Ki Savo 26:13 · unit 4 — Sifrei

Parashas Ki Savo

The Complete Passuk

לֹֽא־עָבַרְתִּי֙ מִמִּצְוֺתֶ֔יךָ וְלֹ֥א שָׁכָֽחְתִּי׃

I have not transgressed Your commandments and I have not forgotten.

Torah Temimah points to Sifrei Devarim 303.

Core Text

לֹא בֵּעַרְתִּי מִמֶּנּוּ בְּטָמֵא – בֵּין שֶׁאֲנִי טָמֵא וְהַמַּעֲשֵׂר טָהוֹר, בֵּין שֶׁאֲנִי טָהוֹר וְהַמַּעֲשֵׂר טָמֵא.

English: “I have not consumed any of it in a state of impurity” — whether I was impure and the maaser pure, or I was pure and the maaser impure.

In context: The next clause of the confession (26:14) is prepared here in the Sifrei’s reading of the careful handling of sacred produce.

Custom (scope of the impurity restriction).

Sacred produce was not eaten in a state of tumah, in either direction of impurity.