Hebrew · Sifrei Devarim (Hebrew)
ושמת בטנא. מלמד שטעונים כלים.
English · Shraga Silverstein
(Devarim 26:2) "And you shall put (them) in a basket": We are hereby apprised that they require (being handed to the Cohein in) a vessel.
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Hebrew · Sifrei Devarim (Hebrew)
והלכת אל המקום אשר יבחר ה' א' (= ה' א-להיך) בו. זה שילה ובית עולמים. [מכאן אמרו, נגנבו או שאבדו - חייב באחריותן. נטמאו בעזרה - נופץ ואינו קורא].
English · Shraga Silverstein
"and you shall go to the place wherein the L-rd your G-d chooses to repose His name": This refers to (the sanctuary of) Shiloh and to the Temple. From here it was ruled: If the bikkurim were stolen or lost (on the way to the Temple), he must make restoration (for he has not yet "gone to the place"). If they became unclean in the azarah (the Temple court), he scatters them and does not recite the formula, (not being obliged to make restoration, for he has "gone to the place.")
Hebrew · Sifrei Devarim (Hebrew)
ובאת אל הכהן אשר יהיה בימים ההם. זו היא שאמר ר' יוסי הגלילי, וכי עלתה על דעתך שתלך אצל כהן שלא היה בימיך? (אלא כהן שהוא כשר) [אין לך אלא, כהן שהוא בימיך]. וכה"א, אל תאמר מה היה, שהימים הראשונים היו טובים מאלה.
English · Shraga Silverstein
(Ibid. 3) "And you shall come to the Cohein that shall be in those days": R. Yossi said: Would it enter your mind that you should go to a Cohein that is not "in your days"! — (The intent is) to apprise us that the only criterion is a Cohein in your days (i.e., do not attempt to recapture the Cohanim of the past). And thus is it written (Koheleth 7:10) "Do not say: 'How was it that former times were better than these?'"