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Positive commandment · Mitzvat Aseh #62 of 613

To salt all the sacrifices

למלוח כל קרבן

Parashat Vayikra ויקרא · Sefer HaChinuch #119

The verse · Vayikra 2:13

וְכׇל־קׇרְבַּן מִנְחָתְךָ בַּמֶּלַח תִּמְלָח וְלֹא תַשְׁבִּית מֶלַח בְּרִית אֱלֹהֶיךָ מֵעַל מִנְחָתֶךָ עַל כׇּל־קׇרְבָּנְךָ תַּקְרִיב מֶלַח

“And thy every meal offering shalt thou season with salt; nor shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meal offering: with all thy offerings thou shalt offer salt.”

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The Rambam’s words

To salt all the sacrifices, as [Leviticus 2:13] states: "Offer salt on all your sacrifices."

למלוח כל קרבן, שנאמר: "עַל כָּל קָרְבָּנְךָ תַּקְרִיב מֶלַח" (ויקרא ב, יג).

Who & when

“And [it] is practiced at the time of the [Temple] by the males of the priesthood.”

Where in the Mishneh Torah

Hilchot Things Forbidden on the Altar הלכות איסורי המזבח

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