The 180th prohibition is that we are forbidden from eating an animal which died [by itself].
The source of this prohibition is G‑d's statement,1 "Do not eat any neveilah."
One who eats a kezayis of neveilah is punished by lashes.
Footnotes
1.
Deut. 14:21.
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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