Daily Mitzvah (Rambam)

And the 125th prohibition is that we are forbidden from eating the Pesach offering cooked or underdone [in any liquid1] — only roasted.

The source of this commandment is G‑d's statement2 (exalted be He), "Do not eat it raw or cooked."

I have already explained to you in the Ninth Introductory Principle of this work that one who transgresses this prohibition is punished by lashes.3

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From "Sefer Hamitzvot in English," published by Sichos in English.

Footnotes

1.

Hilchos Korban Pesach 8:7.

2.

Ex. 12:9.

3.

Whether one eats only underdone meat, or only cooked meat, or both underdone and cooked meat, he receives one set of lashes. This is because it is a lav she'b'klalus, an inclusive prohibition.

And the 123rd prohibition is that we are forbidden from taking out any meat of the Pesach offering from the place that we have gathered to eat it.1

The source of this commandment is G‑d's statement2 (exalted be He), "Do not bring any of its meat outside."

In the words of the Mechilta,3 "The expression, 'outside,' means outside the place where it is eaten."

One is prohibited to eat whatever is brought outside, and it is considered like treifah.4

Our Sages said in tractate Pesachim,5 "One who takes out meat of the Pesach offering from one group to another, even though he transgresses a prohibition, it is still pure." One who eats it [also] transgresses a prohibition."6

There7 it says, "One who takes out meat of the Pesach offering from one group to another is not punished unless he places it down. This is because the expression, 'to take out' [hotza'a] is used, just as regarding Shabbos.8 If he does place it down, he is punished by lashes.

The details of this mitzvah too are explained in the seventh chapter of Pesachim.

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From "Sefer Hamitzvot in English," published by Sichos in English.

Footnotes

1.

The Pesach offering must be eaten by a specified group of people in a specified location. Hilchos Korban Pesach 9:1.

2.

Ibid., 12:46.

3.

Mechilta D'Rashbi.

4.

See N181.

5.

Pesachim 85a.

6.

Even if it was brought back to the group, it may not be eaten; the meat is considered as treifah. See Hilchos Korban Pesach 9:2. Hilchos Ma'aseh HaKorbanos 11:6.

7.

Ibid., 85b.

8.

One may not carry an object outside on Shabbos, but is punished only if one performs both the akirah (lifting up the object from where it was sitting) and the hanachah (placing it down in the new location).

And the 128th prohibition is that we are forbidden from feed­ing meat from the Pesach offering to a Jew who has converted [to another religion].

The source of this commandment is G‑d's statement1 (exalted be He), "Any ben neichar2 may not eat it." The one who explains the Oral Tradition [i.e., Onkelos] says [the phrase, "Any ben neichar means], "any Jew who has converted."3 In the words of the Mechilta,4 "The phrase, 'Any ben neichar,' refers to a Jew who has converted and worshipped idolatry."5

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From "Sefer Hamitzvot in English," published by Sichos in English.

Footnotes

1.

Ex. 12:43.

2.

Literally, "son of a stranger."

3.

Targum Onkelos, Ex. 12:43.

4.

Mechilta D'Rashbi.

5.

See Hilchos Korban Pesach 9:7, where the Rambam explains the expression ben neichar (literally, "son of a stranger") as meaning, "one who serves a strange god."

And the 126th prohibition is that we are forbidden from feed­ing meat from the Pesach offering to [any non-Jew,1 even] a ger toshav.2

The source of this commandment is G‑d's statement3 (exalted be He), "A toshav or [non-Jewish] hired hand may not eat it."

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From "Sefer Hamitzvot in English," published by Sichos in English.

Footnotes

1.

Hilchos Korban Pesach 9:7.

2.

A non-Jew who has accepted the 7 Noachide commandments. See N51, and footnotes there.

3.

Ibid., 12:45.

And the 127th prohibition is that an uncircumcised man is forbidden from eating the Pesach sacrifice.1

The source of this commandment is G‑d's statement,2 "But no uncircumcised man may eat it."

If he eats from it when uncircumcised, he is punished by lashes.

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From "Sefer Hamitzvot in English," published by Sichos in English.

Footnotes

1.

This prohibition applies even if the man is a Jew who may not be circumcised for health reasons, i.e., a hemophiliac. (Rashi, Pesachim 28b.)

2.

Ibid., 12:48.

And the 121st prohibition is that we are forbidden from breaking any bone of the Pesach offering.

The source of this commandment is G‑d's statement,1 "Do not break any of its bones."

One who breaks one of its bones is punished by lashes. Our Sages explicitly said,2 "One who breaks a bone from a Pesach offering which was [brought when the congregation3 was] pure is punished by lashes.

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From "Sefer Hamitzvot in English," published by Sichos in English.

Footnotes

1.

Ibid., 12:46.

2.

Pesachim Chapter 7, Mishneh 11.

3.

If the offering was brought when the congregation was impure, one is not punished for breaking a bone. Hilchos Korban Pesach, 10:1.

And the 122nd prohibition is that we are also forbidden from breaking any bone of the second Pesach offering.

The source of this commandment is G‑d's statement (exalted be He) also here,1 "Do not break any of its bones."

One who breaks one of its bones is also punished by lashes.

Our Sages said in tractate Pesachim,2 "The Torah did not need to write, 'Do not break any of its bones,' regarding the second Pesach offering, since it is already written,3 'You shall follow all the laws of the [first] Pesach offering.'4 [It is written to include] both bones which contain marrow and those which do not contain marrow."5

The laws regarding breaking a bone [of the Pesach offering] are explained in the seventh chapter of Pesachim.6

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From "Sefer Hamitzvot in English," published by Sichos in English.

Footnotes

1.

Num. 9:12, like that of the first Pesach offering, Ex. 12:46.

2.

85a.

3.

Num. 9:12.

4.

And this would include the prohibition of breaking any bones.

5.

This is in contrast with the first Pesach offering, which excludes bones that do not contain marrow. Hilchos Korban Pesach 10:3. See, however, ibid., 10:15.

6.

85a.