DAILY MITZVAH (Maimonides): Thursday, June 30, 2011

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Sivan 28, 5771 · June 30, 2011
Today's Mitzvah
A daily digest of Maimonides' classic work "Sefer Hamitzvot"

Negative Commandment 161
The High Priest Marrying a Widow

"A widow... he not marry"—Leviticus 21:14.

A High Priest is forbidden to marry a widow.

(Actually, it is forbidden for a High Priest to have sexual relations with a widow—even without marriage. Thus, if he marries a widow and has relations with her, he transgresses two prohibitions.)

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Negative Commandment 162
Relations between a High Priest and a Widow

"Neither shall he profane his seed among his people"—Leviticus 21:15.

It is forbidden for a High Priest to have sexual relations with a widow.

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Positive Commandment 38
A High Priest's Wife

"He shall marry a woman in her virgin state"—Leviticus 21:13.

A High Priest is commanded to marry a virgin.

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Negative Commandment 160
A Priest Marrying a Divorcee

"Neither shall they take a woman divorced by her husband"—Leviticus 21:7.

It is forbidden for a priest to marry a divorcee.

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Negative Commandment 158
A Priest Marrying a "Zonah"

"They shall not take a wife who is a zonah"—Leviticus 21:7.

A priest may not marry a woman who in the past had sexual relations with a man whom she is forbidden to marry [e.g. a non-Jew or next of kin].

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Negative Commandment 159
A Priest Marrying a "Profaned" Woman

"They shall not take a wife who is... profaned"—Leviticus 21:7.

A priest may not marry a chalalah [a woman who in the past had sexual relations with a priest whom she is forbidden to marry because of his priestly status (e.g., she was a divorcee)], or the daughter born from a relationship between a priest and a chalalah.

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