DAILY MITZVAH (Maimonides): Friday, June 1, 2012

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Sivan 11, 5772 · June 1, 2012
Today's Mitzvah
A daily digest of Maimonides' classic work "Sefer Hamitzvot"

Negative Commandment 352
Uncle-Nephew Incest

"You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's brother"—Leviticus 18:14.

It is forbidden for a man to engage in homosexual relations with his father's brother. One who does so transgresses two prohibitions: the general prohibition against homosexuality as well as this specific prohibition.

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Negative Commandment 347
Adultery

"You shall not commit adultery"—Exodus 20:13.

It is forbidden to engage in adultery with a married woman.

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Negative Commandment 346
Relations with a Menstruating Woman

"And to a woman during the uncleanness of her separation you shall not come near"—Leviticus 18:19.

It is forbidden to have sexual relations with a menstruating woman during the seven-day period of her ritual impurity—and afterwards until she immerses in a mikvah (ritual pool).

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