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Daily Mitzvah (Rambam)

Day 162: Positive Commandment 66; Negative Commandment 147; Positive Commandment 67; Negative Commandment 102, 103, 138

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Positive Commandment 66 (Digest)
Procedure of the Peace Offering

"And if his offering be a sacrifice of a peace-offering..."Leviticus 3:1.

When offering a Shelamim (peace) Offering, we are commanded to follow the applicable procedure outlined in the Torah.

Negative Commandment 147 (Digest)
Consuming Offerings before their Blood is Sprinkled on the Altar

"You may not eat within your gates ...your freewill offerings"Deuteronomy 12:17.

It is forbidden to eat of the flesh of sacrifices – of the "holy" class; e.g., the Peace or Thanksgiving Offerings – before their blood is sprinkled on the altar.

Positive Commandment 67 (Digest)
Procedure of the Meal Offerings

"And if a person brings a meal offering to G‑d . . . and if a meal offering on a pan is your sacrifice . . . and if a meal offering [made] in a deep pot"Leviticus 2:1, 5, 7.

When offering a Minchah (meal) Offering – any of the different varieties of meal Offerings detailed in the Torah – we are commanded to follow the applicable procedure outlined in the Torah.

Negative Commandment 102 (Digest)
Putting Oil on a Meal Sin Offering

"He shall put no oil upon it"Leviticus 5:11.

It is forbidden to mix oil into a meal Sin Offering [as is done by almost all other meal Offerings].

Negative Commandment 103 (Digest)
Putting Frankincense on a Meal Sin Offering

"Neither shall he put any frankincense upon it"Leviticus 5:11.

It is forbidden to mix frankincense into a meal Sin Offering [as is done by almost all other meal Offerings].

Negative Commandment 138 (Digest)
Consuming the Priest's Meal Offering

"And every meal offering of the priest shall be totally burnt; it may not be eaten"Leviticus 6:16.

It is forbidden to consume of a priest's Meal Offering. This prohibition also includes partaking of the daily Chavitin (meal) Offering brought by the high priest.

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Daily Quote
Within a piece of bread (and every other created thing) is an "utterance of G-d's mouth" -- the letters of Divine speech that are the instrument of its creation. When the human body hungers for physical bread, it is but a reflection of its soul's craving for the Divine utterance that is the "soul" of the bread.
  –Rabbi DovBer, the Maggid of Mezeritch
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