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Negative commandment · Lo Ta’aseh #360 of 613

For a man incapable of procreation not to marry a natural born Jewess

שלא ייקח סריס בת ישראל

Parashat Ki Teitzei כי־תצא · Sefer HaChinuch #559

The verse · Devarim 23:2

לֹא־יָבֹא פְצוּעַ־דַּכָּא וּכְרוּת שׇׁפְכָה בִּקְהַל ה׳

“He that is wounded in the stones, or has his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord.”

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The Rambam’s words

For a man incapable of procreation not to marry a natural born Jewess, as [Deuteronomy 23:2] states: "A man with crushed testicles... may not enter [G-d's congregation]."

שלא ייקח סריס בת ישראל, שנאמר "לא יבוא פצוע דכא" (דברים כג,ב).

Who & when

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

Where in the Mishneh Torah

Hilchot Forbidden Intercourse הלכות איסורי ביאה

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