Sefer Kedushah

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Sefer Kedushah is a section of Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah that codifies Jewish laws related to sexual conduct, forbidden relationships, and dietary prohibitions, emphasizing holiness in personal behavior.

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Sefer Kedushah canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf halakhic work
section of Mishneh Torah
aimsTo promote moral discipline
regulate physical desires according to Torah
separate Israel from forbidden practices
author Maimonides
surface form: Moses Maimonides
basedOn Talmudic sources
biblical commandments
codifies laws of blood consumption
laws of conversion-related relationships
laws of forbidden foods
laws of forbidden sexual unions
laws of insects and creeping animals
laws of intermarriage prohibitions
laws of invalidating defects in shechitah
laws of kashrut
laws of mamzerut
laws of mixtures of meat and milk
laws of niddah
laws of non‑kosher animals
laws of non‑kosher birds
laws of non‑kosher fish
laws of proper shechitah technique
laws of ritual slaughter
laws of wine of non‑Jews
contains Hilchot Issurei Bi’ah
Hilchot Ma’akhalot Asurot
Hilchot Shechitah
emphasizes holiness in personal behavior
sanctification of physical life
focusesOn Jewish law
dietary prohibitions
forbidden relationships
sexual conduct
genre legal code
hasStructure organized into distinct halakhic chapters
hasTheologicalTheme kedushah (holiness)
hasTitleMeaning Book of Holiness
includedIn standard editions of Mishneh Torah
influenced later halakhic codifiers
language Hebrew
partOf Mishneh Torah
placeOfComposition Egypt
positionInMishnehTorah one of the middle books of Mishneh Torah
religiousTradition Judaism
subjectOf rabbinic commentaries
timePeriod 12th century

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Mishneh Torah includesSection Sefer Kedushah