## Sefer HaChinukh Mitzvah 225

###### Sefer HaChinukh 225:1
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**שֶׁלֹּא נְכַחֵשׁ עַל מָמוֹן שֶׁיֵּשׁ לְאַחֵר בְּיָדֵינוּ** – שֶׁלֹּא נְכַחֵשׁ בַּמֶּה שֶׁהֻפְקַד בְּיָדֵינוּ וּבְכָל מָה שֶׁיֵּשׁ לְזוּלָתֵנוּ עָלֵינוּ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ויקרא יט יא) לֹא תְכַחֲשׁוּ. וּבָא הַפֵּרוּשׁ (שבועות לז ב), שֶׁבְּמָמוֹן הַכָּתוּב מְדַבֵּר. וּלְשׁוֹן סִפְרָא (קדושים ב ג) לְפִי שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר וְכִחֶשׁ בָּהּ וְנִשְׁבַּע עַל שָׁקֶר. לָמַדְנוּ עֹנֶשׁ, אַזְהָרָה מִנַּיִן, תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר וְלֹא תְכַחֲשׁוּ. גַּם זֹאת מִן הַמִּצְוֹת שֶׁהַשֵּׂכֶל מֵעִיד בָּהֶן.

**Sefer HaChinukh, translated by R. Francis Nataf, Sefaria 2018:**
**That we do not disavow money that is in our hand from another:** That we not disavow that which is deposited into our hand, and about anything that is to us of someone else’s, as it is stated (Leviticus 19:11), “you shall not disavow.” And the explanation came (Shevuot 37b) that the verse is referring to money. And the language of Sifra, Kedoshim, Section 2:3 is: “Since it is stated (Leviticus 5:22), ‘and he disavows it and swears falsely,’ we have learned the punishment. From where is the warning? [Hence,] we learn to say, ‘and you shall not disavow.’” This is also from the commandments about which the intellect testifies.


###### Sefer HaChinukh 225:2
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מִדִּינֵי הַמִּצְוָה. מָה שֶׁאָמְרוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה (ב"מ ה ב) שֶׁהַכּוֹפֵר בְּפִקָּדוֹן פָּסוּל לְעֵדוּת, וְאַף עַל פִּי שֶׁלֹּא נִשְׁבַּע. וְאָמְרוּ בַּגְּמָרָא וְדַוְקָא דְּאָמְרֵי סָהֲדֵי דְּהַהִיא שַׁעְתָּא הֲוָה פִּקָּדוֹן בְּבֵיתֵהּ. פְּרָטֶיהָ, מְבֹאָרִין בִּמְקוֹמוֹת מִמַּסֶּכֶת שְׁבוּעוֹת (לז, ב) [ח"מ סימן צ"ד].

**Sefer HaChinukh, translated by R. Francis Nataf, Sefaria 2018:**
From the laws of the commandment is that which they, may their memory be blessed, said (Bava Metzia 5b) that one who denies a deposit is disqualified from testimony — and even though he did not make an oath. And they said in the Gemara, [this is] specifically when the witnesses say that the deposit is in his house at that time. Its details are elucidated in [scattered] places in Tracatate *Shevuot*. (See Tur, Choshen Mishpat 94.)


###### Sefer HaChinukh 225:3
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וְנוֹהֵג אִסּוּר זֶה בְּכָל מָקוֹם וּבְכָל זְמַן בִּזְכָרִים וּנְקֵבוֹת. וְהָעוֹבֵר עָלֶיהָ וְכִחֵשׁ בַּעֲמִיתוֹ בְּדָבָר שֶׁבְּמָמוֹן עָבַר עַל לָאו זֶה, וְהוּא כְּעוֹבֵר עַל מִצְוַת מֶלֶךְ, אֲבָל אֵין בּוֹ מַלְקוּת.

**Sefer HaChinukh, translated by R. Francis Nataf, Sefaria 2018:**
And this prohibition is practiced in every place and at all times by males and females. And one who transgresses it and disavows to his compatriot [having] something of monetary value violates this negative commandment, and it is like he violates a commandment of the King. But there are no lashes for it.