신명기 10:17 할라카: Mishneh Torah, Prayer and the Priestly Blessing & Mishneh Torah, Negative Mitzvot

Whoever says in his supplications, "He that dealt mercifully with a nest of birds, forbidding the taking of the mother-bird together with the nestlings (Deuteronomy 22:6-7) and the slaughtering of a beast and its young in one day (Leviticus 22:28)—may He have mercy upon us", or offers petitions of a similar character is silenced; for these precepts are divine decrees set forth in Scripture and have not been ordained in a spirit of compassion. Were this the motive, the slaughtering of all animals would have been prohibited. It is also forbidden to multiply epithets and say: "O God, Great, Mighty, Awe-inspiring, Powerful, Puissant", since it is beyond human power to exhaust the praises of God. One should therefore limit himself to the attributes used by Moses, our teacher, Peace be upon him.

Since the days of Ezra it has been the rule that an interpreter shall be present to interpret to the people what the reader is reading in the Torah, so that they may understand the subject-matter. The reader reads one verse only, waits till the interpreter has interpreted it, and then reads the next verse. The reader may not read to the interpreter more than one verse at a time.

Not to exact a pledge from a debtor by force, as it is said, “….thou shalt not go into his house to exact a pledge” (Deut. 24:10).