DAILY MITZVAH (Maimonides): Sunday, July 31, 2011

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Tammuz 29, 5771 · July 31, 2011
Today's Mitzvah
A daily digest of Maimonides' classic work "Sefer Hamitzvot"

Positive Commandment 124
Fallen Grapes

"You shall not harvest the single grapes of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the poor and the stranger"—Leviticus 19:10.

We are commanded to leave for the poor the grapes that fall to the ground in the course of harvesting.

This biblical precept only applies in the Land of Israel.

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Negative Commandment 213
Gathering the Fallen Grapes

"You shall not gather the single grapes of your vineyard"—Leviticus 19:10.

It is forbidden for a landowner to harvest the grapes that fall to the ground in the course of harvesting, rather they must be left for the poor.

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Positive Commandment 122
Forgotten Sheaves

"...and you forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it; it shall be for the stranger, the orphan and the widow"—Deuteronomy 24:19.

We are commanded to leave for the poor those bundles of the harvested crop that were forgotten in the field.

This biblical precept only applies in the Land of Israel.

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Negative Commandment 214
Collecting Forgotten Sheaves

"...and you forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it"—Deuteronomy 24:19.

It is forbidden for the landowner to collect a bundle of the harvested crop that was forgotten in the field [rather he must leave it for the poor]. This prohibition applies both to grain and fruit.

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