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Negative commandment · Lo Ta’aseh #130 of 613

Not to partake of consecrated foods that have contracted ritual impurity

שלא לאכול מן הקודשים שנטמאו

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The verse · Vayikra 7:19

וְהַבָּשָׂר אֲשֶׁר־יִגַּע בְּכׇל־טָמֵא לֹא יֵאָכֵל בָּאֵשׁ יִשָּׂרֵף וְהַבָּשָׂר כׇּל־טָהוֹר יֹאכַל בָּשָׂר

“And the flesh that touches any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire: and as for the flesh, all that are clean shall eat of it.”

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The Rambam’s words

Not to partake of consecrated foods that have contracted ritual impurity, as [Leviticus 7:19] states: "Meat that has touched any impurity shall not be eaten."

שלא לאכול מן הקודשים שנטמאו, שנאמר "והבשר אשר ייגע בכל טמא, לא ייאכל" (ויקרא ז,יט).

Who & when

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

Where in the Mishneh Torah

Hilchot Sacrifices Rendered Unfit הלכות פסולי המוקדשין

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