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Shulchan Arukh, Yoreh De'ah 260
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Yoreh De'ah Siman 260 is a source-text unit from the Shulchan Arukh with 1 seifim. Its reading map separates the practical rule, its conditions and the points that need comparison with the surrounding text.
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Opens “ובו סעיף אחד: מצות עשה לאב למול…”
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<b>ובו סעיף אחד:</b><br>מצות עשה לאב למול את בנו וגדולה מצוה זו משאר מצות עשה:
It is a positive commandment for the father to circumcise is son. And this commandment is greater than all the other positive commandments.
English translation: Shulchan Aruch by Yosef Karo, translated from Hebrew by Wikisource · unknown