ספרי דברים 258

(דברים כג טו) כִּי ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ מִתְהַלֵּךְ בְּקֶרֶב מַחֲנֶיךָ, מִכָּן אָמְרוּ לֹא יִקְרָא אָדָם אֶת שְׁמַע בְּצַד מִשְׁרָה שֶׁל כּוֹבְסִים, וְלֹא יִכָּנֵס לֹא לַמֶּרְחָץ וְלֹא לַבֻּרְסְקִי וּסְפָרִים וּתְפִלִּין בְּיָדוֹ.

Pisqa’ 258²⁸⁰H:257;JN2:187.
1. “Because HASHEM your God moves about in the midst of your camp” (Dt.23:15).
On this basis they taught:
A person should not recite the “Listen, Israel” (Dt.6:4 ff.)
next to the soaking-vat of launderers
[because of the smell].²⁸¹Cf. M. Ber. 3:5.
And: one should not enter a bath-house or a tannery
with scriptural scrolls or prayer-amulets in his hands.

לְהַצִּילְךָ וְלָתֵת אוֹיְבֶיךָ לְפָנֶיךָ, אִם עָשִׂיתָ כָּל הָאָמוּר בָּעִנְיָן לְסוֹף שֶׁהוּא מַצִּילְךָ וְנוֹתֵן אֶת אוֹיְבֶיךָ לְפָנֶיךָ.

2. “To spare you and to place your enemies before you” (Dt.23:15).
If you have done all
that is stated in this matter,
He will in the end spare you
and place your enemies before you.²⁸²This trope appears as well at Pisqa’ 200.3.

וְהָיָה מַחֲנֶיךָ קָדוֹשׁ, קַדְּשֵׁהוּ. מִכָּן אָמְרוּ: לֹא יִכָּנֵס אָדָם לְהַר הַבַּיִת בְּמַקְלוֹ וּבְמִנְעָלוֹ וּבַאֲפֻנְדָּתוֹ וּבְאָבָק שֶׁעַל גַּבֵּי רַגְלָיו.

“And your camp shall become consecrated”²⁸³Heb: qadosh; literally, “set apart.” From the root, q-d-sh. (Dt.23:15)—
That is, you must treat it as consecrated.²⁸⁴Heb: qadsheihu; literally, “set it apart.”
On this basis they taught:
A person should not enter
the Mount of the Abode,
with his staff, his shoes, his purse,
or the dust on his feet.²⁸⁵= M. Ber.9:5.

וְלֹא יִרְאֶה בְךָ עֶרְוַת דָּבָר וְשָׁב מֵאַחֲרֶיךָ, מְלַמֵּד שֶׁעֲרָיוֹת מְסַלְּקוֹת אֶת הַשְּׁכִינָה.

3. “So that He shall not notice among you a lewd thing, and turn away from you” (Dt.23:15)—
this teaches that [sexual] lewdness repels the Presence.²⁸⁶Cf. Pisqa’ 254.3.