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Daily Mitzvah (Rambam)

Day 178: Negative Commandment 114

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Negative Commandment 114 (Digest)
Shearing an Animal Designated for Sacrifice

"And do not shear the firstborn of your sheep"—Deuteronomy 15:19.

It is forbidden to shear an animal designated for sacrifice.

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Daily Quote
Our masters taught: There are three partners in man -- G-d, his father, and his mother. His father inseminates the white substance, out of which are formed the child's bones, sinews, and nails, the brain in his head, and the white of his eye. His mother inseminates the red substance, out of which are formed the child's skin, flesh, and hair, and the black of his eye. G-d implants in him spirit, soul, beauty of countenance, eyesight, the capacity to hear, the capacity to speak, and the capacity to walk, as well as knowledge, understanding, and intelligence. When man's time to depart from the world approaches, G-d takes away His part and leaves to the father and mother the parts contributed by them.
  –Talmud, Niddah 31a
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