Negative Commandment 101 (Digest)
Slaughtering an Animal and its Offspring on the Same Day
"You shall not slaughter it and its child on the same day"—Leviticus 22:28.
It is forbidden to slaughter an animal and its offspring on the same day—even if offered as a sacrifice to G‑d.
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> The 101st prohibition is that we are forbidden from slaughtering an animal and her child on the same day. This applies both to sanctified and non-sanctified animals.
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> The source of this prohibition is G‑d's statement,;) "Do not slaughter an animal and her child on the same day."
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> One who transgressed this prohibition and slaughtered them is punished by lashes.
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> The details of this mitzvah are fully explained in the fifth chapter of tractate Chulin.
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> Footnotes
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> Lev. 22:28.