## Sefer HaChinukh Mitzvah 6

###### Sefer HaChinukh 6:1
[Sefer HaChinukh 6:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sefer%20HaChinukh/r/6:1)

**מִצְוַת אֲכִילַת בְּשַׂר הַפֶּסַח** – לֶאֱכֹל בְּשַׂר הַפֶּסַח בְּלֵיל חֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׂר בְּנִיסָן עַל פִּי תְּנָאִים שֶׁבַּכָּתוּב, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (שמות יב ח) וְאָכְלוּ אֶת הַבָּשָׂר בַּלַּיְלָה הַזֶּה.

**Sefer HaChinukh, translated by R. Francis Nataf, Sefaria 2018:**
**The commandment of eating the meat of the Pesach sacrifice:** To eat the meat of the Pesach sacrifice on the fifteenth night of Nissan, according to the specifications of the verse, as it is stated (Exodus 12:8), “And they shall eat the meat on this night.”


###### Sefer HaChinukh 6:2
[Sefer HaChinukh 6:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sefer%20HaChinukh/r/6:2)

מִשָּׁרְשֵׁי מִצְוָה זוֹ, מָה שֶׁכָּתַבְנוּ בִּשְׁחִיטָתוֹ (מצוה ה) כְּדֵי לִזְכֹּר הַנִּסִּים הַגְּדוֹלִים שֶׁעָשָׂה לָנוּ הָאֵל שֶׁהוֹצִיאָנוּ מֵעַבְדוּת.

**Sefer HaChinukh, translated by R. Francis Nataf, Sefaria 2018:**
That which we wrote about its slaughtering (Sefer HaChinukh 5) is from the roots of this commandment — so as to remember the great miracles which God did for us when He took us out of slavery.


###### Sefer HaChinukh 6:3
[Sefer HaChinukh 6:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sefer%20HaChinukh/r/6:3)

דִּינֵי הַמִּצְוָה, כַּמָּה חַיָּב כָּל אֶחָד לֶאֱכֹל מִמֶּנּוּ לְכָל הַפָּחוֹת, (פסחים סט, א) וְהַנִּמְנִין עָלָיו אֵיךְ יִתְנַהֲגוּ עַד שֶׁיֹּאכְלוּהוּ, שֶׁלֹּא לָצֵאת מִן הַחֲבוּרָה (שם סו, א במשנה) וְשֶׁלֹּא יִשְׁנוּ (שם קכ, א) וְיֶתֶר פְּרָטֶיהָ, מְבֹאָרִים בִּפְסָחִים (הלכות קרבן פסח פרק א').

**Sefer HaChinukh, translated by R. Francis Nataf, Sefaria 2018:**
The laws of this commandment — what is the minimum amount required to be eaten by each person (Pesachim 69a); how he should act before he eats it; that he should not leave his assemblage (Pesachim 66b in the Mishnah); that he should not sleep (Pesachim 120a); and the rest of its details — are [all] explained in *Pesachim*. (See Mishneh Torah, Laws of Paschal Offering 1.)


###### Sefer HaChinukh 6:4
[Sefer HaChinukh 6:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sefer%20HaChinukh/r/6:4)

וְנוֹהֶגֶת בִּזְכָרִים וּבִנְקֵבוֹת, וְהָעוֹבֵר עָלֶיהָ בִּטֵּל עֲשֵׂה. וּכְלָל גָּדוֹל בְּכָל הַתּוֹרָה לְכָל שֶׁאוֹמֵר שֶׁיְּבַטֵּל מִצְוַת עֲשֵׂה שֶׁכּוֹפִין אוֹתוֹ בֵּית דִּין, אִם יֵשׁ כֹּחַ בְּיָדָם, עַד שֶׁיְּקַיְּמֶנָּה. (כתובות פו, א חולין קלב, ב)

**Sefer HaChinukh, translated by R. Francis Nataf, Sefaria 2018:**
And [it] is practiced by males and females. One who transgresses it has negated a positive commandment. An important principle in the entire Torah about anyone who says that he will negate a positive commandment is that he is coerced by the court (a *beit din*) — if they have the power in their hands — until he fulfills it (Ketuvot 86a, Chullin 132b).