי? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **הַכֵּה תַכֶּה**.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**Pisqa’ 94**¹⁹⁰
1. “Then you must *utterly strike down* with the *sword’s blade*” (Dt. 13:16).
On what basis do we know that
**if you are unable to execute [the inciter]**
**with the method stipulated for his crime**
**[i.e., beheading],**
**then you must execute him with**
**any of the other methods,**
**[e.g., strangulation, burning, or stoning,]**
**whether the methods are for**
**lesser or greater crimes?**¹⁹¹
The Teaching states:
“Then you must *utterly strike down*” (Dt. 13:16).
On what basis do we know that
if he’s escaped *your* hand [with his life],
he has not escaped *my* hand?
The Teaching states:
“Then you must *utterly strike down*” (Dt. 13:16)—
[anyone can take his life].

footnotes:
¹⁹⁰ H:142-143; JN1:248-249.
¹⁹¹ //T.San.12:6.


###### Sifrei Devarim 94:2
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**אֶת יוֹשְׁבֵי הָעִיר הַהִיא**,

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
2. “The *residents* of that city” (Dt. 13:16).


###### Sifrei Devarim 94:3
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מִכָּן אָמְרוּ: אֵין מְקַיְּמִים אֶת הַטְּפָלִים. אַבָּא חָנָן אוֹמֵר (דברים כד טז): ״לֹא יוּמְתוּ אָבוֹת עַל בָּנִים״ – בְּעִיר הַנִּדַּחַת הַכָּתוּב מְדַבֵּר. **הַכֵּה תַכֶּה אֶת יֹשְׁבֵי הָעִיר הַהִיא** – וְלֹא יוֹשְׁבֵי עִיר אַחֶרֶת. מִכָּן אָמְרוּ: הַחַמֶּרֶת וְהַגַּמֶּלֶת הָעוֹבֶרֶת מִמָּקוֹם לְמָקוֹם – הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ מַצִּילִים אוֹתָהּ. **לְפִי חָרֶב** – לְתוֹךְ פִּיהָ שֶׁל חֶרֶב, שֶׁלֹּא תְנַוְּלֵם.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
On this basis they taught:
**we do not permit the children to survive**¹⁹²
Abba Hanan says:
“The fathers shall not die because of the children
nor children be put to death because of their fathers” (Dt. 24:16)—
Scripture here speaks about the condemned city.¹⁹³
“Then you must utterly strike down the residents of *that* city” (Dt. 13:16)—
but not the residents of *another* city.
On this basis they taught:
**a mule train or a camel caravan**
**that migrates from place to place,**
**indeed, they spare the city.**¹⁹⁴
“With the sword’s *blade*” (Dt. 13:16)—
this means, **use the *flat* part of the blade**
**so as not to disfigure their corpses**.¹⁹⁵

footnotes:
¹⁹² Cf. T.San.14:3.
¹⁹³ This passage is missing in most mss (F:155, n..4), but summarizes the counter-opinion of R. Akiva at T. San.14:3.
¹⁹⁴ =M. San.10:5
¹⁹⁵ Cf. T. San.14:6.


###### Sifrei Devarim 94:4
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**הַחֲרֵם אֹתָהּ** – פְּרָט לְנִכְסֵי צַדִּיקִים שֶׁבְּחוּצָה לָהּ.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
“Lay *waste* to it” (Dt. 13:16)—
with the exception of the property of the Righteous
which is beyond it.


###### Sifrei Devarim 94:5
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**וְאֶת כָּל אֲשֶׁר בָּהּ** – לְרַבּוֹת נִכְסֵי צַדִּיקִים שֶׁבְּתוֹכָהּ. מִיכָּן אָמְרוּ: נִכְסֵי צַדִּיקִים שֶׁבְּתוֹכָהּ אוֹבְדִים וְשֶׁבְּחוּצָה לָהּ פּוֹלְטִים, וְשֶׁל רְשָׁעִים בֵּין מִתּוֹכָהּ וּבֵין מִבְּחוּצָה לָהּ אוֹבְדִים.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
“And everything that is in it” (Dt. 13:16)—
including the property of the Righteous
which is within it.
On this basis they taught:
**The property of the Righteous**
**which is within it is lost,**
**but what is beyond it is rescued.**
**As for the property of the Wicked,**
**whether within it or beyond it,**
**it is lost.**¹⁹⁶

footnotes:
¹⁹⁶ =M.San.10:5.


###### Sifrei Devarim 94:6
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**וְאֶת בְּהֶמְתָּהּ** – וְלֹא בֶּהֱמַת הֶקְדֵּשׁ.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
“As well as *its* cattle” (Dt. 13:16)—
**but not cattle that has been consecrated**.¹⁹⁷

footnotes:
¹⁹⁷ //T. San.14:5. Any animals designated for sacrifice may be spared.