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Negative commandment · Lo Ta’aseh #123 of 613

Not to take out from the meat of the Pesach-offering outside

שלא להוציא מבשר הפסח מן החבורה

Parashat Bo בא · Sefer HaChinuch #15

The verse · Shemot 12:46

בְּבַיִת אֶחָד יֵאָכֵל לֹא־תוֹצִיא מִן־הַבַּיִת מִן־הַבָּשָׂר חוּצָה וְעֶצֶם לֹא תִשְׁבְּרוּ־בוֹ

“In one house shall it be eaten: thou shalt not take any of the meat outside, out of the house; neither shall you break a bone of it.”

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The Rambam’s words

Not to remove the meat of the Paschal sacrifice from the company [in which it is being eaten], as [Exodus 12:46] states: "Do not remove [any of the meat] from the house...."

שלא להוציא מבשר הפסח מן החבורה, שנאמר "לא תוציא מן הבית" (שמות יב,מו).

Why · Sefer HaChinuch #15

Not to take out from the meat of the Pesach-offering outside

“From the roots of this commandment is that which we have written — to remember the miracles of Egypt. And since we were made into free men and lords, this commandment came to us that we should eat [it] in the place of the assemblage and not take it outside — like the kings of the land.”

Who & when

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

Where in the Mishneh Torah

Hilchot Paschal Offering הלכות קרבן פסח

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