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Positive commandment · Mitzvat Aseh #46 of 613

To bring two loaves and the sacrifices which accompany the loaves on Shavuot

להביא שתי הלחם עם הקרבנות הקרבים בגלל הלחם ביום עצרת

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The verse · Vayikra 23:17

מִמּוֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶם תָּבִיאּוּ לֶחֶם תְּנוּפָה שְׁתַּיִם שְׁנֵי עֶשְׂרֹנִים סֹלֶת תִּהְיֶינָה חָמֵץ תֵּאָפֶינָה בִּכּוּרִים לַה׳

“You shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth measures: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baked with leaven; they are the firstfruits to the Lord.”

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The Rambam’s words

To bring two loaves and the sacrifices which accompany the loaves on Shavuot, as [Leviticus 23:17] states: "From your dwellings, bring bread as a wave offering. And you shall offer upon the bread...."

להביא שתי הלחם עם הקרבנות הקרבים בגלל הלחם ביום עצרת, שנאמר: "מִמּוֹשְׁבוֹתֵיכֶם תָּבִיאוּ לֶחֶם תְּנוּפָה" (ויקרא כג, יז) "וְהִקְרַבְתֶּם עַל הַלֶּחֶם" (שם, יח).

Who & when

“And this commandment is practiced by the males, etc. like we have written in the commandment of the omer.”

Where in the Mishneh Torah

Hilchot Daily Offerings and Additional Offerings הלכות תמידים ומוספין

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