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Negative commandment · Lo Ta’aseh #124 of 613

Not to allow any of the remaining portions of the meal offerings to leaven

שלא לעשות שיירי מנחות חמץ

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The verse · Vayikra 6:10

לֹא תֵאָפֶה חָמֵץ חֶלְקָם נָתַתִּי אֹתָהּ מֵאִשָּׁי קֹדֶשׁ קׇדָשִׁים הִוא כַּחַטָּאת וְכָאָשָׁם

“It shall not be baked with leaven. I have given it to them for their portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as is the sin offering, and the guilt offering.”

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The Rambam’s words

Not to allow any of the remaining portions of the meal offerings to leaven, as [Leviticus 6:10] states: "It shall not be baked as leaven. Their portion...."

שלא לעשות שיירי מנחות חמץ, שנאמר "לא תיאפה חמץ, חלקם" (ויקרא ו,י).

Who & when

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

Where in the Mishneh Torah

Hilchot Sacrificial Procedure הלכות מעשה הקרבנות

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