Commandments
According to both Maimonides and Sefer ha-Chinuch, there are 3 positive and 2 negative commandments in the parshah.
- To slaughter the second Passover lamb (Numbers 9:11.)
- To eat the second Passover lamb in accordance with the Passover rituals (Numbers 9:11.)
- Not to leave the second Passover meat over until morning (Numbers 9:12.)
- Not to break any bones from the second Passover offering (Numbers 9:12.)
- To sound alarm in times of catastrophe (Numbers 10:9.)
(Maimonides. Mishneh Torah, Positive Commandments 57, 58, 59; Negative Commandments 119 & 122. Cairo, Egypt, 1170–1180. Reprinted in Maimonides. The Commandments: Sefer Ha-Mitzvoth of Maimonides. Translated by Charles B. Chavel, 1:67–71; 2:111, 113. London: Soncino Press, 1967. ISBN 0-900689-71-4. Sefer HaHinnuch: The Book of Education. Translated by Charles Wengrov, 4:79–93. Jerusalem: Feldheim Pub., 1988. ISBN 0-87306-457-7.)
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