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Positive commandment · Mitzvat Aseh #48 of 613

To offer an additional sacrifice on the fast [of Yom Kippur]

להוסיף קרבן ביום הצום

Parashat Emor אמור · Sefer HaChinuch #314

The verse · Bamidbar 29:7

וּבֶעָשׂוֹר לַחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי הַזֶּה מִקְרָא־קֹדֶשׁ יִהְיֶה לָכֶם וְעִנִּיתֶם אֶת־נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶם כׇּל־מְלָאכָה לֹא תַעֲשׂוּ

“And you shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month a holy gathering; and you shall afflict your souls: you shall not do any work:”

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The Rambam’s words

To offer an additional sacrifice on the fast [of Yom Kippur], as [Numbers 29:7] states: "On the tenth of the seventh month...."

להוסיף קרבן ביום הצום, שנאמר: "וּבֶעָשׂוֹר לַחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי..." (במדבר כט, ז).

Why · Sefer HaChinuch #314

Additional sacrifice of Yom Kippur

“From the roots of the commandment is like the matter that we wrote above regarding the sacrifice (Sefer HaChinukh 95) — that a man is acted upon according to his deeds.”

Where in the Mishneh Torah

Hilchot Daily Offerings and Additional Offerings הלכות תמידים ומוספין

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