613 mitzvot

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Template:Jew 613 mitzvot (or 613 Commandments. Hebrew: תרי"ג מצוות transliterated as Taryag mitzvot; TaRYaG is the acronym for the numeric value of "613".) In Judaism there is a tradition that the Torah (i.e. the "Pentateuch") contains 613 mitzvot (mitzvot in Hebrew means "commandments", from mitzvah - מצוה -- "precept", plural: mitzvot; from צוה, tzavah- "command").

According to the main source, of these 613 commandments, 248 are mitzvot aseh ("positive commandments") and 365 are mitzvot lo taaseh ("negative commandments"). 365 corresponded to the number of days in a solar year and 248 was at that time believed to be the number of bones or significant organs in the human body.

1 Significance of 613
2 Other views
3 Works enumerating the commandments
4 Maimonides' list
5 Non-Jewish Views
6 External links

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Significance of 613

The Talmud (tractate Makkoth 23b) calculates that the numerical value (gematria) of the Hebrew word "Torah" is 611.

The Torah states that Moses transmitted the Torah from God to the Jewish people: "Moses commanded us the Torah as an inheritance for the community of Jacob" (Deuteronomy 33:4). However, there were two commandments which God directed straight at the Jewish people: the first two of the Ten Commandments; these are phrased in the first person.

Many Jewish philosophical and mystical works (e.g. by Baal ha-Turim, the Maharal of Prague and leaders of Hasidic Judaism) find allusions and inspirational calculations relating to the number of commandments. Other works dispute that exactly 613 mitzvot exist.

The tzitzit ("knotted fringes") of the tallit ("[prayer] shawl") are tied to the 613 commands by interpretation: principal Torah commentator Rashi bases the number of knots on a gematria: the word tzitzit (Hebrew: ציצת (Biblical), ציצית, in its Mishnaic spelling) has the value 600. Each tassel has eight threads (when doubled over) and five sets of knots, totalling 13. The sum of all numbers is 613, traditionally the number of mitzvot (commandments) in the Torah. This reflects the concept that donning a garment with tzitzit reminds its wearer of all Torah commandments.

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Other views

The Talmudic source is not without dissent. Apart from Rabbi Simlai, to whom the number 613 is attributed, other classical sages who hold this view include Rabbi Simeon ben Azzai (Sifre, Deuteronomy 76) and Rabbi Eleazar ben Yose the Galilean (Midrash Aggadah to Genesis 15:1). It is quoted in Midrash Exodus Rabbah 33:7, Numbers Rabbah 13:15–16; 18:21 and Talmud Yevamot 47b.

However, some held that this count was not an authentic tradition, or that it was not logically possible to come up with a systematic count. This is possibly why no early work of Jewish law or Biblical commentary depended on this system, and no early systems of Jewish principles of faith made acceptance of this Aggadah (non-legal Talmudic statement) normative. The classical Biblical commentator and grammarian Rabbi Abraham ibn Ezra denied that this was an authentic rabbinic tradition. Ibn Ezra writes "Some sages enumerate 613 mitzvot in many diverse ways [...] but in truth there is no end to the number of mitzvot [...] and if we were to count only the root principles [...] the number of mitzvot would not reach 613" (Yesod Mora, Chapter 2).

Nahmanides held that this counting was the matter of a dispute, and that rabbinic opinion on this is not unanimous. Despite this, he states that "this total has proliferated throughout the aggadic literature... we ought to say that it was a tradition from Moses at Mount Sinai" (Nahmanides, Commentary to Maimonides' Sefer Hamitzvot'', Root Principle 1).

Rabbi Simeon ben Tzemah Duran states that "perhaps the agreement that the number of mitzvot is 613... is just Rabbi Simlai's opinion, following his own explication of the mitzvot. And we need not rely on his explication when we come to determine the law, but rather on the Talmudic discussions" (Zohar Harakia, Lviv, 1858, p.99).

Rabbis who attempted to compile a list of the 613 commandments faced a number of difficulties, being:

Which statements were to be counted as commandments? Every command by God to any individual? Only commandments to the entire people of Israel?
Would an order from God be counted as a commandment, for the purposes of such a list, if it could only be complied with in one place and time? Or, would such an order only count as a commandment if it could - at least in theory - be followed at all times? (The latter is the view of Maimonides.)
How does one count commandments in a single verse which offers multiple prohibitions? Should each prohibition count as a single commandment, or does the entire set count as one commandment?

In Torah Min Hashamayim ("Heavenly Torah"), Conservative Judaism's Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel writes:

Judah ibn Bal'am denigrates those who number the mitzvot, and who attempt "to force their count to equal 613." In his opinion, this is impossible, for if we were to count all of the mitzvot, including those that were temporary commandments and those that were intended to endure, the number would be far greater than 613. "And if we confined ourselves only to those that endure, we would find fewer than this number." (Behinat Hamitzvot Rabbi Yehiel Mikhel Gutmann, Breslau, 1928, p.26)

Despite these misgivings, the idea that there are 613 commandments became accepted as normative in the Jewish community. Today, even among those who do not literally accept this count as accurate, it is still a common practice to refer to the total system of commandments within the Torah as the "613 commandments".

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Works enumerating the commandments

In practice there is no one definitive list that explicates the 613 laws. The differences come about because in some places the Torah lists related laws together, so it is difficult to know whether one is dealing with a single law, which lists several cases, or several separate laws; Other "commandments" in the Torah are restricted as one-time acts, and would not be considered as "mitzvot". In rabbinic literature there are a number of works, mainly by the Rishonim, that were composed to determine which commandments belong in this enumeration:

Sefer ha-Mitzvoth ("Book of Commandments") by Rabbi Saadia Gaon. The earliest extant enumaration of the 613 mitzvot. Written during the period of the Geonim, R' Saadia's work is a simple list, though it was (later expanded by R' Yerucham Fishel Perlow).
Sefer Hamitzvot ("Book of Commandments") by Maimonides, with a critical commentary by Nachmanides. Maimonides employs a set of fourteen rules (shorashim) which determine inclusion into the list. In this work, he supports his specification of each Mitzvah through quotations from the midrash halakha and the Gemara. Nachmanides makes a number of critical points and replaces some items of the list with others.
Sefer ha-Chinnuch ("Book of Education"). This work generally follows Maimonides' reckoning of the 613 commandments. It is written in the order in which the commandments appear in the Torah rather than an arrangement by category (as in Maimonides' work). In addition to enumerating the commandments and giving a brief overview of relevant laws, the Sefer ha-Chinuch also tries to explain the philosophical reasons behind the mitzvot. It has been attributed to various authors, most commonly Rabbi Aaron ha-Levi of Barcelona (the Ra'ah), though its true authorship is unknown.
Sefer ha-Mitzvoth ha-Gadol ("Large book of Commandments") by Rabbi Moses ben Jacob of Coucy;
Sefer ha-Mitzvoth ha-Katan ("Small book of Commandments") by Rabbi Isaac of Corbeil. This work was written in the form of a poem, divided into seven sections and intended to be read each week. While Rabbi Isaac's work is fairly short, most editions contain lengthy commentaries.
Sefer Yere'im ("Book of the [God-]fearing") by Rabbi Eliezer of Metz (not a clear enumeration);
Sefer ha-Mitzvoth by Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan (the "Chafetz Chaim"). The Chafetz Chaim's work follows the reckoning of Maimonides but gives only the commandments relevant today (ignoring commandments regarding temple service, ritual purity, etc.) Though the original included only those commandments relevant in all places and at all times, later editions included agricultural laws relevant today only in the land of Israel.

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Maimonides' list

The 613 commandments and their source in scripture, as enumerated by Maimonides:

To know there is a G-d Template:Bibleverse
Not to entertain thoughts of other gods besides Him Template:Bibleverse
To know that He is one Template:Bibleverse
To love Him Template:Bibleverse
To fear Him Template:Bibleverse
To sanctify His Name Template:Bibleverse
Not to profane His Name Template:Bibleverse
Not to destroy objects associated with His Name Template:Bibleverse
To listen to the prophet speaking in His Name Template:Bibleverse
Not to test the prophet unduly Template:Bibleverse
To emulate His ways Template:Bibleverse
To cleave to those who know Him Template:Bibleverse
To love other Jews Template:Bibleverse
To love converts Template:Bibleverse
Not to hate fellow Jews Template:Bibleverse
To reprove a sinner Template:Bibleverse
Not to embarrass others Template:Bibleverse
Not to oppress the weak Template:Bibleverse
Not to speak derogatorily of others Template:Bibleverse
Not to take revenge Template:Bibleverse
Not to bear a grudge Template:Bibleverse
To learn Torah Template:Bibleverse
To honor those who teach and know Torah Template:Bibleverse
Not to inquire into idolatry Template:Bibleverse
Not to follow the whims of your heart or what your eyes see Template:Bibleverse
Not to blaspheme Template:Bibleverse
Not to worship idols in the manner they are worshiped Template:Bibleverse
Not to worship idols in the four ways we worship God Template:Bibleverse
Not to make an idol for yourself Template:Bibleverse
Not to make an idol for others Template:Bibleverse
Not to make human forms even for decorative purposes Template:Bibleverse
Not to turn a city to idolatry Template:Bibleverse
To burn a city that has turned to idol worship Template:Bibleverse
Not to rebuild it as a city Template:Bibleverse
Not to derive benefit from it Template:Bibleverse
Not to missionize an individual to idol worship Template:Bibleverse
Not to love the missionary Template:Bibleverse
Not to cease hating the missionary Template:Bibleverse
Not to save the missionary Template:Bibleverse
Not to say anything in his defense Template:Bibleverse
Not to refrain from incriminating him Template:Bibleverse
Not to prophesize in the name of idolatry Template:Bibleverse
Not to listen to a false prophet Template:Bibleverse
Not to prophesize falsely in the name of God Template:Bibleverse
Not to be afraid of killing the false prophet Template:Bibleverse
Not to swear in the name of an idol Template:Bibleverse
Not to perform ov (medium) Template:Bibleverse
Not to perform yidoni ("magical seer") Template:Bibleverse
Not to pass your children through the fire to Molech Template:Bibleverse
Not to erect a column in a public place of worship Template:Bibleverse
Not to bow down on smooth stone Template:Bibleverse
Not to plant a tree in the Temple courtyard Template:Bibleverse
To destroy idols and their accessories Template:Bibleverse
Not to derive benefit from idols and their accessories Template:Bibleverse
Not to derive benefit from ornaments of idols Template:Bibleverse
Not to make a covenant with idolaters Template:Bibleverse
Not to show favor to them Template:Bibleverse
Not to let them dwell in the land of Israel Template:Bibleverse
Not to imitate them in customs and clothing Template:Bibleverse
Not to be superstitious Template:Bibleverse
Not to go into a trance to foresee events, etc. Template:Bibleverse
Not to engage in astrology Template:Bibleverse
Not to mutter incantations Template:Bibleverse
Not to attempt to contact the dead Template:Bibleverse
Not to consult the ov Template:Bibleverse
Not to consult the yidoni Template:Bibleverse
Not to perform acts of magic Template:Bibleverse
Men must not shave the hair off the sides of their head Template:Bibleverse
Men must not shave their beards with a razor Template:Bibleverse
Men must not wear women's clothing Template:Bibleverse
Women must not wear men's clothing Template:Bibleverse
Not to tattoo the skin Template:Bibleverse
Not to tear the skin in mourning Template:Bibleverse
Not to make a bald spot in mourning Template:Bibleverse
To repent and confess wrongdoings Template:Bibleverse
To say the Shema twice daily Template:Bibleverse
To serve the Almighty with prayer daily Template:Bibleverse
The Kohanim must bless the Jewish nation daily Template:Bibleverse
To wear tefillin (phylacteries) on the head Template:Bibleverse
To bind tefillin on the arm Template:Bibleverse
To put a mezuzah on each door post Template:Bibleverse
Each male must write a Torah scroll Template:Bibleverse
The king must have a separate Sefer Torah for himself Template:Bibleverse
To have tzitzit on four-cornered garments Template:Bibleverse
To bless the Almighty after eating Template:Bibleverse
To circumcise all males on the eighth day after their birth Template:Bibleverse
To rest on the seventh day Template:Bibleverse
Not to do prohibited labor on the seventh day Template:Bibleverse
The court must not inflict punishment on Shabbat Template:Bibleverse
Not to walk outside the city boundary on Shabbat Template:Bibleverse
To sanctify the day with Kiddush and Havdalah Template:Bibleverse
To rest from prohibited labor Template:Bibleverse
Not to do prohibited labor on Yom Kippur Template:Bibleverse
To afflict yourself on Yom Kippur Template:Bibleverse
Not to eat or drink on Yom Kippur Template:Bibleverse
To rest on the first day of Passover Template:Bibleverse
Not to do prohibited labor on the first day of Passover Template:Bibleverse
To rest on the seventh day of Passover Template:Bibleverse
Not to do prohibited labor on the seventh day of Passover Template:Bibleverse
To rest on Shavuot Template:Bibleverse
Not to do prohibited labor on Shavuot Template:Bibleverse
To rest on Rosh Hashana Template:Bibleverse
Not to do prohibited labor on Rosh Hashana Template:Bibleverse
To rest on Sukkot Template:Bibleverse
Not to do prohibited labor on Sukkot Template:Bibleverse
To rest on Shmini Atzeret Template:Bibleverse
Not to do prohibited labor on Shmini Atzeret Template:Bibleverse
Not to eat chametz on the afternoon of the 14th day of Nissan Template:Bibleverse
To destroy all chametz on 14th day of Nissan Template:Bibleverse
Not to eat chametz all seven days of Passover Template:Bibleverse
Not to eat mixtures containing chametz all seven days of Passover Template:Bibleverse
Not to see chametz in your domain seven days Template:Bibleverse
Not to find chametz in your domain seven days Template:Bibleverse
To eat matzah on the first night of Passover Template:Bibleverse
To relate the Exodus from Egypt on that night Template:Bibleverse
To hear the Shofar on the first day of Tishrei (Rosh Hashana) Template:Bibleverse
To dwell in a Sukkah for the seven days of Sukkot Template:Bibleverse
To take up a Lulav and Etrog all seven days Template:Bibleverse
Each man must give a half shekel annually Template:Bibleverse
Courts must calculate to determine when a new month begins Template:Bibleverse
To afflict and cry out before God in times of catastrophe Template:Bibleverse
To marry a wife by means of ketubah and kiddushin Template:Bibleverse
Not to have sexual relations with women not thus married Template:Bibleverse
Not to withhold food, clothing, and sexual relations from your wife Template:Bibleverse
To have children with one's wife Template:Bibleverse
To issue a divorce by means of a Get document Template:Bibleverse
A man must not remarry his wife after she has married someone else Template:Bibleverse
To do yibbum (marry the widow of one's childless brother) Template:Bibleverse
To do chalitzah (free the widow of one's childless brother from yibbum) Template:Bibleverse
The widow must not remarry until the ties with her brother-in-law are removed Template:Bibleverse
The court must fine one who sexually seduces a maiden Template:Bibleverse
The rapist must marry the maiden (if she chooses) Template:Bibleverse
He is never allowed to divorce her Template:Bibleverse
The slanderer must remain married to his wife Template:Bibleverse
He must not divorce her Template:Bibleverse
To fulfill the laws of the Sotah Template:Bibleverse
Not to put oil on her meal offering Template:Bibleverse
Not to put frankincense on her meal offering Template:Bibleverse
Not to have sexual relations with your mother Template:Bibleverse
Not to have sexual relations with your father's wife Template:Bibleverse
Not to have sexual relations with your sister Template:Bibleverse
Not to have sexual relations with your father's wife's daughter Template:Bibleverse
Not to have sexual relations with your son's daughter Template:Bibleverse
Not to have sexual relations with your daughter Template:Bibleverse
Not to have sexual relations with your daughter's daughter Template:Bibleverse
Not to have sexual relations with a woman and her daughter Template:Bibleverse
Not to have sexual relations with a woman and her son's daughter Template:Bibleverse
Not to have sexual relations with a woman and her daughter's daughter Template:Bibleverse
Not to have sexual relations with your father's sister Template:Bibleverse
Not to have sexual relations with your mother's sister Template:Bibleverse
Not to have sexual relations with your father's brother's wife Template:Bibleverse
Not to have sexual relations with your son's wife Template:Bibleverse
Not to have sexual relations with your brother's wife Template:Bibleverse
Not to have sexual relations with your wife's sister Template:Bibleverse
A man must not have sexual relations with a beast Template:Bibleverse
A woman must not have sexual relations with a beast Template:Bibleverse
Not to have homosexual sexual relations Template:Bibleverse
Not to have homosexual sexual relations with your father Template:Bibleverse
Not to have homosexual sexual relations with your father's brother Template:Bibleverse
Not to have sexual relations with someone else's wife Template:Bibleverse
Not to have sexual relations with a menstrually impure woman Template:Bibleverse
Not to marry non-Jews Template:Bibleverse
Not to let Moabite and Ammonite males marry into the Jewish people Template:Bibleverse
Don't keep a third-generation Egyptian convert from marrying into the Jewish people Template:Bibleverse
Not to refrain from marrying a third generation Edomite convert Template:Bibleverse
Not to let a mamzer (a child born to a married woman from a sexual relationship she had with any man to whom she was not married) marry into the Jewish people Template:Bibleverse
Not to let a eunuch marry into the Jewish people Template:Bibleverse
Not to offer to God any castrated male animals Template:Bibleverse
The High Priest must not marry a widow Template:Bibleverse
The High Priest must not have sexual relations with a widow even outside of marriage Template:Bibleverse
The High Priest must marry a virgin maiden Template:Bibleverse
A Kohen (priest) must not marry a divorcee Template:Bibleverse
A Kohen must not marry a zonah (a woman who has had a forbidden sexual relationship) Template:Bibleverse
A priest must not marry a chalalah ("a desecrated person") (party to or product of 169-172) Template:Bibleverse
Not to make pleasurable (sexual) contact with any forbidden woman Template:Bibleverse
To examine the signs of animals to distinguish between kosher and non-kosher Template:Bibleverse
To examine the signs of fowl to distinguish between kosher and non-kosher Template:Bibleverse
To examine the signs of fish to distinguish between kosher and non-kosher Template:Bibleverse
To examine the signs of locusts to distinguish between kosher and non-kosher Template:Bibleverse
Not to eat non-kosher animals Template:Bibleverse
Not to eat non-kosher fowl Template:Bibleverse
Not to eat non-kosher fish Template:Bibleverse
Not to eat non-kosher flying insects Template:Bibleverse
Not to eat non-kosher creatures that crawl on land Template:Bibleverse
Not to eat non-kosher maggots Template:Bibleverse
Not to eat worms found in fruit on the ground Template:Bibleverse
Not to eat creatures that live in water other than (kosher) fish Template:Bibleverse
Not to eat the meat of an animal that died without ritual slaughter Template:Bibleverse
Not to benefit from an ox condemned to be stoned Template:Bibleverse
Not to eat meat of an animal that was mortally wounded Template:Bibleverse
Not to eat a limb torn off a living creature Template:Bibleverse
Not to eat blood Template:Bibleverse
Not to eat certain fats of clean animals Template:Bibleverse
Not to eat the sinew of the thigh Template:Bibleverse
Not to eat meat and milk cooked together Template:Bibleverse
Not to cook meat and milk together Template:Bibleverse
Not to eat bread from new grain before the Omer Template:Bibleverse
Not to eat parched grains from new grain before the Omer Template:Bibleverse
Not to eat ripened grains from new grain before the Omer Template:Bibleverse
Not to eat fruit of a tree during its first three years Template:Bibleverse
Not to eat diverse seeds planted in a vineyard Template:Bibleverse
Not to eat untithed fruits Template:Bibleverse
Not to drink wine poured in service to idols Template:Bibleverse
To ritually slaughter an animal before eating it Template:Bibleverse
Not to slaughter an animal and its offspring on the same day Template:Bibleverse
To cover the blood (of a slaughtered beast or fowl) with earth Template:Bibleverse
Not to take the mother bird from her children Template:Bibleverse
To release the mother bird if she was taken from the nest Template:Bibleverse
Not to swear falsely in God's Name Template:Bibleverse
Not to take God's Name in vain Template:Bibleverse
Not to deny possession of something entrusted to you Template:Bibleverse
Not to swear in denial of a monetary claim Template:Bibleverse
To swear in God's Name to confirm the truth when deemed necessary by court Template:Bibleverse
To fulfill what was uttered and to do what was avowed Template:Bibleverse
Not to break oaths or vows Template:Bibleverse
For oaths and vows annulled, there are the laws of annulling vows explicit in the Torah Template:Bibleverse
The Nazir must let his hair grow Template:Bibleverse
He must not cut his hair Template:Bibleverse
He must not drink wine, wine mixtures, or wine vinegar Template:Bibleverse
He must not eat fresh grapes Template:Bibleverse
He must not eat raisins Template:Bibleverse
He must not eat grape seeds Template:Bibleverse
He must not eat grape skins Template:Bibleverse
He must not be under the same roof as a corpse Template:Bibleverse
He must not come into contact with the dead Template:Bibleverse
He must shave after bringing sacrifices upon completion of his Nazirite period Template:Bibleverse
To estimate the value of people as determined by the Torah Template:Bibleverse
To estimate the value of consecrated animals Template:Bibleverse
To estimate the value of consecrated houses Template:Bibleverse
To estimate the value of consecrated fields Template:Bibleverse
Carry out the laws of interdicting possessions (cherem) Template:Bibleverse
Not to sell the cherem Template:Bibleverse
Not to redeem the cherem Template:Bibleverse
Not to plant diverse seeds together Template:Bibleverse
Not to plant grains or greens in a vineyard Template:Bibleverse
Not to crossbreed animals Template:Bibleverse
Not to work different animals together Template:Bibleverse
Not to wear shatnez, a cloth woven of wool and linen Template:Bibleverse
To leave a corner of the field uncut for the poor Template:Bibleverse
Not to reap that corner Template:Bibleverse
To leave gleanings Template:Bibleverse
Not to gather the gleanings Template:Bibleverse
To leave the gleanings of a vineyard Template:Bibleverse
Not to gather the gleanings of a vineyard Template:Bibleverse
To leave the unformed clusters of grapes Template:Bibleverse
Not to pick the unformed clusters of grapes Template:Bibleverse
To leave the forgotten sheaves in the field Template:Bibleverse
Not to retrieve them Template:Bibleverse
To separate the tithe for the poor Template:Bibleverse
To give charity Template:Bibleverse
Not to withhold charity from the poor Template:Bibleverse
To set aside Terumah Gedolah (tithe for the Kohen) Template:Bibleverse
The Levite must set aside a tenth of his tithe Template:Bibleverse
Not to preface one tithe to the next, but separate them in their proper order Template:Bibleverse
A non-Kohen must not eat Terumah Template:Bibleverse
A hired worker or a Jewish bondsman of a Kohen must not eat Terumah Template:Bibleverse
An uncircumcised Kohen must not eat Terumah Template:Bibleverse
An impure Kohen must not eat Terumah Template:Bibleverse
A chalalah must not eat Terumah Template:Bibleverse
To set aside Ma'aser (tithe) each planting year and give it to a Levite Template:Bibleverse
To set aside the second tithe (Ma'aser Sheni) Template:Bibleverse
Not to spend its redemption money on anything but food, drink, or ointment Template:Bibleverse
Not to eat Ma'aser Sheni while impure Template:Bibleverse
A mourner on the first day after death must not eat Ma'aser Sheni Template:Bibleverse
Not to eat Ma'aser Sheni grains outside Jerusalem Template:Bibleverse
Not to eat Ma'aser Sheni wine products outside Jerusalem Template:Bibleverse
Not to eat Ma'aser Sheni oil outside Jerusalem Template:Bibleverse
The fourth year crops must be totally for holy purposes like Ma'aser Sheni Template:Bibleverse
To read the confession of tithes every fourth and seventh year Template:Bibleverse
To set aside the first fruits and bring them to the Temple Template:Bibleverse
The Kohanim must not eat the first fruits outside Jerusalem Template:Bibleverse
To read the Torah portion pertaining to their presentation Template:Bibleverse
To set aside a portion of dough for a Kohen Template:Bibleverse
To give the shoulder, two cheeks, and stomach of slaughtered animals to a Kohen Template:Bibleverse
To give the first sheering of sheep to a Kohen Template:Bibleverse
To redeem the firstborn sons and give the money to a Kohen Template:Bibleverse
To redeem the firstborn donkey by giving a lamb to a Kohen Template:Bibleverse
To break the neck of the donkey if the owner does not intend to redeem it Template:Bibleverse
To rest the land during the seventh year by not doing any work which enhances growth Template:Bibleverse
Not to work the land during the seventh year Template:Bibleverse
Not to work with trees to produce fruit during that year Template:Bibleverse
Not to reap crops that grow wild that year in the normal manner Template:Bibleverse
Not to gather grapes which grow wild that year in the normal way Template:Bibleverse
To leave free all produce which grew in that year Template:Bibleverse
To release all loans during the seventh year Template:Bibleverse
Not to pressure or claim from the borrower Template:Bibleverse
Not to refrain from lending immediately before the release of the loans for fear of monetary loss Template:Bibleverse
The Sanhedrin must count seven groups of seven years Template:Bibleverse
The Sanhedrin must sanctify the fiftieth year Template:Bibleverse
To blow the Shofar on the tenth of Tishrei to free the slaves Template:Bibleverse
Not to work the soil during the fiftieth year (Jubilee)Template:Bibleverse
Not to reap in the normal manner that which grows wild in the fiftieth year Template:Bibleverse
Not to pick grapes which grew wild in the normal manner in the fiftieth year Template:Bibleverse
Carry out the laws of sold family properties Template:Bibleverse
Not to sell the land in Israel indefinitely Template:Bibleverse
Carry out the laws of houses in walled cities Template:Bibleverse
The Tribe of Levi must not be given a portion of the land in Israel, rather they are given cities to dwell in Template:Bibleverse
The Levites must not take a share in the spoils of war Template:Bibleverse
To give the Levites cities to inhabit and their surrounding fields Template:Bibleverse
Not to sell the fields but they shall remain the Levites' before and after the Jubilee year Template:Bibleverse
To build a Sanctuary Template:Bibleverse
Not to build the altar with stones hewn by metal Template:Bibleverse
Not to climb steps to the altar Template:Bibleverse
To show reverence to the Temple Template:Bibleverse
To guard the Temple area Template:Bibleverse
Not to leave the Temple unguarded Template:Bibleverse
To prepare the anointing oil Template:Bibleverse
Not to reproduce the anointing oil Template:Bibleverse
Not to anoint with anointing oil Template:Bibleverse
Not to reproduce the incense formula Template:Bibleverse
Not to burn anything on the Golden Altar besides incense Template:Bibleverse
The Levites must transport the ark on their shoulders Template:Bibleverse
Not to remove the staves from the ark Template:Bibleverse
The Levites must work in the Temple Template:Bibleverse
No Levite must do another's work of either a Kohen or a Levite Template:Bibleverse
To dedicate the Kohen for service Template:Bibleverse
The work of the Kohanim 's shifts must be equal during holidays Template:Bibleverse
The Kohanim must wear their priestly garments during service Template:Bibleverse
Not to tear the priestly garments Template:Bibleverse
The Kohen Gadol 's breastplate must not be loosened from the Efod Template:Bibleverse
A Kohen must not enter the Temple intoxicated Template:Bibleverse
A Kohen must not enter the Temple with long hair Template:Bibleverse
A Kohen must not enter the Temple with torn clothes Template:Bibleverse
A Kohen must not enter the Temple indiscriminately Template:Bibleverse
A Kohen must not leave the Temple during service Template:Bibleverse
To send the impure from the Temple Template:Bibleverse
Impure people must not enter the Temple Template:Bibleverse
Impure people must not enter the Temple Mount area Template:Bibleverse
Impure Kohanim must not do service in the temple Template:Bibleverse
An impure Kohen, following immersion, must wait until after sundown before returning to service Template:Bibleverse
A Kohen must wash his hands and feet before service Template:Bibleverse
A Kohen with a physical blemish must not enter the sanctuary or approach the altar Template:Bibleverse
A Kohen with a physical blemish must not serve Template:Bibleverse
A Kohen with a temporary blemish must not serve Template:Bibleverse
One who is not a Kohen must not serve Template:Bibleverse
To offer only unblemished animals Template:Bibleverse
Not to dedicate a blemished animal for the altar Template:Bibleverse
Not to slaughter it Template:Bibleverse
Not to sprinkle its blood Template:Bibleverse
Not to burn its fat Template:Bibleverse
Not to offer a temporarily blemished animal Template:Bibleverse
Not to sacrifice blemished animals even if offered by non-Jews Template:Bibleverse
Not to inflict wounds upon dedicated animals Template:Bibleverse
To redeem dedicated animals which have become disqualified Template:Bibleverse
To offer only animals which are at least eight days old Template:Bibleverse
Not to offer animals bought with the wages of a harlot or the animal exchanged for a dog Template:Bibleverse
Not to burn honey or yeast on the altar Template:Bibleverse
To salt all sacrifices Template:Bibleverse
Not to omit the salt from sacrifices Template:Bibleverse
Carry out the procedure of the burnt offering as prescribed in the Torah Template:Bibleverse
Not to eat its meat Template:Bibleverse
Carry out the procedure of the sin offering Template:Bibleverse
Not to eat the meat of the inner sin offering Template:Bibleverse
Not to decapitate a fowl brought as a sin offering Template:Bibleverse
Carry out the procedure of the guilt offering Template:Bibleverse
The Kohanim must eat the sacrificial meat in the Temple Template:Bibleverse
The Kohanim must not eat the meat outside the Temple courtyard Template:Bibleverse
A non-Kohen must not eat sacrificial meat Template:Bibleverse
To follow the procedure of the peace offering Template:Bibleverse
Not to eat the meat of minor sacrifices before sprinkling the blood Template:Bibleverse
To bring meal offerings as prescribed in the Torah Template:Bibleverse
Not to put oil on the meal offerings of wrongdoers Template:Bibleverse
Not to put frankincense on the meal offerings of wrongdoers Template:Bibleverse
Not to eat the meal offering of the High Priest Template:Bibleverse
Not to bake a meal offering as leavened bread Template:Bibleverse
The Kohanim must eat the remains of the meal offerings Template:Bibleverse
To bring all avowed and freewill offerings to the Temple on the first subsequent festival Template:Bibleverse
Not to withhold payment incurred by any vow Template:Bibleverse
To offer all sacrifices in the Temple Template:Bibleverse
To bring all sacrifices from outside Israel to the Temple Template:Bibleverse
Not to slaughter sacrifices outside the courtyard Template:Bibleverse
Not to offer any sacrifices outside the courtyard Template:Bibleverse
To offer two lambs every day Template:Bibleverse
To light a fire on the altar every day Template:Bibleverse
Not to extinguish this fire Template:Bibleverse
To remove the ashes from the altar every day Template:Bibleverse
To burn incense every day Template:Bibleverse
To light the Menorah every day Template:Bibleverse
The Kohen Gadol ("High Priest") must bring a meal offering every day Template:Bibleverse
To bring two additional lambs as burnt offerings on Shabbat Template:Bibleverse
To make the show bread Template:Bibleverse
To bring additional offerings on Rosh Chodesh (" The New Month") Template:Bibleverse
To bring additional offerings on Passover Template:Bibleverse
To offer the wave offering from the meal of the new wheat Template:Bibleverse
Each man must count the Omer - seven weeks from the day the new wheat offering was brought Template:Bibleverse
To bring additional offerings on Shavuot Template:Bibleverse
To bring two leaves to accompany the above sacrifice Template:Bibleverse
To bring additional offerings on Rosh Hashana Template:Bibleverse
To bring additional offerings on Yom Kippur Template:Bibleverse
To bring additional offerings on Sukkot Template:Bibleverse
To bring additional offerings on Shmini Atzeret Template:Bibleverse
Not to eat sacrifices which have become unfit or blemished Template:Bibleverse.3
Not to eat from sacrifices offered with improper intentions Template:Bibleverse
Not to leave sacrifices past the time allowed for eating them Template:Bibleverse
Not to eat from that which was left over Template:Bibleverse
Not to eat from sacrifices which became impure Template:Bibleverse
An impure person must not eat from sacrifices Template:Bibleverse
To burn the leftover sacrifices Template:Bibleverse
To burn all impure sacrifices Template:Bibleverse
To follow the procedure of Yom Kippur in the sequence prescribed in Parshah Acharei Mot ("After the death of Aaron's sons...") Template:Bibleverse
One who profaned property must repay what he profaned plus a fifth and bring a sacrifice Template:Bibleverse
Not to work consecrated animals Template:Bibleverse
Not to shear the fleece of consecrated animals Template:Bibleverse
To slaughter the paschal sacrifice at the specified time Template:Bibleverse
Not to slaughter it while in possession of leaven Template:Bibleverse
Not to leave the fat overnight Template:Bibleverse
To slaughter the second Paschal Lamb Template:Bibleverse
To eat the Paschal Lamb with matzah and Marror on the night of the fourteenth of Nissan Template:Bibleverse
To eat the second Paschal Lamb on the night of the 15th of Iyar Template:Bibleverse
Not to eat the paschal meat raw or boiled Template:Bibleverse
Not to take the paschal meat from the confines of the group Template:Bibleverse
An apostate must not eat from it Template:Bibleverse
A permanent or temporary hired worker must not eat from it Template:Bibleverse
An uncircumcised male must not eat from it Template:Bibleverse
Not to break any bones from the paschal offering Template:Bibleverse
Not to break any bones from the second paschal offering Template:Bibleverse
Not to leave any meat from the paschal offering over until morning Template:Bibleverse
Not to leave the second paschal meat over until morning Template:Bibleverse
Not to leave the meat of the holiday offering of the 14th until the 16th Template:Bibleverse
To be seen at the Temple on Passover, Shavuot, and Sukkot Template:Bibleverse
To celebrate on these three Festivals (bring a peace offering) Template:Bibleverse
To rejoice on these three Festivals (bring a peace offering) Template:Bibleverse
Not to appear at the Temple without offerings Template:Bibleverse
Not to refrain from rejoicing with, and giving gifts to, the Levites Template:Bibleverse
To assemble all the people on the Sukkot following the seventh year Template:Bibleverse
To set aside the firstborn animals Template:Bibleverse
The Kohanim must not eat unblemished firstborn animals outside Jerusalem Template:Bibleverse
Not to redeem the firstborn Template:Bibleverse
Separate the tithe from animals Template:Bibleverse
Not to redeem the tithe Template:Bibleverse
Every person must bring a sin offering (in the temple) for his transgression Template:Bibleverse
Bring an asham talui (temple offering) when uncertain of guilt Template:Bibleverse
Bring an asham vadai (temple offering) when guilt is ascertained Template:Bibleverse
Bring an oleh v'yored (temple offering) offering (if the person is wealthy, an animal; if poor, a bird or meal offering) Template:Bibleverse
The Sanhedrin must bring an offering (in the Temple) when it rules in error Template:Bibleverse
A woman who had a running (vaginal) issue must bring an offering (in the Temple) after she goes to the Mikveh Template:Bibleverse
A woman who gave birth must bring an offering (in the Temple) after she goes to the Mikveh Template:Bibleverse
A man who had a running (unnatural urinary) issue must bring an offering (in the Temple) after he goes to the Mikveh Template:Bibleverse
A metzora must bring an offering (in the Temple) after going to the Mikveh Template:Bibleverse
Not to substitute another beast for one set apart for sacrifice Template:Bibleverse
The new animal, in addition to the substituted one, retains consecration Template:Bibleverse
Not to change consecrated animals from one type of offering to another Template:Bibleverse
Carry out the laws of impurity of the dead Template:Bibleverse
Carry out the procedure of the Red Heifer (Para Aduma) Template:Bibleverse
Carry out the laws of the sprinkling water Template:Bibleverse
Rule the laws of human tzara'at as prescribed in the Torah Template:Bibleverse
The metzora must not remove his signs of impurity Template:Bibleverse
The metzora must not shave signs of impurity in his hair Template:Bibleverse
The metzora must publicize his condition by tearing his garments, allowing his hair to grow and covering his lips Template:Bibleverse
Carry out the prescribed rules for purifying the metzora Template:Bibleverse
The metzora must shave off all his hair prior to purification Template:Bibleverse
Carry out the laws of tzara'at of clothing Template:Bibleverse
Carry out the laws of tzara'at of houses Template:Bibleverse
Observe the laws of menstrual impurity Template:Bibleverse
Observe the laws of impurity caused by childbirth Template:Bibleverse
Observe the laws of impurity caused by a woman's running issue Template:Bibleverse
Observe the laws of impurity caused by a man's running issue (irregular ejaculation of infected semen) Template:Bibleverse
Observe the laws of impurity caused by a dead beast Template:Bibleverse
Observe the laws of impurity caused by the eight shratzim (insects) Template:Bibleverse
Observe the laws of impurity of a seminal emission (regular ejaculation, with normal semen) Template:Bibleverse
Observe the laws of impurity concerning liquid and solid foods Template:Bibleverse
Every impure person must immerse himself in a Mikveh to become pure Template:Bibleverse
The court must judge the damages incurred by a goring ox Template:Bibleverse
The court must judge the damages incurred by an animal eating Template:Bibleverse
The court must judge the damages incurred by a pit Template:Bibleverse
The court must judge the damages incurred by fire Template:Bibleverse
Not to steal money stealthily Template:Bibleverse
The court must implement punitive measures against the thief Template:Bibleverse
Each individual must ensure that his scales and weights are accurate Template:Bibleverse
Not to commit injustice with scales and weights Template:Bibleverse
Not to possess inaccurate scales and weights even if they are not for use Template:Bibleverse
Not to move a boundary marker to steal someone's property Template:Bibleverse
Not to kidnap Template:Bibleverse
Not to rob openly Template:Bibleverse
Not to withhold wages or fail to repay a debt Template:Bibleverse
Not to covet and scheme to acquire another's possession Template:Bibleverse
Not to desire another's possession Template:Bibleverse
Return the robbed object or its value Template:Bibleverse
Not to ignore a lost object Template:Bibleverse
Return the lost object Template:Bibleverse
The court must implement laws against the one who assaults another or damages another's property Template:Bibleverse
Not to murder Template:Bibleverse
Not to accept monetary restitution to atone for the murderer Template:Bibleverse
The court must send the accidental murderer to a city of refuge Template:Bibleverse
Not to accept monetary restitution instead of being sent to a city of refuge Template:Bibleverse
Not to kill the murderer before he stands trial Template:Bibleverse
Save someone being pursued even by taking the life of the pursuer Template:Bibleverse
Not to pity the pursuer Template:Bibleverse
Not to stand idly by if someone's life is in danger Template:Bibleverse
Designate cities of refuge and prepare routes of access Template:Bibleverse
Break the neck of a calf by the river valley following an unsolved murder Template:Bibleverse
Not to work nor plant that river valley Template:Bibleverse
Not to allow pitfalls and obstacles to remain on your property Template:Bibleverse
Make a guard rail around flat roofs Template:Bibleverse
Not to put a stumbling block before a blind man (nor give harmful advice) (Lifnei iver) Template:Bibleverse
Help another remove the load from a beast which can no longer carry it Template:Bibleverse
Help others load their beast Template:Bibleverse
Not to leave others distraught with their burdens (but to help either load or unload) Template:Bibleverse
Buy and sell according to Torah law Template:Bibleverse
Not to overcharge or underpay for an article Template:Bibleverse
Not to insult or harm anybody with words Template:Bibleverse
Not to cheat a sincere convert monetarily Template:Bibleverse
Not to insult or harm a sincere convert with words Template:Bibleverse
Purchase a Hebrew slave in accordance with the prescribed laws Template:Bibleverse
Not to sell him as a slave is sold Template:Bibleverse
Not to work him oppressively Template:Bibleverse
Not to allow a non-Jew to work him oppressively Template:Bibleverse
Not to have him do menial slave labor Template:Bibleverse
Give him gifts when he goes free Template:Bibleverse
Not to send him away empty-handed Template:Bibleverse
Redeem Jewish maidservants Template:Bibleverse
Betroth the Jewish maidservant Template:Bibleverse
The master must not sell his maidservant Template:Bibleverse
Canaanite slaves must work forever unless injured in one of their limbs Template:Bibleverse
Not to extradite a slave who fled to (Biblical) Israel Template:Bibleverse
Not to wrong a slave who has come to Israel for refuge Template:Bibleverse
The courts must carry out the laws of a hired worker and hired guard Template:Bibleverse
Pay wages on the day they were earned Template:Bibleverse
Not to delay payment of wages past the agreed time Template:Bibleverse
The hired worker may eat from the unharvested crops where he works Template:Bibleverse
The worker must not eat while on hired time Template:Bibleverse
The worker must not take more than he can eat Template:Bibleverse
Not to muzzle an ox while plowing Template:Bibleverse
The courts must carry out the laws of a borrower Template:Bibleverse
The courts must carry out the laws of an unpaid guard Template:Bibleverse
Lend to the poor and destitute Template:Bibleverse
Not to press them for payment if you know they don't have it Template:Bibleverse
Press the idolater for payment Template:Bibleverse
The creditor must not forcibly take collateral Template:Bibleverse
Return the collateral to the debtor when needed Template:Bibleverse
Not to delay its return when needed Template:Bibleverse
Not to demand collateral from a widow Template:Bibleverse
Not to demand as collateral utensils needed for preparing food Template:Bibleverse
Not to lend with interest Template:Bibleverse
Not to borrow with interest Template:Bibleverse
Not to intermediate in an interest loan, guarantee, witness, or write the promissory note Template:Bibleverse
Lend to and borrow from idolaters with interest Template:Bibleverse
The courts must carry out the laws of the plaintiff, admitter, or denier Template:Bibleverse
Carry out the laws of the order of inheritance Template:Bibleverse
Appoint judges Template:Bibleverse
Not to appoint judges who are not familiar with judicial procedure Template:Bibleverse
Decide by majority in case of disagreement Template:Bibleverse
The court must not execute through a majority of one; at least a majority of two is required Template:Bibleverse
A judge who presented an acquittal plea must not present an argument for conviction in capital cases Template:Bibleverse
The courts must carry out the death penalty of stoning Template:Bibleverse
The courts must carry out the death penalty of burning Template:Bibleverse
The courts must carry out the death penalty of the sword Template:Bibleverse
The courts must carry out the death penalty of strangulation Template:Bibleverse
The courts must hang those stoned for blasphemy or idolatry Template:Bibleverse
Bury the executed on the day they are killed Template:Bibleverse
Not to delay burial overnight Template:Bibleverse
The court must not let the sorcerer live Template:Bibleverse
The court must give lashes to the wrongdoer Template:Bibleverse
The court must not exceed the prescribed number of lashes Template:Bibleverse
The court must not kill anybody on circumstantial evidence Template:Bibleverse
The court must not punish anybody who was forced to do a crime Template:Bibleverse
A judge must not pity the murderer or assaulter at the trial Template:Bibleverse
A judge must not have mercy on the poor man at the trial Template:Bibleverse
A judge must not respect the great man at the trial Template:Bibleverse
A judge must not decide unjustly the case of the habitual transgressor Template:Bibleverse
A judge must not pervert justice Template:Bibleverse
A judge must not pervert a case involving a convert or orphan Template:Bibleverse
Judge righteously Template:Bibleverse
The judge must not fear a violent man in judgment Template:Bibleverse
Judges must not accept bribes Template:Bibleverse
Judges must not accept testimony unless both parties are present Template:Bibleverse
Not to curse judges Template:Bibleverse
Not to curse the head of state or leader of the Sanhedrin Template:Bibleverse
Not to curse any upstanding Jew Template:Bibleverse
Anybody who knows evidence must testify in court Template:Bibleverse
Carefully interrogate the witness Template:Bibleverse
A witness must not serve as a judge in capital crimes Template:Bibleverse
Not to accept testimony from a lone witness Template:Bibleverse
Transgressors must not testify Template:Bibleverse
Relatives of the litigants must not testify Template:Bibleverse
Not to testify falsely Template:Bibleverse
Punish the false witnesses as they tried to punish the defendant Template:Bibleverse
Act according to the ruling of the Sanhedrin Template:Bibleverse
Not to deviate from the word of the Sanhedrin Template:Bibleverse
Not to add to the Torah commandments or their oral explanations Template:Bibleverse
Not to diminish from the Torah any commandments, in whole or in part Template:Bibleverse
Not to curse your father and mother Template:Bibleverse
Not to strike your father and mother Template:Bibleverse
Respect your father or mother Template:Bibleverse
Fear your father or mother Template:Bibleverse
Not to be a rebellious son Template:Bibleverse
Mourn for relatives Template:Bibleverse
The High Priest must not defile himself for any relative Template:Bibleverse
The High Priest must not enter under the same roof as a corpse Template:Bibleverse
A Kohen must not defile himself (by going to funerals or cemeteries) for anyone except relatives Template:Bibleverse
Appoint a king from Israel Template:Bibleverse
Not to appoint a convert Template:Bibleverse
The king must not have too many wives Template:Bibleverse
The king must not have too many horses Template:Bibleverse
The king must not have too much silver and gold Template:Bibleverse
Destroy the seven Canaanite nations Template:Bibleverse
Not to let any of them remain alive Template:Bibleverse
Wipe out the descendants of Amalek Template:Bibleverse
Remember what Amalek did to the Jewish people Template:Bibleverse
Not to forget Amalek's atrocities and ambush on our journey from Egypt in the desert Template:Bibleverse
Not to dwell permanently in Egypt Template:Bibleverse
Offer peace terms to the inhabitants of a city while holding siege, and treat them according to the Torah if they accept the terms Template:Bibleverse
Not to offer peace to Ammon and Moab while besieging them Template:Bibleverse
Not to destroy fruit trees even during the siege Template:Bibleverse
Prepare latrines outside the camps Template:Bibleverse
Prepare a shovel for each soldier to dig with Template:Bibleverse
Appoint a priest to speak with the soldiers during the war Template:Bibleverse
He who has taken a wife, built a new home, or planted a vineyard is given a year to rejoice with his possessions Template:Bibleverse
Not to demand from the above any involvement, communal or military Template:Bibleverse
Not to panic and retreat during battle Template:Bibleverse
Keep the laws of the captive woman Template:Bibleverse
Not to sell her into slavery Template:Bibleverse
Not to retain her for servitude after having sexual relations with her Template:Bibleverse