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The following is a brief listing of the 613 commandments, as recorded and classified by Maimonides in the 12th century. This listing is taken from his classic compendium of Jewish law, the "Mishneh Torah," which contains 14 primary "books" or sections. This list should not be used as a source for any practical Halachic ruling. There are differences of opinion over the applicability today of some commandments in this list. Similarly, distinctions must often be made between rabbinically-decreed commandments and those that still have binding force as Torah-law today. In all cases of doubt, a competent rabbinical authority should be consulted. This list is reprinted from the book, "Bible Basics," a user-friendly, illustrated reference guide to the Five Books of Moses. (Published by International Traditions Corporation, Jerome S. Hahn, General Editor.) COMMANDMENT SOURCE BOOK ONE: THE BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE
Fundamentals of Torah:
1 | To know there is a God | Ex. 20:2
2 | Not to entertain thoughts of other gods besides Him
Ex. 20:3
3 | To know that He is one | Deut. 6:4
4 | To love Him | Deut. 6:5
5 | To fear Him | Deut. 10:20
6 | To sanctify His Name | Lev. 22:32
7 | Not to profane His Name | Lev. 22:32
8 | Not to destroy objects associated with His Name | Deut. 12:4
9 | To listen to the prophet speaking in His Name | Deut. 18:15
10 | Not to test the prophet unduly | Deut. 6:16
Laws of Character
11 | To emulate His ways | Deut. 28:9
12 | To cleave to those who know Him | Deut. 10:20
13 | To love Jews | Lev. 19:18
14 | To love converts | Deut. 10:19
15 | Not to hate fellow Jews | Lev. 19:17
16 | To reprove | Lev. 19:17
17 | Not to embarrass others | Lev. 19:17
18 | Not to oppress the weak | Ex. 21:22
19 | Not to speak derogatorily of others | Lev. 19:16
20 | Not to take revenge | Lev. 19:18
21 | Not to bear a grudge | Lev. 19:18
Laws of Torah Study
22 | To learn Torah | Deut. 6:7
23 | To honor those who teach and know Torah | Lev. 19:32
Laws of Idolatry and Paganism
24 | Not to inquire into idolatry | Lev. 19:4
25 | Not to follow the whims of your heart or what your eyes see | Num. 15:39
26 | Not to blaspheme | Ex. 22:27
27 | Not to worship idols in the manner they are worshiped | Ex. 20:5
28 | Not to worship idols in the four ways we worship God | Ex. 20:5
29 | Not to make an idol for yourself | Ex. 20:4
30 | Not to make an idol for others | Lev. 19:4
31 | Not to make human forms even for decorative purposes | Ex. 20:20
32 | Not to turn a city to idolatry | Ex. 23:13
33 | To burn a city that has turned to idol worship | Deut. 13:17
34 | Not to rebuild it as a city | Deut. 13:17
35 | Not to derive benefit from it | Deut. 13:18
36 | Not to missionize an individual to idol worship | Deut. 13:12
37 | Not to love the missionary | Deut. 13:9
38 | Not to cease hating the missionary | Deut. 13:9
39 | Not to save the missionary | Deut. 13:9
40 | Not to say anything in his defense | Deut. 13:9
41 | Not to refrain from incriminating him | Deut. 13:9
42 | Not to prophesize in the name of idolatry | Deut. 13:14
43 | Not to listen to a false prophet | Deut. 13:4
44 | Not to prophesize falsely in the name of God | Deut. 18:20
45 | Not to be afraid of killing the false prophet | Deut. 18:22
46 | Not to swear in the name of an idol | Ex. 23:13
47 | Not to perform ov (medium) | Lev. 19:31
48 | Not to perform yidoni (magical seer) | Lev. 19:31
49 | Not to pass your children through the fire to Molech | Lev. 18:21
50 | Not to erect a column in a public place of worship | Deut. 16:22
51 | Not to bow down on smooth stone | Lev. 26:1
52 | Not to plant a tree in the Temple courtyard | Deut. 16:21
53 | To destroy idols and their accessories | Deut. 12:2
54 | Not to derive benefit from idols and their accessories | Deut. 7:26
55 | Not to derive benefit from ornaments of idols | Deut. 7:25
56 | Not to make a covenant with idolaters | Deut. 7:2
57 | Not to show favor to them | Deut. 7:2
58 | Not to let them dwell in our land | Ex. 23:33
59 | Not to imitate them in customs and clothing | Lev. 20:23
60 | Not to be superstitious | Lev. 19:26
61 | Not to go into a trance to foresee events, etc. | Deut. 18:10
62 | Not to engage in astrology | Lev. 19:26
63 | Not to mutter incantations | Deut. 18:11
64 | Not to attempt to contact the dead | Deut. 18:11
65 | Not to consult the ov | Deut. 18:11
66 | Not to consult the yidoni | Deut. 18:11
67 | Not to perform acts of magic | Deut. 18:10
68 | Men must not shave the hair off the sides of their head | Lev. 19:27
69 | Men must not shave their beards with a razor | Lev. 19:27
70 | Men must not wear women's clothing | Deut. 22:5
71 | Women must not wear men's clothing | Deut. 22:5
72 | Not to tattoo the skin | Lev. 19:28
73 | Not to tear the skin in mourning | Deut. 14:1
74 | Not to make a bald spot in mourning | Deut. 14:1
Laws of Repentance
75 | To repent and confess wrongdoings | Num. 5:7
BOOK TWO: THE BOOK OF LOVE OF GOD
Laws of Reading the Shema
76 | To say the Shema twice daily | Deut. 6:7
Laws of Prayer and Kohanic Blessings
77 | To serve the Almighty with prayer daily | Ex. 23:25
78 | The Kohanim must bless the Jewish nation daily | Num. 6:23
Laws of Tefillin, Mezuza and Sefer Torah
79 | To wear tefillin on the head | Deut. 6:8
80 | To bind tefillin on the arm | Deut. 6:8
81 | To put a mezuzah on each door post | Deut. 6:9
82 | Each male must write a Sefer Torah | Deut. 31:19
83 | The king must have a separate Sefer Torah for himself | Deut. 17:18
Laws of Tzitzit
84 | To have tzitzit on four-cornered garments | Num. 15:38
Laws of Blessings
85 | To bless the Almighty after eating | Deut. 8:10
Laws of Circumcision
86 | To circumcise all males on the eighth day after their birth | Lev. 12:3
BOOK THREE: THE BOOK OF SEASONS
Laws of the Sabbath
87 | To rest on the seventh day | Ex. 23:12
88 | Not to do prohibited labor on the seventh day | Ex. 20:10
89 | The court must not inflict punishment on Shabbat | Ex. 35:3
90 | Not to walk outside the city boundary on Shabbat | Ex. 16:29
91 | To sanctify the day with Kiddush and Havdallah | Ex. 20:8
Laws of Eruvin (Rabbinical)
Laws of Yom Kippur Rest
92 | To rest from prohibited labor | Lev. 23:32
93 | Not to do prohibited labor on Yom Kippur | Lev. 23:32
94 | To afflict yourself on Yom Kippur | Lev. 16:29
95 | Not to eat or drink on Yom Kippur | Lev. 23:29
Laws of Festival Rest
96 | To rest on the first day of Passover | Lev. 23:7
97 | Not to do prohibited labor on the first day of Passover | Lev. 23:8
98 | To rest on the seventh day of Passover | Lev. 23:8
99 | Not to do prohibited labor on the seventh day of Passover | Lev. 23:8
100 | To rest on Shavuot | Lev. 23:21
101 | Not to do prohibited labor on Shavuot | Lev. 23:21
102 | To rest on Rosh Hashana | Lev. 23:24
103 | Not to do prohibited labor on Rosh Hashana | Lev. 23:25
104 | To rest on Sukkot | Lev. 23:35
105 | Not to do prohibited labor on Sukkot | Lev. 23:35
106 | To rest on Shmini Atzeret | Lev. 23:36
107 | Not to do prohibited labor on Shmini Atzeret | Lev. 23:36
Laws of Chometz and Matzah
108 | Not to eat chametz on the afternoon of the 14th day of Nissan | Deut. 16:3
109 | To destroy all chametz on 14th day of Nissan | Ex. 12:15
110 | Not to eat chametz all seven days of Passover | Ex. 13:3
111 | Not to eat mixtures containing chametz all seven days of Passover | Ex. 12:20
112 | Not to see chametz in your domain seven days | Ex. 13:7
113 | Not to find chametz in your domain seven days | Ex. 12:19
114 | To eat matzah on the first night of Passover | Ex. 12:18
115 | To relate the exodus from Egypt on that night | Ex. 13:8
Laws of Shofar, Sukkah, Lulav
116 | To hear the Shofar on the first day of Tishrei (Rosh Hashana) | Num. 29:1
117 | To dwell in a Sukkah for the seven days of Sukkot | Lev. 23:42
118 | To take up a Lulav and Etrog all seven days | Lev. 23:40
Laws of Shekalim
119 | Each man must give a half shekel annually | Ex. 30:13
Laws of Sanctification of Months
120 | Courts must calculate to determine when a new month begins | Ex. 12:2
Laws of Fasts
121 | To afflict and cry out before God in times of catastrophe | Num. 10:9
Laws of Megillah and Chanukah (Rabbinical)
BOOK FOUR: THE BOOK OF WOMEN
Laws of Marriage
122 | To marry a wife by means of ketubah and kiddushin | Deut. 22:13
123 | Not to have relations with women not thus married | Deut. 23:18
124 | Not to withhold food, clothing, and relations from your wife | Ex. 21:10
125 | To have children with one's wife | Gen 1:28
Laws of Divorce
126 | To issue a divorce by means of a "get" document | Deut. 24:1
127 | A man must not remarry his wife after she has married someone else | Deut. 24:4
Laws of Yivum and Chalitzah (Levirate Marriage)
128 | To do yibum (marry childless brother's widow) | Deut. 25:5
129 | To do chalitzah (freeing a widow from yibum) | Deut. 25:9
130 | The widow must not remarry until the ties with her brother-in-law are removed | Deut. 25:5
Laws of Women
131 | The court must fine one who seduces a maiden | Ex. 22:15-16
132 | The rapist must marry the maiden (if she chooses) | Deut. 22:29
133 | He is not allowed to divorce her | Deut. 22:29
134 | The slanderer must remain married to his wife | Deut. 22:19
135 | He must not divorce her | Deut. 22:19
Laws of Sotah (Suspect Wife)
136 | To fulfill the laws of the Sotah | Num. 5:30
137 | Not to put oil on her meal offering | Num. 5:15
138 | Not to put frankincense on her meal offering | Num. 5:15
BOOK FIVE: THE BOOK OF HOLINESS
Laws of Forbidden Relations
139 | Not to have relations with your mother | Lev. 18:7
140 | Not to have relations with your father's wife | Lev. 18:8
141 | Not to have relations with your sister | Lev. 18:9
142 | Not to have relations with your father's wife's daughter | Lev. 18:11
143 | Not to have relations with your son's daughter | Lev. 18:10
144 | Not to have relations with your daughter | Lev. 18:10
145 | Not to have relations with your daughter's daughter | Lev. 18:10
146 | Not to have relations with a woman and her daughter | Lev. 18:17
147 | Not to have relations with a woman and her son's daughter | Lev. 18:17
148 | Not to have relations with a woman and her daughter's daughter | Lev. 18:17
149 | Not to have relations with your father's sister | Lev. 18:12
150 | Not to have relations with your mother's sister | Lev. 18:13
151 | Not to have relations with your father's brother's wife | Lev. 18:14
152 | Not to have relations with your son's wife | Lev. 18:15
153 | Not to have relations with your brother's wife | Lev. 18:16
154 | Not to have relations with your wife's sister | Lev. 18:18
155 | A man must not have relations with a beast | Lev. 18:23
156 | A woman must not have relations with a beast | Lev. 18:23
157 | Not to have homosexual relations | Lev. 18:22
158 | Not to have homosexual relations with your father | Lev. 18:7
159 | Not to have homosexual relations with your father's brother | Lev. 18:14
160 | Not to have relations with a married woman | Lev. 18:20
161 | Not to have relations with a menstrually impure woman | Lev. 18:19
162 | Not to marry non-Jews | Deut. 7:3
163 | Not to let Moabite and Ammonite males marry into the Jewish people | Deut. 23:4
164 | Don't keep a third generation Egyptian convert from marrying into the Jewish people | Deut. 23:8-9
165 | Not to refrain from marrying a third generation Edomite convert | Deut. 23:8-9
166 | Not to let a mamzer marry into the Jewish people | Deut. 23:3
167 | Not to let a eunuch marry into the Jewish people | Deut. 23:2
168 | Not to castrate any male (including animals) | Lev. 22:24
169 | The High Priest must not marry a widow | Lev. 21:14
170 | The High Priest must not have relations with a widow even outside of marriage | Lev. 21:15
171 | The High Priest must marry a virgin maiden | Lev. 21:13
172 | A Kohen must not marry a divorcee | Lev. 21:7
173 | A Kohen must not marry a zonah (a woman who had forbidden relations) | Lev. 21:7
174 | A priest must not marry a chalalah (party to or product of 169-172) | Lev. 21:7
175 | Not to make pleasurable contact with any forbidden woman | Lev. 18:6
Laws of Forbidden Foods
176 | To examine the signs of animals to distinguish between kosher and non-kosher | Lev. 11:2
177 | To examine the signs of fowl to distinguish between kosher and non-kosher | Deut. 14:11
178 | To examine the signs of fish to distinguish between kosher and non-kosher | Lev. 11:9
179 | To examine the signs of locusts to distinguish between kosher and non-kosher | Lev. 11:21
180 | Not to eat non-kosher animals | Lev. 11:4
181 | Not to eat non-kosher fowl | Lev. 11:13
182 | Not to eat non-kosher fish | Lev. 11:11
183 | Not to eat non-kosher flying insects | Deut. 14:19
184 | Not to eat non-kosher creatures that crawl on land | Lev. 11:41
185 | Not to eat non-kosher maggots | Lev. 11:44
186 | Not to eat worms found in fruit on the ground | Lev. 11:42
187 | Not to eat creatures that live in water other than fish | Lev. 11:43
188 | Not to eat the meat of an animal that died without ritual slaughter | Deut. 14:21
189 | Not to benefit from an ox condemned to be stoned | Ex. 21:28
190 | Not to eat meat of an animal that was mortally wounded | Ex. 22:30
191 | Not to eat a limb torn off a living creature | Deut 12:23
192 | Not to eat blood | Lev. 3:17
193 | Not to eat certain fats of clean animals | Lev. 3:17
194 | Not to eat the sinew of the thigh | Gen. 32:33
195 | Not to eat meat and milk cooked together | Ex. 23:19
196 | Not to cook meat and milk together | Ex. 34:26
197 | Not to eat bread from new grain before the Omer | Lev. 23:14
198 | Not to eat parched grains from new grain before the Omer | Lev. 23:14
199 | Not to eat ripened grains from new grain before the Omer | Lev. 23:14
200 | Not to eat fruit of a tree during its first three years | Lev. 19:23
201 | Not to eat diverse seeds planted in a vineyard | Deut. 22:9
202 | Not to eat untithed fruits | Lev. 22:15
203 | Not to drink wine poured in service to idols | Deut. 32:38
Laws of Slaughtering
204 | To ritually slaughter an animal before eating it | Deut. 12:21
205 | Not to slaughter an animal and its offspring on the same day | Lev. 22:28
206 | To cover the blood (of a slaughtered beast or fowl) with earth | Lev. 17:13
207 | Not to take the mother bird from her children | Deut. 22:6
208 | To release the mother bird if she was taken from the nest | Deut. 22:7
BOOK SIX: THE BOOK OF OATHS
Laws of Oaths
209 | Not to swear falsely in God's Name | Lev. 19:12
210 | Not to take God's Name in vain | Ex. 20:7
211 | Not to deny possession of something entrusted to you | Lev. 19:11
212 | Not to swear in denial of a monetary claim | Lev. 19:11
213 | To swear in God's Name to confirm the truth when deemed necessary by court | Deut. 10:20
Laws of Vows
214 | To fulfill what was uttered and to do what was avowed | Deut. 23:24
215 | Not to break oaths or vows | Num. 30:3
216 | For oaths and vows annulled, there are the laws of annulling vows explicit in the Torah | Num. 30:3
Laws of The Nazir
217 | The Nazir must let his hair grow | Num. 6:5
218 | He must not cut his hair | Num. 6:5
219 | He must not drink wine, wine mixtures, or wine vinegar | Num. 6:3
220 | He must not eat fresh grapes | Num. 6:3
221 | He must not eat raisins | Num. 6:3
222 | He must not eat grape seeds | Num. 6:4
223 | He must not eat grape skins | Num. 6:4
224 | He must not be under the same roof as a corpse | Num. 6:6
225 | He must not come into contact with the dead | Num. 6:7
226 | He must shave after bringing sacrifices upon completion of his Nazirite period | Num. 6:9
Laws of Estimated Values and Vows
227 | To estimate the value of people as determined by the Torah | Lev. 27:2
228 | To estimate the value of consecrated animals | Lev. 27:12-13
229 | To estimate the value of consecrated houses | Lev. 27:14
230 | To estimate the value of consecrated fields | Lev. 27:16
231 | Carry out the laws of interdicting possessions (cherem) | Lev. 27:28
232 | Not to sell the cherem | Lev. 27:28
233 | Not to redeem the cherem | Lev. 27:28
BOOK SEVEN: THE BOOK OF SEEDS
Laws of Mixed Species
234 | Not to plant diverse seeds together | Lev. 19:19
235 | Not to plant grains or greens in a vineyard | Deut. 22:9
236 | Not to crossbreed animals | Lev. 19:19
237 | Not to work different animals together | Deut. 22:10
238 | Not to wear sha'atnez, a cloth woven of wool and linen | Deut. 22:11
Laws of Gifts to the Poor
239 | To leave a corner of the field uncut for the poor | Lev. 19:10
240 | Not to reap that corner | Lev. 19:9
241 | To leave gleanings | Lev. 19:9
242 | Not to gather the gleanings | Lev. 19:9
243 | To leave the gleanings of a vineyard | Lev. 19:10
244 | Not to gather the gleanings of a vineyard | Lev. 19:10
245 | To leave the unformed clusters of grapes | Lev. 19:10
246 | Not to pick the unformed clusters of grapes | Lev. 19:10
247 | To leave the forgotten sheaves in the field | Deut. 24:19
248 | Not to retrieve them | Deut. 24:19
249 | To separate the tithe for the poor | Deut. 14:28
250 | To give charity | Deut. 15:8
251 | Not to withhold charity from the poor | Deut. 15:7
252 | To set aside Trumah Gedolah (tithe for the Kohen) | Deut. 18:4
253 | The Levite must set aside a tenth of his tithe | Num. 18:26
254 | Not to preface one tithe to the next, but separate them in their proper order | Ex. 22:28
255 | A non-Kohen must not eat Trumah | Lev. 22:10
256 | A hired worker or a Jewish bondsman of a Kohen must not eat Trumah | Lev. 22:10
257 | An uncircumcised Kohen must not eat Trumah | Ex.12:48
258 | An impure Kohen must not eat Trumah | Lev. 22:4
259 | A chalalah must not eat Trumah | Lev. 22:12
Laws of Ma'aser
260 | To set aside Ma'aser each planting year and give it to a Levite | Num. 18:24
Laws of The Second Tithe and Fourth Year Produce
261 | To set aside the second tithe (Ma'aser Sheni) | Deut. 14:22
262 | Not to spend its redemption money on anything but food, drink, or ointment | Deut. 26:14
263 | Not to eat Ma'aser Sheni while impure | Deut. 26:14
264 | A mourner on the first day after death must not eat Ma'aser Sheni | Deut. 26:14
265 | Not to eat Ma'aser Sheni grains outside Jerusalem | Deut. 12:17
266 | Not to eat Ma'aser Sheni wine products outside Jerusalem | Deut. 12:17
267 | Not to eat Ma'aser Sheni oil outside Jerusalem | Deut. 12:17
268 | The fourth year crops must be totally for holy purposes like Ma'aser Sheni | Lev. 19:24
269 | To read the confession of tithes every fourth and seventh year | Deut. 26:13
Laws of First Fruits and other Kohanic Gifts
270 | To set aside the first fruits and bring them to the Temple | Ex. 23:19
271 | The Kohanim must not eat the first fruits outside Jerusalem | Deut. 12:17
272 | To read the Torah portion pertaining to their presentation | Deut. 26:5
273 | To set aside a portion of dough for a Kohen | Num. 15:20
274 | To give the shoulder, two cheeks, and stomach of slaughtered animals to a Kohen | Deut. 18:3
275 | To give the first sheering of sheep to a Kohen | Deut. 18:4
276 | To redeem the firstborn sons and give the money to a Kohen | Num. 18:15
277 | To redeem the firstborn donkey by giving a lamb to a Kohen | Ex. 13:13
278 | To break the neck of the donkey if the owner does not intend to redeem it | Ex. 13:13
Laws of The Sabbatical and Jubilee Years
279 | To rest the land during the seventh year by not doing any work which enhances growth | Ex. 34:21
280 | Not to work the land during the seventh year | Lev. 25:4
281 | Not to work with trees to produce fruit during that year | Lev. 25:4
282 | Not to reap crops that grow wild that year in the normal manner | Lev. 25:5
283 | Not to gather grapes which grow wild that year in the normal way | Lev. 25:5
284 | To leave free all produce which grew in that year | Ex. 23:11
285 | To release all loans during the seventh year | Deut. 15:2
286 | Not to pressure or claim from the borrower | Deut. 15:2
287 | Not to refrain from lending immediately before the release of the loans for fear of monetary loss | Deut. 15:9
288 | The Sanhedrin must count seven groups of seven years | Lev. 25:8
289 | The Sanhedrin must sanctify the fiftieth year | Lev. 25:10
290 | To blow the Shofar on the tenth of Tishrei to free the slaves | Lev. 25:9
291 | Not to work the soil during the fiftieth year | Lev. 25:11
292 | Not to reap in the normal manner that which grows wild in the fiftieth year | Lev. 25:11
293 | Not to pick grapes which grew wild in the normal manner in the fiftieth year | Lev. 25:11
294 | Carry out the laws of sold family properties | Lev. 25:24
295 | Not to sell the land in Israel indefinitely | Lev. 25:23
296 | Carry out the laws of houses in walled cities | Lev. 25:29
297 | The Tribe of Levi must not be given a portion of the land in Israel, rather they are given cities to dwell in | Deut. 18:1
298 | The Levites must not take a share in the spoils of war | Deut. 18:1
299 | To give the Levites cities to inhabit and their surrounding fields | Num. 35:2
300 | Not to sell the fields but they shall remain the Levites' before and after the Jubilee year | Lev. 25:34
BOOK EIGHT: THE BOOK OF SERVICE
Laws of The Temple
301 | To build a Sanctuary | Ex. 25:8
302 | Not to build the altar with stones hewn by metal | Ex. 20:22
303 | Not to climb steps to the altar | Ex. 20:23
304 | To show reverence to the Temple | Lev. 1930
305 | To guard the Temple area | Num. 18:2
306 | Not to leave the Temple unguarded | Num. 18:5
Laws of Temple Vessels and Employees
307 | To prepare the anointing oil | Ex. 30:31
308 | Not to reproduce the anointing oil | Ex. 30:32
309 | Not to anoint with anointing oil | Ex. 30:32
310 | Not to reproduce the incense formula | Ex. 30:37
311 | Not to burn anything on the Golden Altar besides incense | Ex. 30:9
312 | The Levites must transport the ark on their shoulders | Num. 7:9
313 | Not to remove the staves from the ark | Ex. 25:15
314 | The Levites must work in the Temple | Num. 18:23
315 | No Levite must do another's work of either a Kohen or a Levite | Num. 18:3
316 | To dedicate the Kohen for service | Lev. 21:8
317 | The kohanic work shifts must be equal during holidays | Deut. 18:6-8
318 | The Kohanim must wear their priestly garments during service | Ex. 28:2
319 | Not to tear the priestly garments | Ex. 28:32
320 | The breastplate must not be loosened from the Efode | Ex. 28:28
Laws of Entering the Temple
321 | A Kohen must not enter the Temple intoxicated | Lev. 10:9
322 | A Kohen must not enter the Temple with long hair | Lev. 10:6
323 | A Kohen must not enter the Temple with torn clothes | Lev. 10:6
324 | A Kohen must not enter the Temple indiscriminately | Lev. 16:2
325 | A Kohen must not leave the Temple during service | Lev. 10:7
326 | To send the impure from the Temple | Num. 5:2
327 | Impure people must not enter the Temple | Num. 5:3
328 | Impure people must not enter the Temple Mount area | Deut. 23:11
329 | Impure Kohanim must not do service in the temple | Lev. 22:2
330 | An impure Kohen, following immersion, must wait until after sundown before returning to service | Lev. 22:7
331 | A Kohen must wash his hands and feet before service | Ex. 30:19
332 | A Kohen with a physical blemish must not enter the sanctuary or approach the altar | Lev. 21:23
333 | A Kohen with a physical blemish must not serve | Lev.21:17
334 | A Kohen with a temporary blemish must not serve | Lev. 21:17
335 | One who is not a Kohen must not serve | Num. 18:4
Laws of Restrictions Concerning Sacrifices
336 | To offer only unblemished animals | Lev. 22:21
337 | Not to dedicate a blemished animal for the altar | Lev. 22:20
338 | Not to slaughter it | Lev. 22:22
339 | Not to sprinkle its blood | Lev. 22:24
340 | Not to burn its fat | Lev. 22:22
341 | Not to offer a temporarily blemished animal | Deut. 17:1
342 | Not to sacrifice blemished animals even if offered by non-Jews | Lev. 22:25
343 | Not to inflict wounds upon dedicated animals | Lev. 22:21
344 | To redeem dedicated animals which have become disqualified | Deut. 12:15
345 | To offer only animals which are at least eight days old | Lev. 22:27
346 | Not to offer animals bought with the wages of a harlot or the animal exchanged for a dog | Deut. 23:19
347 | Not to burn honey or yeast on the altar | Lev. 2:11
348 | To salt all sacrifices | Lev. 2:13
349 | Not to omit the salt from sacrifices | Lev. 2:13
Laws of Sacrificial Procedure
350 | Carry out the procedure of the burnt offering as prescribed in the Torah | Lev. 1:3
351 | Not to eat its meat | Deut. 12:17
352 | Carry out the procedure of the sin offering | Lev. 6:18
353 | Not to eat the meat of the inner sin offering | Lev. 6:23
354 | Not to decapitate a fowl brought as a sin offering | Lev. 5:8
355 | Carry out the procedure of the guilt offering | Lev. 7:1
356 | The Kohanim must eat the sacrificial meat in the Temple | Ex. 29:33
357 | The Kohanim must not eat the meat outside the Temple courtyard | Deut. 12:17
358 | A non-Kohen must not eat sacrificial meat | Ex. 29:33
359 | To follow the procedure of the peace offering | Lev. 7:11
360 | Not to eat the meat of minor sacrifices before sprinkling the blood | Deut. 12:17
361 | To bring meal offerings as prescribed in the Torah | Lev. 2:1
362 | Not to put oil on the meal offerings of wrongdoers | Lev. 5:11
363 | Not to put frankincense on the meal offerings of wrongdoers | Lev. 3:11
364 | Not to eat the meal offering of the High Priest | Lev. 6:16
365 | Not to bake a meal offering as leavened bread | Lev. 6:10
366 | The Kohanim must eat the remains of the meal offerings | Lev. 6:9
367 | To bring all avowed and freewill offerings to the Temple on the first subsequent festival | Deut. 12:5-6
368 | Not to withhold payment incurred by any vow | Deut. 23:22
369 | To offer all sacrifices in the Temple | Deut. 12:11
370 | To bring all sacrifices from outside Israel to the Temple | Deut. 12:26
371 | Not to slaughter sacrifices outside the courtyard | Lev. 17:4
372 | Not to offer any sacrifices outside the courtyard | Deut. 12:13
Laws of Constant and Additional Offerings
373 | To offer two lambs every day | Num. 28:3
374 | To light a fire on the altar every day | Lev. 6:6
375 | Not to extinguish this fire | Lev. 6:6
376 | To remove the ashes from the altar every day | Lev. 6:3
377 | To burn incense every day | Ex 30:7
378 | To light the Menorah every day | Ex. 27:21
379 | The Kohen Gadol must bring a meal offering every day | Lev. 6:13
380 | To bring two additional lambs as burnt offerings on Shabbat | Num 28:9
381 | To make the show bread | Ex. 25:30
382 | To bring additional offerings on the New Month | Num. 28:11
383 | To bring additional offerings on Passover | Num. 28:19
384 | To offer the wave offering from the meal of the new wheat | Lev. 23:10
385 | Each man must count the Omer - seven weeks from the day the new wheat offering was brought | Lev. 23:15
386 | To bring additional offerings on Shavuot | Num. 28:26
387 | To bring two leaves to accompany the above sacrifice | Lev. 23:17
388 | To bring additional offerings on Rosh Hashana | Num. 29:2
389 | To bring additional offerings on Yom Kippur | Num. 29:8
390 | To bring additional offerings on Sukkot | Num. 29:13
391 | To bring additional offerings on Shmini Atzeret | Num. 29:35
Laws of Disqualified Offerings
392 | Not to eat sacrifices which have become unfit or blemished | Deut. 14.3
393 | Not to eat from sacrifices offered with improper intentions | Lev. 7:18
394 | Not to leave sacrifices past the time allowed for eating them | Lev. 22:30
395 | Not to eat from that which was left over | Lev. 19:8
396 | Not to eat from sacrifices which became impure | Lev. 7:19
397 | An impure person must not eat from sacrifices | Lev. 7:20
398 | To burn the leftover sacrifices | Lev. 7:17
399 | To burn all impure sacrifices | Lev. 7:19
Laws of Yom Kippur Service
400 | To follow the procedure of Yom Kippur in the sequence prescribed in Parshat Acharei Mot | Lev. 16:3
Laws of Misusing Sanctified Property
401 | One who profaned property must repay what he profaned plus a fifth and bring a sacrifice | Lev. 5:16
402 | Not to work consecrated animals | Deut. 15:19
403 | Not to shear the fleece of consecrated animals | Deut. 15:19
BOOK NINE: THE BOOK OF SACRIFICES
Laws of Pascal Sacrifice
404 | To slaughter the paschal sacrifice at the specified time | Ex. 12:6
405 | Not to slaughter it while in possession of leaven | Ex. 23:18
406 | Not to leave the fat overnight | Ex. 23:18
407 | To slaughter the second paschal lamb | Num. 9:11
408 | To eat the paschal lamb with matzah and Marror on the night of the 15th of Nissan | Ex. 12:8
409 | To eat the second paschal lamb on the night of the 15th of Iyar | Num.9:11
410 | Not to eat the paschal meat raw or boiled | Ex. 12:9
411 | Not to take the paschal meat from the confines of the group | Ex. 12:46
412 | An apostate must not eat from it | Ex.12:43
413 | A permanent or temporary hired worker must not eat from it | Ex. 12:45
414 | An uncircumcised male must not eat from it | Ex. 12:48
415 | Not to break any bones from the paschal offering | Ex. 12:46
416 | Not to break any bones from the second paschal offering | Num. 9:12
417 | Not to leave any meat from the paschal offering over until morning | Ex. 12:10
418 | Not to leave the second paschal meat over until morning | Num. 9:12
419 | Not to leave the meat of the holiday offering of the 14th until the 16th | Deut. 16:4
Laws of Pilgrim Offerings
420 | To be seen at the Temple on Passover, Shavuot, and Sukkot | Deut. 16:16
421 | To celebrate on these three Festivals (bring a peace offering) | Ex. 23:14
422 | To rejoice on these three Festivals (bring a peace offering) | Deut. 16:14
423 | Not to appear at the Temple without offerings | Deut. 16:16
424 | Not to refrain from rejoicing with, and giving gifts to, the Levites | Deut. 12:19
425 | To assemble all the people on the Sukkot following the seventh year | Deut. 31:12
Laws of First Born Animals
426 | To set aside the firstborn animals | Ex. 13:12
427 | The Kohanim must not eat unblemished firstborn animals outside Jerusalem | Deut. 12:17
428 | Not to redeem the firstborn | Num. 18:17
429 | Separate the tithe from animals | Lev. 27:32
430 | Not to redeem the tithe | Lev. 27:33
Laws of Offerings for Unintentional Transgressions
431 | Every person must bring a sin offering for his transgression | Lev. 4:27
432 | Bring an asham talui when uncertain of guilt | Lev. 5:17-18
433 | Bring an asham vadai when guilt is ascertained | Lev. 5:25
434 | Bring an oleh v'yored offering (if the person is wealthy, an animal; if poor, a bird or meal offering) | Lev. 5:7-11
435 | The Sanhedrin must bring an offering when it rules in error | Lev. 4:13
Laws of Lacking Atonement
436 | A woman who had a running issue must bring an offering after she goes to the Mikveh | Lev. 15:28-29
437 | A woman who gave birth must bring an offering after she goes to the Mikveh | Lev. 12:6
438 | A man who had a running issue must bring an offering after he goes to the Mikveh | Lev. 15:13-14
439 | A metzora must bring an offering after going to the Mikveh | Lev. 14:10
Laws of Substitution of Sacrifices
440 | Not to substitute another beast for one set apart for sacrifice | Lev. 27:10
441 | The new animal, in addition to the substituted one, retains consecration | Lev. 27:10
442 | Not to change consecrated animals from one type of offering to another | Lev. 27:26
BOOK TEN: THE BOOK OF PURITY
Laws of Impurity of Human Dead
443 | Carry out the laws of impurity of the dead | Num. 19:14
Laws of The Red Heifer
444 | Carry out the procedure of the Red Heifer | Num. 19:2
445 | Carry out the laws of the sprinkling water | Num. 19:21
Laws of Impurity through Tzara'at
446 | Rule the laws of human tzara'at as prescribed in the Torah | Lev. 13:12
447 | The metzora must not remove his signs of impurity | Deut. 24:8
448 | The metzora must not shave signs of impurity in his hair | Lev. 13:33
449 | The metzora must publicize his condition by tearing his garments, allowing his hair to grow and covering his lips | Lev. 13:45
450 | Carry out the prescribed rules for purifying the metzora | Lev. 14:2
451 | The metzora must shave off all his hair prior to purification | Lev. 14:9
452 | Carry out the laws of tzara'at of clothing | Lev. 13:47
453 | Carry out the laws of tzara'at of houses | Lev. 13:34
Laws of Impurity of Reclining and Sitting
454 | Observe the laws of menstrual impurity | Lev. 15:19
455 | Observe the laws of impurity caused by childbirth | Lev. 12:2
456 | Observe the laws of impurity caused by a woman's running issue | Lev. 15:25
457 | Observe the laws of impurity caused by a man's running issue | Lev. 15:3
Laws of Other Sources of Impurity
458 | Observe the laws of impurity caused by a dead beast | Lev. 11:39
459 | Observe the laws of impurity caused by the eight shratzim | Lev. 11:29
460 | Observe the laws of impurity of a seminal emission | Lev. 15:16
Laws of Impurity of Food
461 | Observe the laws of impurity concerning liquid and solid foods | Lev. 11:34
Laws of Vessels (Rabbinical)
Laws of Mikveh
462 | Every impure person must immerse himself in a Mikveh to become pure | Lev. 15:16
BOOK ELEVEN: THE BOOK OF DAMAGES
Laws of Property Damage
463 | The court must judge the damages incurred by a goring ox | Ex. 21:28
464 | The court must judge the damages incurred by an animal eating | Ex. 22:4
465 | The court must judge the damages incurred by a pit | Ex. 21:33
466 | The court must judge the damages incurred by fire | Ex. 22:5
Laws of Theft
467 | Not to steal money stealthily | Lev. 19:11
468 | The court must implement punitive measures against the thief | Ex. 21:37
469 | Each individual must ensure that his scales and weights are accurate | Lev. 19:36
470 | Not to commit injustice with scales and weights | Lev. 19:35
471 | Not to possess inaccurate scales and weights even if they are not for use | Deut. 25:13
472 | Not to move a boundary marker to steal someone's property | Deut. 19:14
473 | Not to kidnap | Ex. 20:13
Laws of Robbery and Lost Objects
474 | Not to rob openly | Lev. 19:13
475 | Not to withhold wages or fail to repay a debt | Lev. 19:13
476 | Not to covet and scheme to acquire another's possession | Ex. 20:14
477 | Not to desire another's possession | Deut. 5:18
478 | Return the robbed object or its value | Lev. 5:23
479 | Not to ignore a lost object | Deut. 22:3
480 | Return the lost object | Deut. 22:1
481 | The court must implement laws against the one who assaults another or damages another's property | Ex. 21:18
Laws of Murder and Preservation of Life
482 | Not to murder | Ex. 20:13
483 | Not to accept monetary restitution to atone for the murderer | Num. 35:31
484 | The court must send the accidental murderer to a city of refuge | Num. 35:25
485 | Not to accept monetary restitution instead of being sent to a city of refuge | Num. 35:32
486 | Not to kill the murderer before he stands trial | Num. 35:12
487 | Save someone being pursued even by taking the life of the pursuer | Deut. 25112
488 | Not to pity the pursuer | Num. 35:12
489 | Not to stand idly by if someone's life is in danger | Lev. 19:16
490 | Designate cities of refuge and prepare routes of access | Deut. 19:3
491 | Break the neck of a calf by the river valley following an unsolved murder | Deut. 21:4
492 | Not to work nor plant that river valley | Deut. 21:4
493 | Not to allow pitfalls and obstacles to remain on your property | Deut. 22:8
494 | Make a guard rail around flat roofs | Deut. 22:8
495 | Not to put a stumbling block before a blind man (nor give harmful advice) | Lev. 19:14
496 | Help another remove the load from a beast which can no longer carry it | Ex. 23:5
497 | Help others load their beast | Deut. 22:4
498 | Not to leave others distraught with their burdens (but to help either load or unload) | Deut. 22:4
BOOK TWELVE: THE BOOK OF ACQUISITION
Laws of Sales
499 | Buy and sell according to Torah law | Lev. 25:14
500 | Not to overcharge or underpay for an article | Lev. 25:14
501 | Not to insult or harm anybody with words | Lev. 25:17
502 | Not to cheat a sincere convert monetarily | Ex. 22:20
503 | Not to insult or harm a sincere convert with words | Ex. 22:20
Laws of Acquisitions and Gifts (Rabbinical)
Laws of Neighbors (Rabbinical)
Laws of Agents and Partners (Rabbinical)
Laws of Slaves
504 | Purchase a Hebrew slave in accordance with the prescribed laws | Ex. 21:2
505 | Not to sell him as a slave is sold | Lev. 25:42
506 | Not to work him oppressively | Lev. 25:43
507 | Not to allow a non-Jew to work him oppressively | Lev. 25:53
508 | Not to have him do menial slave labor | Lev. 25;39
509 | Give him gifts when he goes free | Deut. 15:14
510 | Not to send him away empty-handed | Deut. 15:13
511 | Redeem Jewish maidservants | Ex. 21:8
512 | Betroth the Jewish maidservant | Ex. 21:8
513 | The master must not sell his maidservant | Ex. 21:8
514 | Canaanite slaves must work forever unless injured in one of their limbs | Lev. 25:46
515 | Not to extradite a slave who fled to Israel | Deut. 23:16
516 | Not to wrong a slave who has come to Israel for refuge | Deut. 23:16
BOOK THIRTEEN: THE BOOK OF JUDGEMENTS
Laws of Hiring
517 | The courts must carry out the laws of a hired worker and hired guard | Ex. 22:9
518 | Pay wages on the day they were earned | Deut. 24:15
519 | Not to delay payment of wages past the agreed time | Lev. 19:13
520 | The hired worker may eat from the unharvested crops where he works | Deut. 23:25
521 | The worker must not eat while on hired time | Deut. 23:26
522 | The worker must not take more than he can eat | Deut. 23:25
523 | Not to muzzle an ox while plowing | Deut. 25:4
Laws of Borrowing and Depositing
524 | The courts must carry out the laws of a borrower | Ex. 22:13
525 | The courts must carry out the laws of an unpaid guard | Ex. 22:6
Laws of Creditor and Debtor
526 | Lend to the poor and destitute | Ex. 22:24
527 | Not to press them for payment if you know they don't have it | Ex. 22:24
528 | Press the idolater for payment | Deut. 15:3
529 | The creditor must not forcibly take collateral | Deut. 24:10
530 | Return the collateral to the debtor when needed | Deut. 24:13
531 | Not to delay its return when needed | Deut. 24:12
532 | Not to demand collateral from a widow | Deut. 24:17
533 | Not to demand as collateral utensils needed for preparing food | Deut. 24:6
534 | Not to lend with interest | Lev.25:37
535 | Not to borrow with interest | Deut. 23:20
536 | Not to intermediate in an interest loan, guarantee, witness, or write the promissory note | Ex. 22:24
537 | Lend to and borrow from idolaters with interest | Deut. 23:21
Laws of Plaintiff and Defendant
538 | The courts must carry out the laws of the plaintiff, admitter, or denier | Ex. 22:8
Laws of Inheritance
539 | Carry out the laws of the order of inheritance | Num. 27:8
BOOK FOURTEEN: THE BOOK OF JUDGES
Laws of Sanhedrin and Punishments
540 | Appoint judges | Deut. 16:18
541 | Not to appoint judges who are not familiar with judicial procedure | Deut. 1:17
542 | Decide by majority in case of disagreement | Ex. 23:2
543 | The court must not execute through a majority of one; at least a majority of two is required | Ex. 23:2
544 | A judge who presented an acquittal plea must not present an argument for conviction in capital cases | Deut. 23:2
545 | The courts must carry out the death penalty of stoning | Deut. 22:24
546 | The courts must carry out the death penalty of burning | Lev. 20:14
547 | The courts must carry out the death penalty of the sword | Ex. 21:20
548 | The courts must carry out the death penalty of strangulation | Lev. 20:10
549 | The courts must hang those stoned for blasphemy or idolatry | Deut. 21:22
550 | Bury the executed on the day they are killed | Deut.21:23
551 | Not to delay burial overnight | Deut. 21:23
552 | The court must not let the sorcerer live | Ex. 22:17
553 | The court must give lashes to the wrongdoer | Ex. 25:2
554 | The court must not exceed the prescribed number of lashes | Deut. 25:3
555 | The court must not kill anybody on circumstantial evidence | Ex. 23:7
556 | The court must not punish anybody who was forced to do a crime | Deut. 22:26
557 | A judge must not pity the murderer or assaulter at the trial | Deut. 19:13
558 | A judge must not have mercy on the poor man at the trial | Lev. 19:15
559 | A judge must not respect the great man at the trial | Lev. 19:15
560 | A judge must not decide unjustly the case of the habitual transgressor | Ex. 23;6
561 | A judge must not pervert justice | Lev. 19:15
562 | A judge must not pervert a case involving a convert or orphan | Deut. 24:17
563 | Judge righteously | Lev. 19:15
564 | The judge must not fear a violent man in judgment | Deut. 1:17
565 | Judges must not accept bribes | Ex. 23:8
566 | Judges must not accept testimony unless both parties are present | Ex. 23:1
567 | Not to curse judges | Ex. 22:27
568 | Not to curse the head of state or leader of the Sanhedrin | Ex. 22:27
569 | Not to curse any upstanding Jew | Lev. 19:14
Laws of Evidence
570 | Anybody who knows evidence must testify in court | Lev. 5:1
571 | Carefully interrogate the witness | Deut. 13:15
572 | A witness must not serve as a judge in capital crimes | Deut. 19:17
573 | Not to accept testimony from a lone witness | Deut. 19:15
574 | Transgressors must not testify | Ex. 23:1
575 | Relatives of the litigants must not testify | Deut. 24:16
576 | Not to testify falsely | Ex. 20:13
577 | Punish the false witnesses as they tried to punish the defendant | Deut. 19:19
Laws of Insurgents
578 | Act according to the ruling of the Sanhedrin | Deut. 17:11
579 | Not to deviate from the word of the Sanhedrin | Deut. 17:11
580 | Not to add to the Torah commandments or their oral explanations | Deut. 13:1
581 | Not to diminish from the Torah any commandments, in whole or in part | Deut. 13:1
582 | Not to curse your father and mother | Ex. 21:17
583 | Not to strike your father and mother | Ex. 21:15
584 | Respect your father or mother | Ex. 20:12
585 | Fear your father or mother | Lev. 19:3
586 | Not to be a rebellious son | Deut. 21:18
Laws of Mourning
587 | Mourn for relatives | Lev. 10:19
588 | The High Priest must not defile himself for any relative | Lev. 21:11
589 | The High Priest must not enter under the same roof as a corpse | Lev. 21:11
590 | A Kohen must not defile himself for anyone except relatives | Lev. 21:1
Laws of Kings and their Wars
591 | Appoint a king from Israel | Deut. 17:15
592 | Not to appoint a convert | Deut. 17:15
593 | The king must not have too many wives | Deut. 17:17
594 | The king must not have too many horses | Deut. 17:16
595 | The king must not have too much silver and gold | Deut. 17:17
596 | Destroy the seven Canaanite nations | Deut. 20:17
597 | Not to let any of them remain alive | Deut. 20:16
598 | Wipe out the descendants of Amalek | Deut. 25:19
599 | Remember what Amalek did to the Jewish people | Deut. 25:17
600 | Not to forget Amalek's atrocities and ambush on our journey from Egypt in the desert | Deut. 25:19
601 | Not to dwell permanently in Egypt | Deut. 17:16
602 | Offer peace terms to the inhabitants of a city while holding siege, and treat them according to the Torah if they accept the terms | Deut. 20:10
603 | Not to offer peace to Ammon and Moab while besieging them | Deut. 23:7
604 | Not to destroy fruit trees even during the siege | Deut. 20:19
605 | Prepare latrines outside the camps | Deut. 23:13
606 | Prepare a shovel for each soldier to dig with | Deut. 23:14
607 | Appoint a priest to speak with the soldiers during the war | Deut. 20:2
608 | He who has taken a wife, built a new home, or planted a vineyard is given a year to rejoice with his possessions | Deut. 24:5
609 | Not to demand from the above any involvement, communal or military | Deut. 24:5
610 | Not to panic and retreat during battle | Deut. 20:3
611 | Keep the laws of the captive woman | Deut. 21:11
612 | Not to sell her into slavery | Deut. 21:14
613 | Not to retain her for servitude after having relations with her | Deut. 21:14
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