## Sefer HaChinukh Mitzvah 513

###### Sefer HaChinukh 513:1
[Sefer HaChinukh 513:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sefer%20HaChinukh/r/513:1)

**שֶׁלֹּא לִשְׁאֹל בְּבַעַל אוֹב** – שֶׁלֹּא נִשְׁאַל בַּעַל אוֹב שֶׁיּוֹדִיעֵנוּ דָּבָר, וְעַל זֶה נֶאֱמַר (דברים יח י יא) לֹא יִמָּצֵא בְךָ וְגוֹ' וְשֹׁאֵל אוֹב. וְעִנְיַן הַכִּשּׁוּף הַזֶּה הוּא, שֶׁיֵּשׁ בְּנֵי אָדָם שֶׁעוֹשִׂין מְכַשְּׁפוּת שֶׁשְּׁמוֹ פִּיתוֹם, שֶׁהוּא מַעֲלֶה אֶת הַמֵּת מִבֵּין שֶׁחְיוֹ וְשׁוֹמֵעַ הַשּׁוֹאֵל מִן הַמֵּת תְּשׁוּבָה עַל שְׁאֵלוֹתָיו.

**Sefer HaChinukh, translated by R. Francis Nataf, Sefaria 2018:**
**To not ask a master of *ov*:** That we not ask a master of *ov* to inform us of anything. And about this is it stated (Deuteronomy 18:10-11), “There shall not be found in you, etc. and a master of *ov*.” And the matter of this magic is that there are people that do sorcery, the name of which is *pitos*, which brings up the dead from within his underarm and the questioner listens to the dead answer his questions.


###### Sefer HaChinukh 513:2
[Sefer HaChinukh 513:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sefer%20HaChinukh/r/513:2)

מִשָּׁרְשֵׁי הַמִּצְוָה. מָה שֶׁכָּתַבְתִּי בְּסָמוּךְ בְּעִנְיְנֵי הַכִּשּׁוּף.

**Sefer HaChinukh, translated by R. Francis Nataf, Sefaria 2018:**
What I wrote adjacently about the matters of magic (Sefer HaChinukh 511) is from the roots of the commandment.


###### Sefer HaChinukh 513:3
[Sefer HaChinukh 513:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sefer%20HaChinukh/r/513:3)

דִּינֵי הַמִּצְוָה. בְּסִפְרֵי (כאן) וּבְסַנְהֶדְרִין, (סה א), וְשָׁם בְּסַנְהֶדְרִין אָמְרוּ שֶׁהָעוֹשֶׂה כִּשּׁוּף זֶה, הוּא בִּסְקִילָה, וְהַשּׁוֹאֵל בָּהֶם בְּאַזְהָרָה, כְּלוֹמַר בְּחִיּוּב לָאו, וְאֵין בּוֹ מַלְקוּת, לְפִי שֶׁאֵין בּוֹ מַעֲשֶׂה.

**Sefer HaChinukh, translated by R. Francis Nataf, Sefaria 2018:**
The laws of the commandment are in Sifrei Devarim 172 and in *Sanhedrin*. And there in Sanhedrin 65a they said that one who does this magic is [liable for] lashes and the one who asks from them is [violating] a warning — meaning to say the obligation of a negative commandment. But there are no lashes for it, since there is no act [involved] with it.


###### Sefer HaChinukh 513:4
[Sefer HaChinukh 513:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sefer%20HaChinukh/r/513:4)

וְנוֹהֵג אִסּוּר זֶה בְּכָל מָקוֹם וּבְכָל זְמַן, בִּזְכָרִים וּנְקֵבוֹת.

**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.