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Negative commandment · Lo Ta’aseh #138 of 613

For a meal offering brought by a priest not to be eaten

שלא תיאכל מנחת כוהן

Parashat Tzav צו · Sefer HaChinuch #137

The verse · Vayikra 6:16

וְכׇל־מִנְחַת כֹּהֵן כָּלִיל תִּהְיֶה לֹא תֵאָכֵל

“For every meal offering of the priest shall be wholly burnt: it shall not be eaten.”

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The Rambam’s words

For a meal offering brought by a priest not to be eaten, as [Leviticus 6:16] states: "Any meal offering brought by a priest shall be consumed entirely [by fire]; it shall not be eaten."

שלא תיאכל מנחת כוהן, שנאמר "וכל מנחת כוהן כליל תהיה, לא תיאכל" (ויקרא ו,טז).

Who & when

“And the prohibition of the eating of the meal-offering of the priest is practiced by males and females at the time of the [Temple].”

Where in the Mishneh Torah

Hilchot Sacrificial Procedure הלכות מעשה הקרבנות

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