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539:1

שֶׁלֹּא לְהַעֲלִים עֵינָיו מִמֶּנָּה – שֶׁלֹּא נַעֲלִים עַיִן מֵאֲבֵדַת אַחֵינוּ (ב"מ כו ב), אֲבָל נִקָּחֶהָ וּנְשִׁיבָהּ אֵלָיו, וְעַל זֶה נֶאֱמַר (דברים כב ג) לֹא תוּכַל לְהִתְעַלֵּם.

To not avoid his eyes from it: That we should not avoid our eye from the lost item of our brother (Bava Metzia 26b), but we [rather] take it and return it to him. And about this is it stated (Deuteronomy 22:3), “you may not ignore [it].”

To not avoid his eyes from it: That we should not avoid our eye from the lost item of our brother (Bava Metzia 26b), but we [rather] take it and return it to him. And about this is it stated (Deuteronomy 22:3), “you may not ignore [it].”

539:2

כָּל עִנְיַן הַמִּצְוָה כָּתוּב בְּמִצְוַת עֲשֵׂה שֶׁלּוֹ (מצוה תקלח) שֶׁבְּסֵדֶר זֶה.

The whole matter of this commandment is written in its [corresponding] positive commandment (Sefer HaChinukh 538) in this Order.

The whole matter of this commandment is written in its [corresponding] positive commandment (Sefer HaChinukh 538) in this Order.

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  • Hebrew: Vocalized Edition · License: unknown
  • English: Sefer HaChinukh, translated by R. Francis Nataf, Sefaria 2018 · License: CC0

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