Mitzvah #191 Negative Prohibition (Mitzvah Lo Ta'asseh)
„Do not eat meat torn off a living creature“
Scripture Reference: DEU 12:23 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Re'eh)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
"Only be sure not to eat the blood, for the blood is the life, and you shall not eat the life with the flesh.
Hebrew Text (Torah)
כג רַק חֲזַק, לְבִלְתִּי אֲכֹל הַדָּם, כִּי הַדָּם, הוּא הַנָּפֶשׁ; וְלֹא-תֹאכַל הַנֶּפֶשׁ, עִם-הַבָּשָׂר.
Greek Text (Septuagint)
23 πρόσεχε ἰσχυρῶς τοῦ μὴ φαγεῖν αἷμα, ὅτι τὸ αἷμα αὐτοῦ ψυχή· οὐ βρωθήσεται ἡ ψυχὴ μετὰ τῶν κρεῶν,
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Re'eh
Sefer HaChinuch Number #452
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Holiness (Buch 5)
Section: Forbidden Foods
Systematic Category (P119f) Food
