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Negative commandment · Lo Ta’aseh #113 of 613

Not to work with consecrated animals

שלא לעבוד בקודשים

Parashat Re'eh ראה · Sefer HaChinuch #483

The verse · Devarim 15:19

כׇּל־הַבְּכוֹר אֲשֶׁר יִוָּלֵד בִּבְקָרְךָ וּבְצֹאנְךָ הַזָּכָר תַּקְדִּישׁ לַה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ לֹא תַעֲבֹד בִּבְכֹר שׁוֹרֶךָ וְלֹא תָגֹז בְּכוֹר צֹאנֶךָ

“All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify to the Lord thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep.”

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The Rambam’s words

Not to work with consecrated animals, as [Deuteronomy 15:19] states: "Do not work with your firstling ox."

שלא לעבוד בקודשים, שנאמר "לא תעבוד בבכור שורך" (דברים טו,יט).

Who & when

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

Where in the Mishneh Torah

Hilchot Trespass הלכות מעילה

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