Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 108
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(דברים יד כז) וְהַלֵּוִי אֲשֶׁר בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ, כָּל מָקוֹם אַתָּה מוֹצֵא לֵוִי הַזֶּה לוֹמַר: תֵּן לוֹ מֵחֶלְקוֹ! אֵין לוֹ חֶלְקוֹ – תֵּן לוֹ מַעְשַׂר עָנִי! אֵין לוֹ מַעְשַׂר עָנִי – תֵּן לוֹ שְׁלָמִים! אֵין לוֹ שְׁלָמִים – פַּרְנְסֵהוּ מִן הַצְּדָקָה!
Pisqa’ 108²⁹⁰
- “Now, the Levite within your gates—do not abandon him, for he shares no portion or inheritance with you” (Dt. 14:27). **Anywhere you find [reference to] the Levite (e.g., Dt. 12:18),**²⁹¹ 69.1, 74.2.
give him his portion [i.e., the First-tithe]. If he can’t survive on his portion, then sustain him from the Pauper’s-tithe. If he can’t survive on the Pauper’s-tithe, then sustain him from Communion-offerings. And if he can’t survive on Communion-offerings, then sustain him from alms.
footnotes: ²⁹⁰ H:155-156; JN1:276. ²⁹¹ See also Dt. 12:12, 14:27, 14:29 and Pisqa’ot
כִּי אֵין לוֹ חֵלֶק וְנַחֲלָה עִמָּךְ, לְהַגִּיד מֶה גָּרַם.
“For he shares no portion or inheritance with you” (Dt. 14:27)— this explains the source [of levitical privilege]