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Negative commandment · Lo Ta’aseh #203 of 613

[For a Nazarite] not to eat fresh grapes

שלא יאכל ענבים לחים

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The verse · Bamidbar 6:3

מִיַּיִן וְשֵׁכָר יַזִּיר חֹמֶץ יַיִן וְחֹמֶץ שֵׁכָר לֹא יִשְׁתֶּה וְכׇל־מִשְׁרַת עֲנָבִים לֹא יִשְׁתֶּה וַעֲנָבִים לַחִים וִיבֵשִׁים לֹא יֹאכֵל

“he shall abstain from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, nor shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried.”

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The Rambam’s words

[For a Nazarite] not to eat fresh grapes, as [Numbers, ibid.] states: "[He shall not eat] fresh... grapes."

שלא יאכל ענבים לחים, שנאמר "וענבים לחים . . . לא יאכל" (במדבר ו,ג).

Where in the Mishneh Torah

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