DAILY MITZVAH (Maimonides): Friday, June 24, 2011

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Sivan 22, 5771 · June 24, 2011
Today's Mitzvah
A daily digest of Maimonides' classic work "Sefer Hamitzvot"

Negative Commandment 105
Frankincense on the Suspected Adulteress' Meal Offering

"Nor shall he put frankincense upon it"—Numbers 5:15.

It is forbidden to add frankincense to the suspected adulteress' meal offering [as is done by almost all other meal offerings].

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Negative Commandment 330
Incest with a Mother

"She is your mother, do not uncover her nakedness"—Leviticus 18:7.

It is forbidden to have incestuous relations with one's mother.

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Negative Commandment 331
Incest with a Step-Mother

"Do not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife"—Leviticus 18:8.

It is forbidden to have incestuous relations with one's step-mother.

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Negative Commandment 332
Incest with a Sister

"The nakedness of your sister, [whether] your father's daughter . . . you shall not uncover their nakedness"—Leviticus 18:9.

It is forbidden to have incestuous relations with one's sister.

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Negative Commandment 333
Incest with a Paternal Half-Sister

"The daughter of your father's wife born to your father, she is your sister: you shall not uncover her nakedness"—Leviticus 18:11.

It is forbidden to have incestuous relations with one's paternal half-sister.

[Incest with a maternal half-sister is also forbidden—it is included in Negative Commandment 332. But one who engages in incestuous relations with a paternal half-sister is also transgressing this prohibition.]

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Negative Commandment 334
Incest with a Son's Daughter

"The nakedness of your son's daughter . . . you shall not uncover"—Leviticus 18:10.

It is forbidden to have incestuous relations with one's son's daughter.

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