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Negative commandment · Lo Ta’aseh #195 of 613

Not to eat or drink like a glutton and a drunkard

שלא לאכול ולשתות דרך זולל וסובא

Parashat Kedoshim קדשים · Sefer HaChinuch #248

The verse · Devarim 21:20

וְאָמְרוּ אֶל־זִקְנֵי עִירוֹ בְּנֵנוּ זֶה סוֹרֵר וּמֹרֶה אֵינֶנּוּ שֹׁמֵעַ בְּקֹלֵנוּ זוֹלֵל וְסֹבֵא

“and they shall say to the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.”

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The Rambam’s words

Not to eat or drink like a glutton and a drunkard, as [Deuteronomy 21:20] states: "This son of ours is a glutton and a drunkard." 7:1, where the Rambam discusses this prohibition, he quotes a different prooftext.

שלא לאכול ולשתות דרך זולל וסובא, שנאמר "בננו זה . . . זולל, וסובא" (דברים כא,כ).

Why · Sefer HaChinuch #248

To not eat or to drink in the way of a glutton and a drunkard

“It is from the roots of the commandment [that it is] because most sins of people are done as a result of much eating and drinking, as it is written (Deuteronomy 32:15), “And Yeshurun grew fat and kicked.””

Who & when

“And it is practiced in the Land of Israel alone — as we only judge capital cases there, and with a court of at least twenty-three.”

Where in the Mishneh Torah

Hilchot Rebels הלכות ממרים

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