Eikev 7:26 · unit 2

Parashas Eikev · Passuk 7:26

The Complete Passuk

וְלֹא־תָבִ֤יא תֽוֹעֵבָה֙ אֶל־בֵּיתֶ֔ךָ וְהָיִ֥יתָ חֵ֖רֶם כָּמֹ֑הוּ שַׁקֵּ֧ץ ׀ תְּשַׁקְּצֶ֛נּוּ וְתַעֵ֥ב ׀ תְּֽתַעֲבֶ֖נּוּ כִּי־חֵ֥רֶם הֽוּא׃ {פ}

You must not bring an abhorrent thing into your house, or you will be proscribed like it; you must reject it as abominable and abhorrent, for it is proscribed.

Chabad / Judaica Press

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Makkot 22b.

TT lemma: ולא תביא תועבה (unit 2 of 7).

Sefaria — Makkot 22b

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
ולא תביא תועבה. המבשל בעצי אשרה לוקה משום ולא תביא תועבה אל ביתך

English: One who cooks with wood of an asherah is liable to lashes because of “You shall not bring an abomination into your house.”

On the daf / in context: Makkot 22b.

Type of Learning

Custom (halakhic application — asherah wood)

What Is Learned

Using asherah wood for cooking incurs lashes under this prohibition.