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Negative commandment · Lo Ta’aseh #196 of 613

Not to eat on the day of the fast [of Yom Kippur]

שלא לאכול ביום הצום

Parashat Emor אמור · Sefer HaChinuch #316

The verse · Vayikra 23:29

כִּי כׇל־הַנֶּפֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר לֹא־תְעֻנֶּה בְּעֶצֶם הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה וְנִכְרְתָה מֵעַמֶּיהָ

“For whatever person shall not be afflicted on that same day, he shall be cut off from his people.”

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The Rambam’s words

Not to eat on the day of the fast [of Yom Kippur], as [Leviticus 23:29] states: "For any person who does not afflict himself [on that day]...."

שלא לאכול ביום הצום, שנאמר "כי כל הנפש אשר לא תעונה" (ויקרא כג,כט).

Where in the Mishneh Torah

Hilchot Rest on the Tenth of Tishrei הלכות שביתת עשור

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