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Negative commandment · Lo Ta’aseh #343 of 613

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

שלא לגלות ערוות אשת הבן

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The verse · Vayikra 18:15

עֶרְוַת כַּלָּתְךָ לֹא תְגַלֵּה אֵשֶׁת בִּנְךָ הִוא לֹא תְגַלֶּה עֶרְוָתָהּ

“Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: she is thy son’s wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.”

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The Rambam’s words

Not to have intimate relations with one's son's wife, as [Leviticus 18:15] states: "Do not commit incest with your daughter-in-law."

שלא לגלות ערוות אשת הבן, שנאמר "ערוות כלתך, לא תגלה" (ויקרא יח,טו).

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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