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Sefer HaMitzvot, Negative Commandments

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הזהיר שלא למשכן אלמנה בין עניה בין עשירה שנאמר לא תחבול בגד אלמנה. והתבארו משפטי מצוה זו בתשיעי ממציעא. (שם, שם):

Sefaria Edition 2021, Translated by Rabbi Francis Nataf

He prohibited taking collateral from a widow - whether poor or rich - as it is stated (Deuteronomy 24:17), "you shall not take a widow’s garment in pawn." And the regulations of this commandment have already been explained in the ninth [chapter] of [Bava] Metzia. (See Parashat Ki Teitzeh; Mishneh Torah, Creditor and Debtor 3.)