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Sifrei Devarim 77

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English · Shraga Silverstein

(Devarim 12:26) "Only your consecrated things which shall be to you, etc.": Of what is Scripture speaking here? If his consecrations in Eretz Yisrael, this has already been stated (viz. Ibid. 10). It must be speaking, then, of his consecrations outside of the land.

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English · Shraga Silverstein

(Ibid. 26) "shall you bear and you shall come": He must care for his consecrated things until he brings them to the Temple. R. Yehudah says: Until he brings them to the Be'er Hagolah (in the azarah) he is responsible for them. From that point on, he is not responsible for them.

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English · Shraga Silverstein

I might think that the same applies to ma'aser and bechor; it is, therefore, written "and your vows": offerings that are brought as vows and donations, to exclude ma'aser and bechor, which are not brought as vows and donations.

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English · Shraga Silverstein

I might think to exclude sin and gift-offerings; it is, therefore, written "your consecrated things."

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English · Shraga Silverstein

And who "whispered" to you to include sin and gift-offerings and to exclude bechor and ma'aser? After Scripture includes (i.e., "your consecrated things"), it excludes (i.e., only "your vows"). I include sin and guilt-offerings, which can be eaten only in their place (the Temple), and I exclude bechor and ma'aser, which can be eaten in all places.

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English · Shraga Silverstein

R. Akiva says: Scripture (i.e., "your consecrated things") speaks of a substitute (for an offering). "you shall bear and you shall come": I might think even a bechor and ma'aser; it is, therefore, written "and your vows." Ben Azzai says: Scripture (i.e., "your consecrated things") speaks only of your holy things of the beast tithe.

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English · Shraga Silverstein

I might think that the beast tithe obtains with animals owned in partnership; it is, therefore, written "which shall be to you."

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English · Shraga Silverstein

I might think to exclude brothers who acquired an estate and then divided it; it is, therefore, written "which shall be to you."

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English · Shraga Silverstein

I might think that the beast tithe obtains with an orphan; it is, therefore, written "only" (connoting limitation).

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