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Negative commandment · Lo Ta’aseh #92 of 613

Not to slaughter animals with disqualifying physical blemishes as sacrifices

שלא לשחוט בעלי מומין לשם קרבן

Parashat Emor אמור · Sefer HaChinuch #289

The verse · Vayikra 22:22

עַוֶּרֶת אוֹ שָׁבוּר אוֹ־חָרוּץ אוֹ־יַבֶּלֶת אוֹ גָרָב אוֹ יַלֶּפֶת לֹא־תַקְרִיבוּ אֵלֶּה לַה׳ וְאִשֶּׁה לֹא־תִתְּנוּ מֵהֶם עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ לַה׳

“Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a growth, or scurvy, or scabbed, you shall not offer these to the Lord, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar to the Lord.”

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The Rambam’s words

Not to slaughter animals with disqualifying physical blemishes as sacrifices, as [Leviticus 22:22] states: "Do not sacrifice these to G-d."

שלא לשחוט בעלי מומין לשם קרבן, שנאמר "לא תקריבו אלה, לה'" (ויקרא כב,כב).

Who & when

“However we should not count this prohibition with those that are practiced today; as due to our iniquities, we do not have an altar to slaughter the sacrifices there.”

Where in the Mishneh Torah

Hilchot Things Forbidden on the Altar הלכות איסורי המזבח

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