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Negative commandment · Lo Ta’aseh #61 of 613

Not to violate an oath

שלא לעבור על שבועת ביטוי

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The verse · Vayikra 19:12

וְלֹא־תִשָּׁבְעוּ בִשְׁמִי לַשָּׁקֶר וְחִלַּלְתָּ אֶת־שֵׁם אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֲנִי ה׳

“And you shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord.”

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The Rambam’s words

Not to violate an oath, as [Leviticus 19:12] states: "Do not swear falsely in My name."

שלא לעבור על שבועת ביטוי, שנאמר "וְלֹא תִשָּׁבְעוּ בִשְׁמִי לַשָּׁקֶר" (ויקרא יט, יב)

Who & when

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

Where in the Mishneh Torah

Hilchot Oaths הלכות שבועות

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