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Negative commandment · Lo Ta’aseh #100 of 613

Not to bring the fee of a prostitute or the price of a dog

שלא להקריב אתנן ומחיר

Parashat Ki Teitzei כי־תצא · Sefer HaChinuch #571

The verse · Devarim 23:19

לֹא־תָבִיא אֶתְנַן זוֹנָה וּמְחִיר כֶּלֶב בֵּית ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ לְכׇל־נֶדֶר כִּי תוֹעֲבַת ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ גַּם־שְׁנֵיהֶם

“Thou shalt not bring the hire of a prostitute, or the price of a dog, into the house of the Lord thy God for any vow: for both these are abomination to the Lord thy God.”

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The Rambam’s words

Not to offer as a sacrifice an animal received by a prostitute as her fee, or an animal received in exchange for a dog, as [Deuteronomy 23:19] states: "Do not bring a prostitute's fee or the price of a dog...."

שלא להקריב אתנן ומחיר, שנאמר "לא תביא אתנן זונה ומחיר כלב" (דברים כג,יט).

Why · Sefer HaChinuch #571

Not to bring the fee of a prostitute or the price of a dog

“From the roots of the commandment are what you will see at the end of my words. However, I am afraid of drawing close to the Dwelling of G-d, as I know that “anyone who comes close, who comes close” that has not sufficiently sanctified himself “will not see the House and live.””

Who & when

“And this prohibition is practiced by males and females during the time of the [Temple].”

Where in the Mishneh Torah

Hilchot Things Forbidden on the Altar הלכות איסורי המזבח

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