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Negative commandment · Lo Ta’aseh #334 of 613

Not to have intimate relations with one's son's daughter

שלא לגלות ערוות בת הבן

Parashat Achrei Mot אחרי מות · Sefer HaChinuch #193

The verse · Vayikra 18:10

עֶרְוַת בַּת־בִּנְךָ אוֹ בַת־בִּתְּךָ לֹא תְגַלֶּה עֶרְוָתָן כִּי עֶרְוָתְךָ הֵנָּה

“The nakedness of thy son’s daughter, or of thy daughter’s daughter, their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs is thy own nakedness.”

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The Rambam’s words

Not to have intimate relations with one's son's daughter, as [Leviticus 18:10] states: "[Do not commit] incest with your son's daughter."

שלא לגלות ערוות בת הבן, שנאמר "ערוות בת בנך" (ויקרא יח,י).

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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