Midrash · Halachah
Sifrei Devarim 240/ספרי דברים ר״מ
א(דברים כב כא) וּסְקָלוּהָ כָּל אַנְשֵׁי עִירָהּ, וְכִי כָּל אַנְשֵׁי עִירָהּ רוֹגְמִים אוֹתָהּ? אֶלָּא בְּמַעֲמַד כָּל אַנְשֵׁי עִירָהּ.
1Pisqa’ 2401901. “Now, the men of her city shall pelt191 See Dt. 21:21 and Pisqa’ 220.1. her with stones” (Dt. 22:21).Now, can all the men of her cityactually pummel her?Rather, they appoint a deputationfrom among all the men of her city.
בבָּאֲבָנִים, יָכוֹל בַּאֲבָנִים מְרֻבּוֹת? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר (ויקרא כ ב): ״בָּאֶבֶן״. אִי בָּאֶבֶן, יָכוֹל בְּאֶבֶן אַחַת? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: בָּאֲבָנִים. אֱמֹר מֵעַתָּה: אִם לֹא מֵתָה בָרִאשׁוֹנָה תָּמוּת בַּשְּׁנִיָּה.
2“With stones” (Dt. 22:21)—is it possible to say that many stones are used?The Teaching states:“With stone” (Lv. 20:2).If “with stone”—is it possible to say, then, that only one stone is used?The Teaching states:“with stones” (Dt. 22:21)!From this you may conclude thatif she doesn’t die from the first stone,let her die from the second!192 220.1
גכִּי עָשְׂתָה נְבָלָה בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל, לֹא עַצְמָהּ בִּלְבַד נִוְּלָה, אֶלָּא כָּל בְּתוּלוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל.
32. “For she has committed an outrage in Israel” (Dt. 22:21)—not only has she disgraced herself,but all the maidens of Israel as well.
דלִזְנוֹת בֵּית אָבִיהָ, נֶאֱמַר כָּאן ״אָבִיהָ״ וְנֶאֱמַר לְהַלָּן (ויקרא כא ט) ״אָבִיהָ״, מָה אָבִיהָ הָאָמוּר לְהַלָּן, זְנוּת עִם זִיקַת הַבַּעַל – אַף אָבִיהָ הָאָמוּר כָּאן, זְנוּת עִם זִיקַת הַבַּעַל.
4“By fornicating in the house of her father” (Dt. 22:21).Her father is mentioned here (Dt. 22:21),And her father is mentioned elsewhere (Lv. 21:9).193?Just as her father elsewhere is mentionedin the context of fornication thatviolates the connection to her husband,so, too, her father is mentioned here,194 240, n.3in the context of fornication thatviolates the connection to her husband.195, per.1:15.
הוּבִעַרְתָּ הָרָע מִקִּרְבֶּךָ – בַּעֵר עוֹשֵׂי הָרָעוֹת מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל!
5“And you shall expunge the evil from your midst” (Dt. 22:21)—expunge the evil-doers from Israel.196 86.2 and is repeated in SD frequently.