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Sifrei on DeuteronomySifrei Devarim 290

Sifrei on Deuteronomy

Sifrei Devarim 290

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English · Shraga Silverstein

(Devarim 25:18) "Then the elders of his city shall call to him": It is a mitzvah for the elders of his city and not for their messengers.

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English · Shraga Silverstein

"and they shall speak to him": as befits him. So that if he were young, and she, old, or he, old, and she, young, they tell him: "What do you want with a young girl?" or "What do you want with an old woman? Find someone like yourself and don't bring strife into your household!"

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English · Shraga Silverstein

"then he shall stand up and he shall say: I did not desire to take her": We are hereby apprised that he says his words only while standing.

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English · Shraga Silverstein

"I did not desire to take her": and not that the L-rd did not desire her (by reason of arayoth).

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