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Chapter 8 of 14 in Overview of Mishneh Torah Contents — 12 halachot

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Halacha 1א׳

ספר עבודה

THE BOOK OF DIVINE SERVICE (IN THE SANCTUARY)

Halacha 2ב׳

הלכותיו תשע, וזה הוא סידורן: הלכות בית הבחירה, הלכות כלי המקדש והעובדים בו, הלכות ביאת המקדש, הלכות איסורי המזבח, הלכות מעשה הקרבנות, הלכות תמידין ומוספין, הלכות פסולי המוקדשין, הלכות עבודת יום הכיפורים, הלכות מעילה.

Its groups of laws are nine, arranged in the following order: laws concerning the National Sanctuary; laws concerning the vessels of the Sanctuary and those who serve in it; laws concerning admission into the Sanctuary; laws concerning prohibitions in connection with sacrifices on the altar; laws concerning the ritual of the offering up of sacrifices; laws concerning the daily offerings and the additional offerings; laws concerning sacrifices that have become unfit (to be offered up or consumed); laws concerning the Service on the Day of Atonement; laws concerning unlawful use of what has been set apart for sacrifices or of the property of the Sanctuary.

Halacha 3ג׳

הלכות בית הבחירה. יש בכללן שש מצוות – שלוש מצוות עשה, ושלוש מצוות לא תעשה; וזה הוא פרטן: (א) לבנות מקדש; (ב) שלא לבנות המזבח גזית; (ג) שלא לעלות במעלות עליו; (ד) ליראה מן המקדש; (ה) לשמור את המקדש סביב; (ו) שלא להשבית שמירת המקדש.

LAWS CONCERNING THE NATIONAL SANCTUARY. These comprise six precepts, of which three are affirmative, and three are negative precepts. Their details are as follows: 1) to erect a Sanctuary; 2) not to build the altar of hewn stones; 3) not to go up by steps unto the altar; 4) to revere the Sanctuary; 5) to keep a guard about the Sanctuary; 6) not to leave the Sanctuary unguarded.

…and 7 more halachot in this chapter.

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Mishneh Torah, Hebrew Wikisource edition, via Sefaria — CC BY-SA

English: The Mishneh Torah by Maimonides, tr. Moses Hyamson, 1937-1949 — public domain