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Negative commandment 183 of 365

Not to eat the sinew of the thigh-vein which shrank

Maimonides

Not to eat the sinew of the thigh-vein which shrank, as it is said, “….the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank” (Gen. 32:33).

Genesis 32:32 · Hebrew 32:33

KJV
Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew that shrank.
ASV
Therefore the children of Israel eat not the sinew of the hip which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew of the hip.
WEB
Therefore the children of Israel don’t eat the sinew of the hip, which is on the hollow of the thigh, to this day, because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew of the hip.
JPS
Therefore the children of Israel eat not the sinew of the thigh-vein which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day; because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh, even in the sinew of the thigh-vein.