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Sifrei on Deuteronomy

Sifrei Devarim 257

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English · Shraga Silverstein

(Devarim 23:13) "And a yad shall there be for you outside the camp": "yad" signifies a place, as it is written (I Samuel 15:12) "and he has set himself up a yad," and (Bamidbar 2:17) "every man in his yad by their flags."

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"and you shall go out there outside": and not in the camp.

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(Ibid. 14) "And a spade shall there be for you among your implements (azenecha)": "azenecha" is the place of your weapons ("zaynecha").

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"and it shall be when you sit outside": (One should ease himself) sitting, not standing.

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"and you shall dig with it": I might think he digs with one and covers with another; it is, therefore, written "and you shall turn back and you shall cover, etc.": (which implies that he covers with the same spade).

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R. Yishmael says: Whence is it derived that one should not turn his back towards the encampment (in easing himself)? From "and you shall turn back and cover your excrement," (which indicates that he was facing the encampment beforehand).

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