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Negative commandment · Lo Ta’aseh #140 of 613

To not eat from consecrated animals that have been disqualified

שלא לאכול פסולי המוקדשין שהוטל בהם מום בכוונה

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The verse · Devarim 14:3

לֹא תֹאכַל כׇּל־תּוֹעֵבָה

“Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.”

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The Rambam’s words

Not to partake of consecrated animals that were disqualified [for use as sacrifices because] a blemish was intentionally inflicted upon them, as [Deuteronomy 14:3] states: "Do not eat of any abomination." According to the oral tradition, we have learned that the verse refers to consecrated animals that were disqualified for use because of a blemish inflicted upon them.

שלא לאכול פסולי המוקדשין שהוטל בהם מום בכוונה, שנאמר "לא תאכל, כל תועבה" (דברים יד,ג); מפי השמועה למדנו שבפסולי המוקדשין שהוטל בהם מום הכתוב מדבר.

Who & when

“And this prohibition is practiced by males and females in every place and at all times.”

Where in the Mishneh Torah

Hilchot Sacrifices Rendered Unfit הלכות פסולי המוקדשין

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