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Negative commandment · Lo Ta’aseh #330 of 613

Not to have intimate relations with one's mother

שלא לגלות ערוות אם

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The verse · Vayikra 18:7

עֶרְוַת אָבִיךָ וְעֶרְוַת אִמְּךָ לֹא תְגַלֵּה אִמְּךָ הִוא לֹא תְגַלֶּה עֶרְוָתָהּ

“The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.”

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The Rambam’s words

Not to have intimate relations with one's mother, as [Leviticus 18:7] states: "She is your mother, do not commit incest with her."

שלא לגלות ערוות אם, שנאמר "אימך היא, לא תגלה ערוותה" (ויקרא יח,ז).

Who & when

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

Where in the Mishneh Torah

Hilchot Forbidden Intercourse הלכות איסורי ביאה

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