Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 299
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וְאָמַרְתָּ אֵלָיו, וְלֹא כְּפוּי טוֹבָה.
Pisqa’ 299²⁰
- “And you shall say to him” (Dt. 26:3)— not denying the good you have received!
footnotes: ²⁰ H:289; JN2:274.
הִגַּדְתִּי הַיּוֹם לַה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ כִּי בָאתִי, פַּעַם אַחַת אַתָּה קוֹרֵא בַּשָּׁנָה וְאֵין אַתָּה קוֹרֵא פַּעֲמַיִם בַּשָּׁנָה.
“Today I relate to HASHEM your God that I have arrived” (Dt. 26:3)— today implies that **you make the declamation once a year, but not twice a year.**²¹
footnotes: ²¹ Cf. T. Bik. 1:4.
כִּי בָאתִי אֶל הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּע ה׳ לַאֲבוֹתֵינוּ, פְּרָט לַגֵּרִים.
“In the Land which HASHEM swore to our Patriarchs” (Dt. 26:3)— this excludes proselytes **[for they are not related by blood to the Patriarchs].**²²
footnotes: ²² //M.Bik.1:4; T.Bik.1:2
לָתֶת לָנוּ, פְּרָט לַעֲבָדִים. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר: פְּרָט לְעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן שֶׁנְּטַלְתּוֹ מֵעַצְמְךָ.
“To give to me” (Dt. 26:10)— **this excludes [Hebrew] slaves [for they can own no land].**²³ 2. R. Shimon says: this excludes from the rule [First-fruits of] the territory of Trans-Jordan, which you captured on your own **[and is not part of the Patriarchal inheritance].**²⁴ 301.3
footnotes: ²³ Cf. M. Bik. 1:5. ²⁴ // M. Bik. 1:10. Cf. Pisqa’