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Negative commandment · Lo Ta’aseh #252 of 613

Not to hurt a convert with words

שלא להונות את הגר בדברים

Parashat Mishpatim משפטים · Sefer HaChinuch #63

The verse · Shemot 22:20

וְגֵר לֹא־תוֹנֶה וְלֹא תִלְחָצֶנּוּ כִּי־גֵרִים הֱיִיתֶם בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם

“Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for you were strangers in the land of Miżrayim.”

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The Rambam’s words

Not to hurt a convert with words, as [Exodus 22:20] states: "And do not wrong a convert...."

שלא להונות את הגר בדברים, שנאמר "וְגֵר לֹא תוֹנֶה" (שמות כב, כ).

Who & when

“And [it] is practiced in all places and at all times by males and by females.”

Where in the Mishneh Torah

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