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Negative commandment · Lo Ta’aseh #93 of 613

Not to sprinkle the blood of animals with disqualifying physical blemishes on the altar

שלא לזרוק דם בעלי מומין לגבי המזבח

Parashat Emor אמור · Sefer HaChinuch #288

The verse · Vayikra 22:24

וּמָעוּךְ וְכָתוּת וְנָתוּק וְכָרוּת לֹא תַקְרִיבוּ לַה׳ וּבְאַרְצְכֶם לֹא תַעֲשׂוּ

“You shall not offer to the Lord that which has its testicles bruised or crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall you do thus in your land.”

Read Vayikra 22:24 in context on Sefaria

The Rambam’s words

Not to sprinkle the blood of animals with disqualifying physical blemishes on the altar, as [Leviticus 22:24] states: "Do not sacrifice to G-d...." This prohibition involves sprinkling [the animal's] blood."

שלא לזרוק דם בעלי מומין לגבי המזבח, שנאמר בבעלי מומין "לא תקריבו לה'" (ויקרא כב,כד); וזה הוא איסור זריקת דמו.

Who & when

“However we should not count it with the prohibitions that are practiced today; as due to our iniquities, we do not have an altar.”

Where in the Mishneh Torah

Hilchot Things Forbidden on the Altar הלכות איסורי המזבח

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