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Sifrei Devarim 245/ספרי דברים רמ״ה
א(דברים כב כט) וְנָתַן הָאִישׁ – וְלֹא הַקָּטָן.
1Pisqa’ 2452201. “And the man” (Dt. 22:29)—but, not a child.
בהַשֹּׁכֵב עִמָּהּ, כָּל שְׁכִיבָה. לַאֲבִי הַנַּעֲרָה, שֶׁיְּהוּ שֶׁלּוֹ.
2“Who beds her down” (Dt. 22:29)—any kind of bedding down.“Shall give to the father of the young lady” (Dt. 22:29)—they shall be entirely his [and not hers].
גלַאֲבִי הַנַּעֲרָה, וְלֹא לַאֲבִי הַבּוֹגֶרֶת.
3“To the father of the young lady” (Dt. 22:29)—but not to the father of an adult woman.
דחֲמִשִּׁים כָּסֶף, כֶּסֶף צוֹרִי.
4“Fifty silver sel`as” (Dt. 22:29)—of Tyrian silver.
הוְלוֹ תִהְיֶה לְאִשָּׁה, מְלַמֵּד שֶׁשּׁוֹתֶה בַּעֲצִיצוֹ, וַאֲפִלּוּ הִיא חִגֶּרֶת, וַאֲפִלּוּ הִיא סוּמָה, וַאֲפִלּוּ הִיא מֻכַּת שְׁחִין. נִמְצָא בָהּ דְּבַר זִמָּה, אוֹ שֶׁאֵינָהּ רְאוּיָה לָבוֹא בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל, יָכוֹל יְהֵא רַשַּׁי לְקַיְּמָהּ? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: וְלוֹ תִהְיֶה לְאִשָּׁה, בְּאִשָּׁה הָרְאוּיָה לוֹ.
5“And she shall be his wife” (Dt. 22:29).2. This teaches thatHe drinks from his own urinal!For, even if she is lame,or even if she is blind,and, even if she’s covered with sores,[she remains his wife till he dies].However—If he found in hera trace of lewdness,or she was not suitable[by circumstances of birth]to enter the Community of Israel,is it possible to say that he has the rightto maintain her in the marriage?The Teaching states:“She shall be his wife” (Dt. 22: 29)—she’ll be a wife truly worthy of him!221 238.3
ותַּחַת אֲשֶׁר עִנָּהּ, לְרַבּוֹת אֶת הַיְּתוֹמָה. מִכָּן אָמְרוּ: יְתוֹמָה שֶׁנִּתְאַרְמְלָה אוֹ שֶׁנִּתְגָּרְשָׁה, רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר: הָאוֹנֵס חַיָּב וְהַמְפַתֶּה פָּטוּר.
63. “Insofar as he abused her” (Dt. 22:29)—This includes an orphan as well.On this basis they taught:A fatherless woman who was widowed or divorced—R. Eliezer says:One who rapes her is obliged[to compensate her, since her father is dead].But the seducer is exempt[from any compensation other than marriage].
זלֹא יוּכַל שַׁלְּחָהּ כָּל יָמָיו, מְשַׁלְּחָהּ הוּא לְיָבָם.
74. “He won’t be able to send her off for the remainder of his days” (Dt. 22:29)—that is, even after the passage of time.“For the remainder of his days” (Dt. 22:29)—[but if he dies childless from the marriage,]he can send her to his brother[who may release her under the rule oflevirate marriage (see Dt. 25:5-10)].