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Sifrei on DeuteronomySifrei Devarim 255

Sifrei on Deuteronomy

Sifrei Devarim 255

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(Devarim 23:11) "If there be among you": and not among gentiles;

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"a man," and not a minor;

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"who shall not be clean because of a nocturnal accident": This tells me only of a nocturnal accident (i.e., emission). Whence do I derive (the same for) a diurnal accident? From "who shall not be clean" — in any event. Why, then, is it written "a nocturnal accident"? Scripture speaks of the common instance.

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"then he shall go outside the camp" — this is a positive commandment;

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"he shall not come into the midst of the camp" — this is a negative commandment. R. Shimon Hatemani says: "then he shall go outside the camp" — this is the Levite camp; "he shall not come into the midst of the camp" — this is the camp of the Shechinah.

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