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Positive commandment · Mitzvat Aseh #205 of 613

To rebuke a person who sins

להוכיח החוטא

Parashat Kedoshim קדשים · Sefer HaChinuch #239

The verse · Vayikra 19:17

לֹא־תִשְׂנָא אֶת־אָחִיךָ בִּלְבָבֶךָ הוֹכֵחַ תּוֹכִיחַ אֶת־עֲמִיתֶךָ וְלֹא־תִשָּׂא עָלָיו חֵטְא

“Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart: thou shalt certainly rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin on his account.”

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The Rambam’s words

To rebuke a person who sins, as [Leviticus 19:17] states: "You shall surely rebuke your fellow men."

להוכיח החוטא, שנאמר: "הוכח תוכיח את עמיתך" (ויקרא יט,יז).

Why · Sefer HaChinuch #239

Rebuke to an Israelite who does not behave properly

“It is from the roots of the commandment [that it is] because there is peace and goodness between people with this. As when a man sins to a man, and he rebukes him privately, he will apologize in front of him, and [the other] will accept his apology and he will be whole (some have the variant, at peace) with him.”

Who & when

“And this commandment is practiced in every place and at all times by males and females.”

Where in the Mishneh Torah

Hilchot Human Dispositions הלכות דעות

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