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Negative commandment · Lo Ta’aseh #125 of 613

Not to eat the meat of the Paschal sacrifice raw or boiled in water

שלא לאכול בשר הפסח נא ומבושל

Parashat Bo בא · Sefer HaChinuch #7

The verse · Shemot 12:9

אַל־תֹּאכְלוּ מִמֶּנּוּ נָא וּבָשֵׁל מְבֻשָּׁל בַּמָּיִם כִּי אִם־צְלִי־אֵשׁ רֹאשׁוֹ עַל־כְּרָעָיו וְעַל־קִרְבּוֹ

“Eat not of it raw, nor boiled at all in water, but roast with fire; its head with its legs, and with its entrails.”

Read Shemot 12:9 in context on Sefaria

The Rambam’s words

Not to eat the meat of the Paschal sacrifice raw or boiled in water, as [Exodus 12:9] states: "Do not eat from it raw or boiled in water."

שלא לאכול בשר הפסח נא ומבושל, שנאמר "אל תאכלו ממנו נא, ובשל" (שמות יב,ט).

Why · Sefer HaChinuch #7

To not eat the Pesach sacrifice uncooked or boiled

“From the roots of this commandment are so that the Jews will remember forever the great miracles that G-d performed for them during the exodus from Egypt.”

Who & when

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

Where in the Mishneh Torah

Hilchot Paschal Offering הלכות קרבן פסח

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