Halakhah su Levitico 18:6
אִ֥ישׁ אִישׁ֙ אֶל־כָּל־שְׁאֵ֣ר בְּשָׂר֔וֹ לֹ֥א תִקְרְב֖וּ לְגַלּ֣וֹת עֶרְוָ֑ה אֲנִ֖י יְהוָֽה׃ (ס)
Nessuno di voi si avvicinerà a nessuno che gli sia vicino, per scoprire la loro nudità. Io sono il Signore
Sefer HaChinukh
To not marry one of all the sexual prohibitions: To not indulge [we not indulge] in one of all of the [women forbidden by] sexual prohibitions - and they are the [close] relatives, a married woman and a menstruant - and even without intercourse, such as hugging and kissing and all that is similar to these evil acts that licentious ones, 'that go after vanity and become vanity,' develop expertise about. As it is stated (Leviticus 18:6), "Any man shall not approach any of his own flesh, to reveal nakedness" - and its understanding is as if it stated, "Do not do any approaching, which is what causes and brings a person to reveal nakedness." And so did they, may their memory be blessed expound (Sifra, Achrei Mot, Chapter 13:15, 21), "'Shall not approach to reveal' - I only have not to reveal. From where [do I know] not to approach? [Hence] we learn to say, 'And to a woman in the impurity of her menstruation you shall not approach' (Deuteronomy 18:19). I only have a menstruant with 'do not [approach' and 'do not] reveal.' From where [do I know] for all sexual prohibitions? [Hence] we learn to say, 'do not approach to reveal.'" And there it is said, "'And the souls that do, will be cut off' (Deuteronomy 18:29) - lest you say they will be liable for excision with approaching alone. [Hence] we learn to say, 'that do,' and not 'that approach.'"
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Sefer HaMitzvot
He prohibited us from sexual intercourse with a married woman. And that is His, may He be exalted, saying, "And to the wife of your kinsman do not give your lying for seed to become unclean to her" (Leviticus 18:20). And there are distinctions about the punishment for one that transgresses this negative commandment: And that is that [in a case of] a married woman that was [just] a betrothed maiden, both of them are liable for stoning, as Scripture explained. But if she was fully married: If she was an Israelite and fully married, they are both liable for strangulation. However if she was the daughter of a priest and fully married, her law is [the punishment of] burning, and he - meaning the one who had intercourse [with her] - is [punished] with strangulation. And that is when the testimony is ratified. But if he was inadvertent, he must sacrifice a fixed sin-offering. And the prohibition about this was already repeated with His saying, "you shall not commit adultery" (Exodus 20:13) - meaning to say with this, not to have sexual intercourse with a married woman. And the language of the Mekhilta (Mekhilta d'Rabbi Yishmael 20:13:2) is, "'You shall not commit adultery' - why is it stated? Since it states, 'The adulterer and the adulteress shall be put to death' (Leviticus 20:10), we understand the punishment. From where [do we know] the prohibition? [Hence] we learn to say, 'You shall not commit adultery.' It is the same for the man and for the woman." And this is not like, "And to the wife of your kinsman" - for that is a prohibition that does not include an adulterer and an adulteress, but is a prohibition for the adulterer alone. And likewise with the other sexual prohibitions. It was impossible that they not derive [the prohibition] also for the woman, from His saying, "you (plural) shall not approach to uncover [their] nakedness" (Leviticus 18:6): "Behold there are two (it is plural)! To prohibit a man with a woman and a woman with a man" (Sifra, Acharei Mot, Chapter 13:1). And in the Gemara, Sanhedrin (Sanhedrin 51b), they said, "All [adulterers] were included in, 'The adulterer and the adulteress.' Scripture singled out the daughter of a priest for burning, and the betrothed maiden for stoning." And the explanation of this matter has already been discussed in the introduction to this essay.
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