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Negative commandment · Lo Ta’aseh #355 of 613

Not to have sexual relations with a woman without a marriage contract and betrothal

שלא תהיה קדשה, והיא הנבעלת בלא כתובה וקידושין

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The verse · Devarim 23:18

לֹא־תִהְיֶה קְדֵשָׁה מִבְּנוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל וְלֹא־יִהְיֶה קָדֵשׁ מִבְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל

“There shall be no female prostitute of the daughters of Yisra᾽el, nor a male prostitute of the sons of Yisra᾽el.”

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The Rambam’s words

For there not to be a kedeishah - i.e., a woman who engages in intimate relations without a marriage contract and a marriage ceremony - [among the Jewish people], as [Deuteronomy 23:18] states: "There shall not be a kedeishah...."

שלא תהיה קדשה, והיא הנבעלת בלא כתובה וקידושין, שנאמר "לא תהיה קדשה" (דברים כג,יח).

Who & when

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

Where in the Mishneh Torah

Hilchot Marriage הלכות אישות

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