Day #94–Rambam DAILY Sefer HaMitzvos

in the three chapters today of mishna Toyota we are finishing that's right there are 22 chapters in total of the laws of forbidden Intimate Relationships so we are doing chapters 21 and 22 today and then starting chapter one of Hillcrest the laws of forbidden Foods it's basically about about the laws the the Jewish dietary laws okay so let's do we have two Mitzvahs today one corresponding to um and one corresponding to Hillcrest so let's do uh first one here negative commandment 353 the prohibition against approaching forbidden relations I want to point something out many times in halacha we have prohibitions which are what we call a fence around the Torah the sages were given the power to enact protective measures that keep us one step or more than one step away from a Prohibition this is different this is an actual biblical prohibition it is one of the 613 Mitzvahs or more specifically one of the 365 negative Mitzvahs prohibitions and that is the prohibition against even approaching those relatives that we are forbidden to have relations with and that means specifically the parameters of this Mitzvah are physical affection such as kissing and hugging so even though this is not the actual forbidden Act of intimacy this act is also forbidden by a separate mitzvah um positive commandment 149 and this corresponds to mycolysisoris to the uh laws of kosher food and that is the positive commandment to inspect a domesticated mammal for the signs of kashras there are two signs of kashras for a domesticated mammal and that is it has completely split hooves and it chews its cut now I just want to point out this is not the Mitzvah to eat kosher food or to not eat non-kosher food or not talk about eating right now we're talking about the Mitzvah to identify to look for and to identify the signs of conscious in an animal okay we're gonna have more conscious related Mitzvahs in the coming days we'll see you again tomorrow God willing