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Negative commandment · Lo Ta’aseh #302 of 613

Not to bear hatred in one's heart

שלא לשנוא בלב

Parashat Kedoshim קדשים · Sefer HaChinuch #238

The verse · Vayikra 19:17

לֹא־תִשְׂנָא אֶת־אָחִיךָ בִּלְבָבֶךָ הוֹכֵחַ תּוֹכִיחַ אֶת־עֲמִיתֶךָ וְלֹא־תִשָּׂא עָלָיו חֵטְא

“Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart: thou shalt certainly rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin on his account.”

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The Rambam’s words

Not to bear hatred in one's heart, as [Leviticus 19:17] states: "Do not hate your brother in your heart."

שלא לשנוא בלב, שנאמר "לֹא תִשְׂנָא אֶת אָחִיךָ בִּלְבָבֶךָ" (ויקרא יט, יז).

Why · Sefer HaChinuch #238

To not hate brothers

“The root of the commandment is well-known — as hatred of the heart causes great evils among people, being a constant ‘sword between a man and his brother’ and a man and his neighbor.”

Who & when

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

Where in the Mishneh Torah

Hilchot Human Dispositions הלכות דעות

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