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Negative commandment · Lo Ta’aseh #317 of 613

Not to curse any other Jew

שלא לקלל אחד משאר ישראל

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The verse · Vayikra 19:14

לֹא־תְקַלֵּל חֵרֵשׁ וְלִפְנֵי עִוֵּר לֹא תִתֵּן מִכְשֹׁל וְיָרֵאתָ מֵּאֱלֹהֶיךָ אֲנִי ה׳

“Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the Lord.”

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The Rambam’s words

Not to curse any other Jew, as [Leviticus 19:14] states: "Do not curse [even] a deaf-mute."

שלא לקלל אחד משאר ישראל, שנאמר "לא תקלל חירש" (ויקרא יט,יד).

Who & when

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

Where in the Mishneh Torah

Hilchot The Sanhedrin and the Penalties within Their Jurisdiction הלכות סנהדרין והעונשין המסורין להם

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