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Negative commandment · Lo Ta’aseh #194 of 613

Not to drink wine used for idolatrous libations

שלא לשתות יין נסך

Parashat Ki Tisa כי תשא · Sefer HaChinuch #111

The verse · Devarim 32:38

אֲשֶׁר חֵלֶב זְבָחֵימוֹ יֹאכֵלוּ יִשְׁתּוּ יֵין נְסִיכָם יָקוּמוּ וְיַעְזְרֻכֶם יְהִי עֲלֵיכֶם סִתְרָה

“those that did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and be your protection.”

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The Rambam’s words

Not to drink wine used for idolatrous libations, as [Deuteronomy 32:38] states: "...who ate the fat of their sacrifices and drank the wine of their libations."

שלא לשתות יין נסך, שנאמר "אשר חלב זבחימו יאכלו, ישתו יין נסיכם" (דברים לב,לח).

Why · Sefer HaChinuch #111

To not eat and drink a gift to idol worship

“The root of this commandment is revealed and known.”

Who & when

“And this warning (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

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