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Negative commandment · Lo Ta’aseh #127 of 613

Not to feed the meat of the Paschal sacrifice to an uncircumcised male

שלא יאכל הערל בשר הפסח

Parashat Bo בא · Sefer HaChinuch #17

The verse · Shemot 12:48

וְכִי־יָגוּר אִתְּךָ גֵּר וְעָשָׂה פֶסַח לַה׳ הִמּוֹל לוֹ כׇל־זָכָר וְאָז יִקְרַב לַעֲשֹׂתוֹ וְהָיָה כְּאֶזְרַח הָאָרֶץ וְכׇל־עָרֵל לֹא־יֹאכַל בּוֹ

“And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the Lord, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat of it.”

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The Rambam’s words

Not to feed the meat of the Paschal sacrifice to an uncircumcised male, as [Exodus 12:48] states: "No uncircumcised person may eat of it."

שלא יאכל הערל בשר הפסח, שנאמר "כל ערל, לא יאכל בו" (שמות יב,מח).

Why · Sefer HaChinuch #17

That an uncircumcised man not eat from the Pesach sacrifice

“From the roots of this commandment are that which we have written about a resident and a wageworker.”

Who & when

“And [it] is practiced at the time of the [Temple].”

Where in the Mishneh Torah

Hilchot Paschal Offering הלכות קרבן פסח

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