# 252 – Negative Mitzvah 252 - Not to wrong a convert with words – 252 - המצווה הרנ"ב - האזהרה שגם הוזהרנו מלהונות את הגר בדברים

From **Sefer Hamitzvos Daily study - Rabbi Chaim Wolosow** by R Chaim Wolosow.

- **Published:** Sat, 31 Oct 2026 00:00:30 +0000
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This mitzvah is the prohibition against wronging a convert with words, from "You shall not wrong a convert" (Shemos 22:20), repeated in Vayikra 19:33. The Sifra explains: one may not say to him, "Yesterday you worshipped idols, and now you have come under the wings of the Shechinah."

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