Negative commandment · Lo Ta’aseh #182 of 613
Not to eat a limb from a living animal
שלא לאכול אבר מן החי
The verse · Devarim 12:23
רַק חֲזַק לְבִלְתִּי אֲכֹל הַדָּם כִּי הַדָּם הוּא הַנָּפֶשׁ וְלֹא־תֹאכַל הַנֶּפֶשׁ עִם־הַבָּשָׂר
“Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayst not eat the life with the meat.”
The Rambam’s words
Not to eat a limb from a living animal, as [Deuteronomy 12:23] states: "Do not eat the life [of an animal] with its flesh."
שלא לאכול אבר מן החי, שנאמר "לא תאכל הנפש, עם הבשר" (דברים יב,כג).
Why · Sefer HaChinuch #452
To not eat a limb from the living
“It is from the roots of the commandment [that it is] in order that we not train ourselves in the trait of cruelty, which is a most disgusting trait.”
Who & when
“And this prohibition is practiced in every place and at all times by males and females.”
Where in the Mishneh Torah
Hilchot Forbidden Foods הלכות מאכלות אסורות