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Negative commandment · Lo Ta’aseh #248 of 613

Not to deny [a just claim]

שלא לכחש בממון חברו

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The verse · Vayikra 19:11

לֹא תִּגְנֹבוּ וְלֹא־תְכַחֲשׁוּ וְלֹא־תְשַׁקְּרוּ אִישׁ בַּעֲמִיתוֹ

“You shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.”

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The Rambam’s words

Not to deny [a just claim], as [Leviticus 19:11] states: "Do not deny your neighbor's [claim]."

שלא לכחש בממון חברו, שנאמר "לא תכחשו" (ויקרא יט,יא).

Who & when

“And this prohibition is practiced in every place and at all times by males and females.”

Where in the Mishneh Torah

Hilchot Oaths הלכות שבועות

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