Negative Commandment #100

Sefer Ha’mitzvos Ha’Katzar (The concise book of mitzvos)By the Chofetz Chaim

This book lists the Torah mitzvos that can be observed today

Second Section – the Negative Commandments

100. It is a negative commandment “do not eat creeping creatures”

As it states in Vayikra (Leviticus) 11:44, “do not make your souls impure by eating any creeping creature that crawls on the ground.” Creeping creatures are animals born from a mold, not from a male or female. One who eats an olive size amount of them receives lashes.

This applies in all places and at all times, for men and for women.

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