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*** The 613
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The 248 Positive Commandments or Obligations as arranged in 10 groups or categories. A. Belief in One God and our duties toward Him (Mitzvahs 1-19) 1 . *Believing in One God2. *The Unity of God 3. *The Love of God 4. *The Fear of God 5. Worshipping God 6. Cleaving to God 7. Taking an oath by God's name 8. Walking in God's ways 9. Sanctifying God's name 10. Reading the Shema (not binding on women) 11. Studying the Torah (not binding on women) 12. The Tefillin of the head (not binding on women) 13. The Tefillin of the arm (not binding on women) 14. The Fringes (not binding on women) 15. The Mezuzah 16. The Assembly during the Feast of Tabernacles 17. A King to write a Scroll of Law (Torah) 18. Acquiring a Scroll of Law 19. Grace after meals B. The Sanctuary, Priesthood and Offerings (Mitzvahs 20-95) 20. Building the Sanctuary21. Revering the Sanctuary 22. Guarding the Sanctuary 23. Levitical services in the Sanctuary 24. Duties of the Priests (Sanctifying and washing of the hands and feet) 25. The Priests kindling the lamps 26. The Priests blessing Israel 27. The Showbread 28. Burning the Incense 29. The perpetual fire on the Altar 30. Removing the ashes from the Altar 31. Removing the unclean persons from the Camp of the Divine Presence 32. Honoring the Priests 33. The Priestly Garments 34. The Priests bearing the Ark 35. The Oil of Anointment 36. The Priests ministering in courses (Rotation of weeks) 37. Priests defiling themselves for deceased relatives 38. The High Priest marrying only a virgin 39. The daily Burnt-offering 40. The High Priest's daily Meal-offering 41. The Sabbath Additional Offering 42. The New Moon Additional Offering 43. The Passover Additional Offering 44. The Meal-offering of the new barley 45. The Shevuoth Additional Offering 46. The bringing of two loaves on Shavouth 47. The New Year Additional Offering 48. The tenth day of Tishrei Additional Offering 49. The Service of the Day of Atonement 50. The Feast of Tabernacles Additional Offering 51. The Shemini Atzeret Additional Offering 52. The Three Annual Pilgrimages (not obligatory for women) 53. Appearing before God during the Festivals (also not binding for women) 54. Rejoicing on the Festivals 55. Slaughtering the Passover-offering 56. Eating the Passover-offering 57. Slaughtering the second Passover-offering 58. Eating the second Passover-offering 59. Blowing the trumpets in the Sanctuary 60. Offering cattle of a minimum age 61. Bringing only unblemished offerings 62. Salt being brought with every offering 63. The Burnt-offering 64. The Sin-offering 65. The Guilt-offering 66. The Peace-offering 67. The Meal-offering 68. The Offering of a Court that has erred 69. The Fixed Sin-offering 70. The Suspensive Guilt-offering 71. The Unconditional Guilt-offering 72. The Offering of Higher or Lower Value 73. Making confession 74. Offering brought by a zav 75. Offering brought by a zavah 76. The offering after childbirth 77. The Offering brought by a leper 78. The Tithe of cattle 79. Sanctifying the first-born (not binding for Levites) 80. Redeeming the first-born son (not binding for women) 81. Redeeming the firstling of an ass with a lamb (not binding on Levites) 82. Breaking the neck of the firstling of an ass if not redeemed 83. Bringing due offerings on the first festival 84. All offerings to be brought to the Sanctuary 85. All offerings due from outside the Land of Israel to be brought to the Sanctuary 86. Redeeming blemished offerings 87. Holiness of a substituted offering 88. The Priests eating the residue of the Meal-offerings 89. The Priests eating the meat of Consecrated Offerings 90. Consecrated Offerings that have become unclean to be burnt 91. The remnant of Consecrated Offerings to be burnt 92. The Nazirite to let his hair grow 93. Nazirite obligations on completion of the vow 94. All oral commitments to be fulfilled 95. Revocation of vows C. The Sources of Uncleanness and the modes of Purification (Mitzvahs 96-113)96. Defilement through carcasses of animals 97. Defilement through carcasses of certain creeping creatures 98. Defilement of food and drink 99. The menstruant 100. After childbirth 101. Tzaraas 102. Garments contaminated by tzaraas 103. Houses contaminated by tzaraas 104. The zav 105. Semen 106. The zavah 107. Uncleanness of a corpse 108. Law of the water of sprinkling 109. Immersing in a ritual bath 110. Cleansing from tzaraas 111. A person with tzaraas to shave their head 112. The person with tzaraas to be made distinguishable 113. The ashes of the Red Heifer D. Gifts to the Temple, the poor, The Priests and Levites; the Sabbatical Year and the Jubilee; the preparation of food (Mitzvahs 114-152) 114. Valuation of a person115. Valuation of beasts 116. Valuation of houses 117. Restitution of fields 118. Restitution for sacrilege 119. The fruits of fourth-year plantings 120. Peah for the poor 121. Gleanings for the poor 122. The forgotten sheaf for the poor 123. Defective grape-clusters for the poor 124. Grape-gleanings for the poor 125. First fruits to be brought to the Sanctuary 126. The great heave-offering 127. The first tithe 128. The second tithe 129. The Levites' tithe for the Priests 130. The poor man's tithe 131. The avowal of the Tithe 132. Recital on bringing the first fruits 133. The dough-offering (challah) 134. Renouncing as ownerless produce of the Sabbatical year 135. Resting the land during the Sabbatical year 136. Sanctifying the Jubilee year 137. Blowing the Shofar on the tenth day of Tishrei in the Sabbatical year 138. Reversion of land in the Jubilee year 139. Redemption of property in a walled city 140. Counting the years to the Jubilee 141. Canceling claims in the Sabbatical year 142. Exacting debts from idolaters 143. The Priest's due in the slaughter of every clean animal (not binding on Levites) 144. The first of the fleece to be given to the Priest 145. Devoted things 146. Shechitah (Ritual slaughtering) 147. Covering the blood of slain birds and animals 148. Releasing a dam when taking its nest 149. Searching for prescribed tokens in cattle and animals 150. Searching for the prescribed tokens in birds 151. Searching for the prescribed tokens in grasshoppers 152. Searching for the prescribed tokens in fishes E. The Holy Days and the observances connected with them (Mitzvahs 153-171)153. Determining the New Moon 154. Resting on the Sabbath 155. Proclaiming the sanctity of the Sabbath 156. Removal of Leaven (Passover) 157. Recounting the departure from Egypt 158. Unleavened bread to be eaten on the eve of the fifteenth day of Nissan 159. Resting on the first day of Passover 160. Resting on the seventh day of Passover 161. Counting the Omer (not binding on women) 162. Resting on Shavouth 163. Resting on Rosh Hashanah 164. Fasting on Yom Kippur 165. Resting on Yom Kippur 166. Resting on the first day of Sukkoth 167. Resting on Shemini Atzeret 168. Dwelling in a booth during Sukkoth (not binding on women) 169. Taking a lulav on Sukkoth (not binding on women) 170. Hearing the Shofar on Rosh Hashanah (not binding on women) 171. Giving a half shekel annually F. The proper functioning of the Jewish State (Mitzvahs 172-193) 172. Heeding the Prophets173. Appointing a King 174. Obeying the Great Court (Sanhedrin) 175. Abiding by a majority decision 176. Appointing Judges and Officers of the Court (Sanhedrin and Lower Courts) 177. Treating litigants equally before the law 178. Testifying in Court 179. Inquiring into the testimony of witnesses 180. Condemning witnesses who testify falsely 181. Eglah Arufah (axing the neck of a heifer if an unknown murdered man is found) 182. Establishing Cities of Refuge 183. Assigning cities to the Levites 184. Removing sources of danger from our habitations 185. Destroying all idol worship 186. The Law of the Apostate City 187. The Law of the Seven Nations (of Canaan) 188. The extinction of Amalek 189. Remembering the wicked deeds of Amalek 190. The Law of non-obligatory war 191. Appointing a Priest for war 192. Preparing a place beyond the camp 193. Including a paddle or spike among war implements G. Our duties towards our fellow (Mitzvahs 194-209)194. A robber to restore the stolen article 195. *Charity (Including the ransom of captives) 196. Lavishing gifts on a Hebrew bondman on his freedom 197. Lending money to the poor 198. Interest 199. Restoring a pledge to a needy owner 200. Paying wages on time 201. An employee to be allowed to eat of the produce among which he is working 202. Unloading a tired animal 203. Assisting the owner in lifting up his burden 204. Returning lost property to its owner 205. Rebuking the sinner 206. *Loving our neighbor (The fundamental principle of the Torah) 207. *Loving the stranger 208. The law of weights and measures 209. Honoring scholars and the aged H. The duties attaching to family life (Mitzvahs 210-223) 210. *Honoring parents211. *Respecting parents 212. "Be fruitful and multiply" 213. The law of marriage 214. The bridegroom devoting himself to his wife for one year 215. The law of circumcision 216. The law of Levirate marriage 217. Chalitzah 218. A violator to marry the maiden whom he has violated (With consent) 219. The law of the defamer of a bride 220. The law of the seducer 221. The law of the captive woman 222. The law of divorce 223. The law of the suspected adulteress I. The enforcement of the criminal law (Mitzvahs 224-231) 224. Whipping transgressors of certain Commandments225. The law of manslaughter 226. Transgressors of certain Commandments to be beheaded 227. Transgressors of certain Commandments to be strangled 228. Transgressors of certain Commandments to be put to death by burning 229. Transgressors of certain Commandments to be stoned 230. The bodies of certain transgressors to be hanged after execution 231. The law of burial J. The laws relating to property, real and personal (Mitzvahs 232-248) 232. The law of a Hebrew bondman233. A Hebrew bondmaid to be married by her master or his son 234. Redemption of a Hebrew bondmaid 235. The law of the Canaanite bondman 236. Penalty for inflicting injury 237. The law of injuries caused by an ox 238. The law of injuries caused by a pit 239. The law of theft 240. The law of damage caused by a beast 241. The law of damage by fire 242. The law of an unpaid bailee 243. The law of a paid bailee 244. The law of a borrower 245. The law of buying and selling 246. The law of litigants 247. Saving the life of the pursued 248. The law of inheritance The 613 Mitzvot The 365 Negative Commandments or Prohibitions as arranged in 10 groups or categoriesA. Idolatry and related subjects (Mitzvahs 1- 59) 1. *Believing in, or ascribing any deity to any but God (The very essence of Judaism) 2. *Making images for the purpose of worship3. Making an idol for others to worship 4. Making figures of human beings (This does not apply to painting, etc.) 5. Bowing down to an idol 6. Worshipping idols 7. Handing over some of our offspring to the Molech 8. Practicing the sorcery of the ob 9. Practicing the sorcery of the yidde'oni 10. Studying idolatrous practices 11. Erecting a pillar which people will assemble to honor 12. Making figured stones upon which to prostrate ourselves 13. Planting trees within the Sanctuary 14. Swearing by an idol 15. Summoning people to idolatry 16. Seeking to persuade an Israelite to worship idols 17. Loving the person who seeks to mislead him into idolatry 18. Relaxing one's aversion to the misleader 19. Saving the life of the misleader 20. Pleading for the misleader 21. Suppressing evidence which is unfavorable to the misleader 22. Benefiting from ornaments which have adorned an idol 23. Rebuilding an apostate city 24. Deriving benefit from the property of an apostate city 25. Increasing our wealth from anything connected with idolatry 26. Prophesying in the name of an idol 27. Prophesying falsely 28. Listening to the prophesy of one who prophesies in the name of an idol 29. Having pity on a false prophet 30. Adopting the habits and customs of unbelievers 31. Practicing divination 32. Regulating our conduct by the stars 33. Practicing the art of the soothsayer 34. Practicing sorcery 35. Practicing the art of the charmer 36. Consulting a necromancer who uses the ob 37. Consulting a sorcerer who uses the yidde'oni 38. Seeking information from the dead 39. Women wearing men's clothes or adornments 40. Men wearing women's clothes or adornments 41. Imprinting any marks upon our bodies 42. Wearing a garment of wool and linen 43. Shaving the temples of our heads (not binding on women) 44. Shaving the beard (not binding on women) 45. Making cuttings in our flesh 46. Settling in the land of Egypt 47. Accepting opinions contrary to those in the Torah 48. Making a covenant with the Seven Nations of Canaan 49. Failing to observe the law concerning the Seven Nations 50. *Showing mercy to idolaters (not nations whose religion is derived from the Torah) 51. Suffering idolaters to dwell in our land 52. Intermarrying with the heretics 53. Intermarrying with a male Ammonite or Moabite (no longer in existence) 54. Excluding descendants of Esau 55. Excluding the descendants of Egyptians 56. Offering peace to Ammon or Moab (but not from accepting peace) 57. Destroying fruit trees during a siege 58. Fearing the heretics in time of war 59. Forgetting what Amalek did to us B. Our duties to God, the Sanctuary, and the services therein (Mitzvahs 60-88) 60. Blaspheming the Great Name61. Violating a shebuat bittui (a sworn oath to do or not do something) 62. Swearing a shebuat shav (swearing that which is contrary to the facts known) 63. Profaning the Name of God 64. Testing His promises and warnings 65. Breaking down houses of worship 66. Leaving the body of a criminal hanging overnight after execution 67. Interrupting the watch over the Sanctuary 68. The High Priest entering the Sanctuary at any but the prescribed time 69. A Priest with blemish entering any part of the Sanctuary 70. A Priest with a blemish ministering in the Sanctuary 71. A Priest with a temporary blemish ministering in the Sanctuary 72. The Levites and Priests performing each other's allotted services 73. Entering the Sanctuary or giving a decision on any law of the Torah while drunk 74. A zar ministering in the Sanctuary (non-Kohen) 75. An unclean Priest ministering in the Sanctuary 76. A Priest who is a tevul yom ministering in the Sanctuary (not waiting until sunset) 77. Any unclean person entering any part of the Sanctuary 78. Any unclean person entering the camp of the Levites 79. Building an altar of stones which have been touched by iron 80. Ascending the Altar by steps 81. Extinguishing the Altar fire 82. Bringing any offering except incense on the Golden Altar 83. Making oil like the Oil of Anointment 84. Anointing anyone except the High Priests and Kings with the Oil of Anointment 85. Making incense like that used in the Sanctuary 86. Removing the staves from their rings in the Ark 87. Removing the Breastplate from the Ephod 88. Tearing the edge of the High Priest's robe C. Offerings, Priestly gifts, Priests, Levites, and related subjects (Mitzvahs 89-171) 89. Offering any sacrifice outside the Sanctuary Court90. Slaughtering any of the holy offerings outside the Sanctuary Court 91. Dedicating blemished beasts to be offered upon the Altar 92. Slaughtering blemished beasts for offerings 93. Dashing the blood of blemished beasts upon the Altar 94. Burning any portion of a blemished beast upon the Altar 95. Offering a beast with a temporary blemish 96. Offering blemished offerings of a gentile 97. Causing an offering to become blemished 98. Offering leaven or honey upon the Altar 99. Offering an offering without salt 100. Offering on the Altar the hire of a harlot or the price of a dog 101. Slaughtering the mother and her young on the same day 102. Putting olive oil on the meal-offering of a sinner 103. Bringing frankincense with the meal-offering of a sinner 104. Mingling olive oil with the meal-offering of a suspected adulteress 105. Putting frankincense on the meal-offering of a suspected adulteress 106. Changing a beast that has been consecrated as an offering 107. Changing one holy offering for another 108. Redeeming the firstling of a clean beast 109. Selling the tithe of cattle 110. Selling devoted property 111. Redeeming devoted land without any specific statement of purpose 112. Severing the head of the bird of a sin offering during melikah 113. Doing any work with a dedicated beast 114. Shearing a dedicated beast 115. Slaughtering the Passover offering while leavened bread remains 116. Leaving the fats of the Passover offering overnight 117. Allowing any of the meat of the Passover offering to remain until morning 118. Allowing the meat of the Festival of the 14th of Nissan to remain until the third day 119. Allowing the meat of the Second Passover offering to remain until morning 120. Allowing any of the meat of the Thank-offering to remain until morning 121. Breaking any of the bones of the Passover offering 122. Breaking any of the bones of the Second Passover offering 123. Removing the Passover offering from where it is eaten 124. Baking the residue of a meal-offering with leaven 125. Eating the Passover offering boiled or raw 126. Allowing a ger toshav to eat the Passover offering 127. An uncircumcised person eating the Passover offering 128. Allowing an apostate Israelite to eat the Passover offering 129. An unclean person eating hallowed food 130. Eating meat of consecrated offerings which have become unclean 131. Eating nothar (offerings to be eaten before a certain time) 132. *Eating piggul (an offering rendered unfit through improper intentions or actions) 133. A zar eating terumah (a non-Kohen eating holy things) 134. A Priest's tenant or hired servant eating terumah 135. An uncircumcised Priest eating terumah 136. An unclean Priest eating terumah 137. A chalalah eating holy food (a Priest's daughter married to a non-Kohen, etc.) 138. Eating the meal-offering of a Priest 139. Eating meat of Sin-offerings whose blood has been brought within the Sanctuary 140. Eating invalidated consecrated offerings 141. Eating the unredeemed second tithe of corn outside Jerusalem 142. Consuming the unredeemed second tithe of wine outside Jerusalem 143. Consuming the unredeemed second tithe oil outside Jerusalem 144. Eating an unblemished firstling outside Jerusalem 145. Eating the Sin-offering and the Guilt-offering outside the Sanctuary court 146. Eating the meat of a burnt-offering 147. Eating lesser holy offerings before dashing their blood on the Altar 148. A Priest eating the first-fruits outside Jerusalem 149. A zar eating the most holy offerings 150. Eating unredeemed unclean second tithe, even in Jerusalem 151. Eating the second tithe during mourning 152. Spending the redemption money of the second tithe except on food and drink 153. Eating tevel (produce from which the offering and tithes were not taken) 154. Altering the prescribed order of harvest tithing 155. Delaying payment of vows 156. Appearing on a festival without an offering 157. *Infringing any oral obligation even if undertaken without an oath 158. A Priest marrying a zonah (harlot or profaned woman) 159. A Priest marrying a chalalah (a woman of impaired priestly status) 160. A Priest marrying a divorced woman 161. A High Priest marrying a widow 162. A High Priest having intercourse with a widow 163. A Priest with disheveled hair entering the Sanctuary 164. Priests wearing rent garments entering the Sanctuary 165. Ministering Priests leaving the Sanctuary 166. A common Priest defiling himself for a dead person except those prescribed 167. A High Priest being under one roof with a dead body 168. A High Priest defiling himself for any dead person 169. Levites acquiring a portion in the Land of Israel 170. Levites sharing in the spoil on the conquest of the Land of Israel 171. Tearing out our hair for the dead D. Prohibitions affecting food (Mitzvahs 172-209)172. Eating any unclean animal 173. Eating any unclean fish 174. Eating any unclean fowl 175. Eating any swarming winged insect 176. Eating anything which swarms upon the earth 177. Eating any creeping thing that breeds in decayed matter 178. Eating living creatures that breed in seeds or fruit 179. Eating any swarming thing 180. Eating nevelah (the flesh of an animal that has died of itself) 181. Eating terefah (the flesh of a diseased or injured animal, etc.) 182. Eating a limb of a living creature 183. Eating gid ha-nasheh (the sinew of the thigh vein) 184. Eating blood 185. Eating the fat of a clean animal 186. Cooking meat in milk 187. Eating meat cooked in milk 188. Eating the flesh of a stoned ox 189. Eating bread made from the grain of the new crop 190. Eating roasted grain of the new crop 191. Eating fresh ears of grain 192. Eating orlah (the fruit of young trees during the first three years) 193. Eating kilai ha-kerem (a vineyard planted together with other grains or vegetables) 194. Drinking yain nesech (wine used in connection with idol worship) 195. Eating and drinking to excess 196. Eating on Yom Kippur 197. Eating chametz during Pesach 198. Eating anything containing chametz during Pesach 199. Eating chametz after the middle of the fourteenth of Nissan 200. Chametz being seen in our habitations during Pesach 201. Possessing chametz during Pesach 202. A Nazirite drinking wine 203. A Nazirite eating fresh grapes 204. A Nazirite eating dried grapes 205. A Nazirite eating the kernels of grapes 206. A Nazirite eating the husks of grapes 207. A Nazirite rending himself unclean for the dead 208. A Nazirite rending himself unclean by entering a house containing a corpse 209. A Nazirite shaving E. Cultivation of the land (Mitzvahs 210-228) 210. Reaping all the harvest 211. Gathering ears of corn that fell during the harvest 212. Gathering the whole produce of the vineyard at vintage time 213. Gathering single fallen grapes during the harvest 214. Returning for a forgotten sheaf 215. Sowing kilayim (sowing different kinds of seed in the Land of Israel, etc.) 216. Sowing grain or vegetables in a vineyard 217. Mating animals of different species 218. Working with two different kinds of animals together 219. Preventing a beast from eating of the produce amidst which it is working 220. Cultivating the soil in the seventh year 221. Pruning trees in the seventh year 222. Reaping a self-grown plant in the seventh year as in an ordinary year 223. Gathering a self-grown fruit in the seventh year as in an ordinary year 224. Cultivating the soil in the Jubilee year 225. Reaping the aftergrowths of the Jubilee year as in an ordinary year 226. Gathering fruit in the Jubilee year as in an ordinary year 227. Selling our holdings in Israel in perpetuity 228. Selling the open lands of the Levite F. Our duties towards ourselves, the poor and towards employees (Mitzvahs 229-270)229. Forsaking the Levites 230. Demanding payment for debts after the Sabbatical year 231. Withholding a loan to be cancelled by the Sabbatical year 232. Failing to give charity to our needy brethren 233. Sending away a Hebrew bondman empty-handed 234. Demanding payment from a debtor known to be unable to pay 235. Lending at interest (from one Jew to another) 236. Borrowing at interest 237. Participating in a loan at interest 238. Oppressing an employee by delaying payment of his wages 239. Taking a pledge from a debtor by force 240. Keeping a needed pledge from its owner 241. Taking a pledge from a widow 242. Taking in pledge food utensils 243. Abducting an Israelite 244. *Stealing money 245. *Committing robbery 246. Fraudulently altering land boundaries 247. Usurping our debts 248. Repudiating our debts 249. Swearing falsely in repudiating a debt 250. Wronging one another in business 251. Wronging one another by speech 252. Wronging a proselyte by speech 253. Wronging a proselyte in business 254. Handing over a fugitive bondman 255. Wronging a fugitive bondman 256. Dealing harshly with fatherless children and widows 257. Employing a Hebrew bondman in degrading tasks 258. Selling a Hebrew bondman by public auction 259. Employing a Hebrew bondman on unnecessary work 260. Allowing the maltreatment of a Hebrew bondman 261. Selling a Hebrew bondmaid 262. Afflicting one's espoused Hebrew bondmaid 263. Selling a captive woman 264. Enslaving a captive woman 265. Planning to acquire another's property 266. Coveting another's belongings 267. A hired laborer eating growing crops 268. A hired laborer consuming excessively 269. Ignoring lost property 270. Leaving a trapped person G. The administration of Justice, the Courts, and similar matters (Mitzvahs 271-319) 271. Cheating in measurements and weights272. Keeping false weights and measures 273. A Judge committing unrighteousness 274. A Judge accepting gifts from litigants 275. A Judge favoring a litigant 276. A Judge being deterred by fear from giving a just judgement 277. A Judge deciding in favor of a poor man through pity 278. A Judge perverting judgement against a person of evil repute 279. A Judge pitying one who has slain a man 280. A Judge perverting the justice due to proselytes or orphans 281. A Judge listening to one of the litigants in the absence of another 282. A Court convicting in a capital case by a majority of one 283. A Judge relying on the opinion of a fellow judge (without investigating it himself) 284. Appointing an unlearned judge 285. Bearing false witness 286. A Judge receiving a wicked man's testimony 287. A Judge receiving testimony from a litigant's relative 288. Convicting on the testimony of a single witness 289. *Killing an innocent human being (including embarrassing them publicly) 290. Capital punishment based on circumstantial evidence 291. A witness acting as an advocate 292. Killing a murderer without a trial 293. Sparing the life of a pursuer 294. Punishing a person for a sin committed under duress 295. Accepting a ransom from one who has committed willful murder 296. Accepting a ransom from one who has committed murder unwittingly 297. Neglecting to save an Israelite in danger of his life 298. Leaving obstacles on public and private domain 299. Giving misleading advice 300. Inflicting excessive corporal punishment 301. *Bearing tales (gossip) 302. *Hating one another 303. *Putting one to shame (slander) 304. *Taking vengeance on one another 305. *Bearing a grudge 306. Taking the entire bird's nest 307. Shaving uncleanness from the skull 308. Cutting or cauterizing signs of leprosy 309. Plowing a valley in which the rite of eglah arufah has been performed 310. Permitting a sorcerer to live 311. Taking a bridegroom away from his home 312. Differing from traditional authorities 313. Adding to the Written or Oral Law 314. Detracting from the Written or Oral Law 315. Cursing a judge 316. Cursing a ruler 317. Cursing an Israelite 318. *Cursing parents 319. * Smiting parents H. The Sabbath and Festivals (Mitzvahs 320-329)320. Working on the Sabbath (39 main categories of prohibited labor) 321. Journeying on the Sabbath 322. Punishing on the Sabbath 323. Working on the first day of Pesach 324. Working on the seventh day of Pesach 325. Working on Shavouth 326. Working on Rosh Hashanah 327. Working on the first day of Sukkoth 328. Working on Shemini Atzeret 329. Working on Yom Kippur I. Forbidden marriage and related subjects (Mitzvahs 330-361) 330. Having intercourse with one's mother331. Having intercourse with one's father's wife 332. Having intercourse with one's sister 333. Having intercourse with the daughter of one's father's wife if she be his sister 334. Having intercourse with one's son's daughter 335. Having intercourse with one's daughter's daughter 336. Having intercourse with one's daughter 337. Having intercourse with a woman and her daughter 338. Having intercourse with a woman and her son's daughter 339. Having intercourse with a woman and her daughter's daughter 340. Having intercourse with one's father's sister 341. Having intercourse with one's mother's sister 342. Having intercourse with the wife of one's father's brother 343. Having intercourse with one's son's wife 344. Having intercourse with a brother's wife 345. Having intercourse with a sister of his wife during the latter's lifetime 346. Having intercourse with a menstruant 347. Having intercourse with another man's wife 348. Men lying with beasts 349. Women lying with beasts 350. A man lying carnally with a male 351. A man lying carnally with his father 352. A man lying carnally with his father's brother 353. Intimacy with a kinswoman (in a way which might lead to forbidden intercourse) 354. A mamzer having intercourse with a Jewess (a child of a forbidden relationship) 355. Having intercourse without marriage 356. Re-marrying one's divorced wife after she has re-married 357. Having intercourse with a woman subject to Levirate marriage 358. Divorcing a woman he has raped and been compelled to marry 359. Divorcing a woman after having falsely brought an evil name upon her 360. A man incapable of procreation marrying a Jewess 361. Castration J. The head of the Jewish State and its officers (Mitzvahs 362-365) 362. Appointing a king not born an Israelite363. A king owning many horses 364. A king taking many wives 365. A king amassing great personal wealth
The 613 Mitzvot according to the "Sefer Ha-Mitzvot" (Book of Mitzvahs) written by Moses ben Maimon also known as Maimonides or "Rambam." His first principle regarding the 613 is that we are not to include in this enumeration mitzvot having only rabbinic authority. The Talmud (Oral Law) explains that "613 Mitzvot were declared unto Moses at Sinai." Therefore it is impossible to add or subtract from these. Only Mitzvot that are binding for all time are included in this list. Please keep in mind that there are other opinions regarding this list of mitzvot. If necessary consult a Rabbi or qualified scholar for a complete explanation of the mitzvot, and the proper method of performance or refrain. Suggested reading includes the "Sefer Ha-Chinuch" or "Book of Education" by Aaron Ha-Levi of Barcelona, Spain, and the "Mishnah Torah" or "Review of the Torah" also by Maimonides. The Seven Noahide Laws 1. Idolatry 2. "Blessing" the Divine Name (Blasphemy) 3. Murder 4. Sexual Transgressions 5. Theft (and Civil Law) 6. Eating from a live animal (includes cruelty to animals) 7. Courts and Legal System (to enforce the first six) Incumbent on all human beings, these Laws were first given to Adam and Eve for all future generations. The sixth Law was given to Noah after the Flood, when humans were then allowed to eat meat.
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