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Negative commandment · Lo Ta’aseh #32 of 613

Not to practice divination

שלא לעונן

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The verse · Vayikra 19:26

לֹא תֹאכְלוּ עַל־הַדָּם לֹא תְנַחֲשׁוּ וְלֹא תְעוֹנֵנוּ

“You shall not eat anything with the blood: neither shall you use enchantment, nor observe times.”

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The Rambam’s words

Not to practice divination, as [Leviticus 19:26] states: "Do not practice divination."

שלא לעונן, שנאמר "לא תעוננו" (ויקרא יט,כו).

Who & when

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

Where in the Mishneh Torah

Hilchot Foreign Worship and Customs of the Nations הלכות עבודה זרה וחוקות הגויים

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