DO NOT EAT UPON THE BLOOD

:(‫ננו‬
ֵ ‫תעו‬
ְ ‫לא‬
ֹ ְ ‫חשו ו‬
ֲ ַ ‫לא תְנ‬
ֹ ) ‫דם‬
ָ ַ‫ה‬-‫על‬
ַ ‫כלו‬
ְ ‫תא‬
ֹ ‫לא‬
ֹ ‫ כו‬,‫ויקרא פרק יט‬
Rashi says many interpretations offered in Sanhedrin 63a (plus many other places).
Source Interpretation of the prohibition Explanation of the verse

Sanhedrin 63a One who eats from an (non-holy) animal

Do not eat with (‫ )עם‬the blood
before it dies (even if already properly
Re’eim (the soul is still alive)
schechted and is going to die)

Sanhedrin 63a Eating a Korban before the blood is thrown

Do not eat the Korban when
on the Mizbeach (while still in the basin
Beer Yitzchak next to (‫ )אצל‬its blood
prior to sprinkling)
Not Mavreh (serve to mourners the first Do not eat for because (‫ )מפני‬of
Sanhedrin 63a
meal after the burial) for murderers blood (of the one that
Rambam executed by Beis Din committed murder)

Sanhedrin 63a Do not eat in a manner that will

Warning not to become a Ben Sorer uMoreh lead to (causing a release of)
Chinuch the blood (a murder)
Bais Din does not eat on the day they kill a Do not eat since (‫( )מאחר‬you
Sanhedrin 63a
murderer are causing for another) blood
Bais Din should judge capital cases in the Do not eat prior to (judging
R’ Bachye
morning capital cases) blood
Berachos 10b Do not eat prior (‫ )קודם‬to
Do not eat prior to praying
Peneach Reya praying for one’s blood (life)
A Tzadik can see good even in a wicked
person who appears to have no positive
qualities. A judge on a capital case must
Klausenberger
fast till they find a way to exonerate a
Rebbe
murderer. Rabbi Tarfon & Rabbi Akiva
said, “If we were in the Sanhedrin, no one
would ever have been killed.”
Chizkuni Do not eat on the grave of an executed person
Mishneh Berurah
Do not eat a set meal prior to praying
O.C. 526
Minchas Belulah Do not overeat
Ramban, Ralbag, Do no eat blood since is involved with
Malbim witchcraft or divining practices
The main part of one’s life is in the blood.
Therefore, the main portion of the name
of man is the word for blood ‫דם‬. Thus,
Do not eat while you are still
R’ Levi from when one prays before the Unique One “
called Dam until you pray
Mezeritch ‫ ”א‬of the world, He adds an alef to his
when you can be Adam
name to become ‫אדם‬. But if does not
pray to HaShem, then one remains only
blood.
 Eating during the week is the service of Do not perform service of
Chassidus birur; prayer reveals the G-dly soul eating until one prays,
enabling proper service of birur revealing the G-dly soul