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Negative commandment · Lo Ta’aseh #204 of 613

[For a Nazarite] not to eat raisins

שלא יאכל ענבים יבשים

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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 raisins, as [Numbers, ibid.] states: "[He shall not eat]... dried grapes."

שלא יאכל ענבים יבשים, שנאמר "ויבשים לא יאכל" (במדבר ו,ג).

Where in the Mishneh Torah

Hilchot Nazariteship הלכות נזירות

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