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Daily Mitzvah (Rambam)

Day 266: Negative Commandment 250

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Important Message Regarding This Lesson

The Daily Mitzvah schedule runs parallel to the daily study of 3 chapters of Maimonides' 14-volume code. There are instances when the Mitzvah is repeated a few days consecutively while the exploration of the same Mitzvah continues in the in-depth track.

Negative Commandment 250 (Digest)
Honesty in Commerce

"When you make a sale to your fellow or make a purchase from the hand of your fellow, you shall not defraud one another"Leviticus 25:14.

It is forbidden for a seller or buyer to cheat one another in the course of commerce [by deceptively overcharging or underpaying for merchandise].

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Why [are mourners fed] lentils? Just as the lentil has no mouth, so is the mourner speechless...Just as the lentil is round, so mourning comes round to all the inhabitants of this world
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