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Negative commandment · Lo Ta’aseh #131 of 613

To not eat notar

שלא לאכול נותר

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The verse · Vayikra 19:8

וְאֹכְלָיו עֲוֺנוֹ יִשָּׂא כִּי־אֶת־קֹדֶשׁ ה׳ חִלֵּל וְנִכְרְתָה הַנֶּפֶשׁ הַהִוא מֵעַמֶּיהָ

“Therefore everyone that eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has profaned the hallowed thing of the Lord: and that soul shalt be cut off from among his people.”

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The Rambam’s words

Not to eat sacrificial meat that has remained past the limits allotted for its consumption, as [Leviticus 19:8] states: "One who eats it shall bear his guilt,... his soul will be punished by karet."

שלא לאכול נותר, שנאמר "ואוכליו עוונו יישא . . . ונכרתה הנפש ההיא, מעמיה" (ויקרא יט,ח).

Who & when

“And this prohibition 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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