A Non-Priest Partaking of the Holiest Sacrifices

Negative Commandment 148

And the 148th prohibition is that a non-kohen is forbidden from eating kodshei kadashim.

The source of this prohibition is G‑d's statement,1 "A non-kohen may not eat [kodshei kadashim], because they are holy."

The punishment of lashes is given only when the eating takes place in the Temple courtyard, and after the blood has been sprinkled [on the altar].2

Footnotes

Ex. 29:33.

I.e., under conditions which would make it permissible for a kohen to consume the sacrifice.

Rabbi Berel Bell is a well-known educator, author and lecturer. He and his family reside in Montreal, Canada.

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

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