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.
And the 114th prohibition is that we are forbidden from shearing wool from sanctified animals.
The source of this commandment is G‑d's statement, "And do not shear your firstborn sheep."
[This verse speaks only about the firstborn animals, but] we derive the prohibition from working with and from shearing all sanctified animals from the law of the firstborn.
The details of these two commandments, i.e., working and shearing, have been explained in tractate Bechoros. One who shears anything from sanctified animals is also punished by lashes.
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