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Sifrei on DeuteronomySifrei Devarim 127

Sifrei on Deuteronomy

Sifrei Devarim 127

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(Devarim 16:1) "Observe the month of Aviv": Observe the month close to Aviv, so that aviv (the springtide) fall out in its proper time.

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I might think that if the year were lacking fourteen or fifteen days, you should add that number of days to it; it is, therefore, written "the month," and not less. ...

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I might think that if it were lacking forty or fifty days, you should add that number of days to it; it is, therefore, written "the month" — not less and not more.

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(Devarim 16:1) "Observe the month of Aviv": In three places the section of festivals is mentioned: In Vayikra, because of their order;

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in Bamidbar, because of the (relevant) offerings;

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in Devarim, for communal exhortation.

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We are hereby apprised that Moses heard the order of the festivals on Sinai, repeated it to Israel, and repeated it again at the time of their occurrence,

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Moses telling them: Take care to study these things and to expound them.

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