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Negative commandment · Lo Ta’aseh #354 of 613

For a mamzer not to marry a natural born Jewess

שלא יישא ממזר בת ישראל

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The verse · Devarim 23:3

לֹא־יָבֹא מַמְזֵר בִּקְהַל ה׳ גַּם דּוֹר עֲשִׂירִי לֹא־יָבֹא לוֹ בִּקְהַל ה׳

“A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the Lord.”

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The Rambam’s words

For a mamzer not to marry a natural born Jewess, as [Deuteronomy 23:3 states: "A mamzer may not enter G-d's congregation."

שלא יישא ממזר בת ישראל, שנאמר "לא יבוא ממזר, בקהל ה'" (דברים כג,ג).

Who & when

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

Where in the Mishneh Torah

Hilchot Forbidden Intercourse הלכות איסורי ביאה

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