## Sefer HaMitzvot, Negative Commandments

###### Sefer HaMitzvot, Negative Commandments 175:1
[Sefer HaMitzvot, Negative Commandments 175:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sefer%20HaMitzvot/s/Negative%20Commandments/r/175:1)

הזהירנו מלאכול שרץ העוף. והוא אמרו יתעלה במשנה תורה כל שרץ העוף וגו'. ולשון ספרי כל שרץ העוף הוא מצות לא תעשה. ומי שאכל מהם לוקה. (ראה, שם):

**Sefaria Edition 2021, Translated by Rabbi Francis Nataf:**
He prohibited us from eating winged swarming things. And that is His, may He be exalted, saying in Mishneh Torah (Deuteronomy), "All winged swarming things, etc." (Deuteronomy 14:19). And the language of the Sifrei is, "'All winged swarming things' - that is a negative commandment." And one who eats of them is lashed. (See Parashat Shemini; Mishneh Torah, Forbidden Foods 2.)