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Negative commandment · Lo Ta’aseh #16 of 613

To not seduce one of Israel to worship idolatry

שלא להסית אדם מישראל אחר עבודה זרה

Parashat Re'eh ראה · Sefer HaChinuch #462

The verse · Devarim 13:12

וְכׇל־יִשְׂרָאֵל יִשְׁמְעוּ וְיִרָאוּן וְלֹא־יוֹסִפוּ לַעֲשׂוֹת כַּדָּבָר הָרָע הַזֶּה בְּקִרְבֶּךָ

“And all Yisra᾽el shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you.”

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The Rambam’s words

Not to act as a missionary [mesit] to persuade an individual Jew to worship false gods, as [Deuteronomy 13:12] states with regard to such missionaries: "And they shall not continue to do so."

שלא להסית אדם מישראל אחר עבודה זרה, שנאמר במסית "ולא יוסיפו לעשות" (דברים יג,יב).

Why · Sefer HaChinuch #462

To not seduce one of Israel to worship idolatry

“The root of this commandment is revealed to all.”

Who & when

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

Where in the Mishneh Torah

Hilchot Foreign Worship and Customs of the Nations הלכות עבודה זרה וחוקות הגויים

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