The 613 Mitzvot

According to Sefer Hamitzvot of Rambam

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248 Positive Mitzvot

Mitzvah #

P1: Believing in GÔö¼┬íd

P2: Unity of GÔö¼┬íd

P3: Loving GÔö¼┬íd

P4: Fearing GÔö¼┬íd

P5: Worshiping GÔö¼┬íd

P6: Cleaving to GÔö¼┬íd

P7: Taking an oath by GÔö¼┬íd’s Name

P8: Walking in GÔö¼┬íd’s ways

P9: Sanctifying GÔö¼┬íd’s Name

P10: Reading the Shema twice daily

P11: Studying and teaching Torah

P12: Wearing Tephillin of the head

P13: Wearing Tephillin of the hand

P14: To make Tzitzis

P15: To affix a Mezuzah

P16: Hakhel during Sukkos

P17: A king should write a Torah

P18: Everyone should write a Torah

P19: Grace after meals

P20: Building a Sanctuary for GÔö¼┬íd

P21: Revering the Beis Hamikdosh

P22: Guarding the Mikdosh

P23: Levitical services in the Mikdosh

P24: Ablutions of the Kohanim

P25: Kindling the lamps by the Kohanim

P26: Kohanim blessing Israel

P27: The Showbread

P28: Burning the Incense

P29: The perpetual fire on the Altar

P30: Removing the ashes from the Altar

P31: Removing tameh persons from the camp

P32: Honoring the Kohanim

P33: The Priestly garments

P34: Kohanim bearing the Ark on their shoulders

P35: The oil of the Anointment

P36: Kohanim ministering in watches

P37: Kohanim defiling themselves for deceased relatives

P38: Kohein Gadol should only marry a virgin

P39: Daily Burnt Offerings

P40: Kohein Gadol’s daily Meal Offering

P41: The Shabbos Additional Offering

P42: The New Moon Additional Offering

P43: The Pesach Additional Offering

P44: The Meal Offering of the Omer

P45: The Shavuos Additional Offering

P46: Bring Two Loaves on Shavuos

P47: The Rosh Hashana Additional Offering

P48: The Yom Kippur Additional Offering

P49: The Service of Yom Kippur

P50: The Sukkos Offering

P51: The Shemini Atzeret Additional Offering

P52: The three annual pilgrimages

P53: Appearing before the LÔö¼┬írd during the Festivals

P54: Rejoicing on the Festivals

P55: Slaughtering the Pesach Offering

P56: Eating the Pesach Offering

P57: Slaughtering the Pesach Sheini Offering

P58: Eating the Pesach Sheini Offering

P59: Blowing the trumpets in the Sanctuary

P60: Minimum age of cattle to be offered

P61: Offering only unblemished sacrifices

P62: Bringing salt with every offering

P63: The BurntÔö¼┬íOffering

P64: The SinÔö¼┬íOffering

P65: The GuiltÔö¼┬íOffering

P66: The PeaceÔö¼┬íOffering

P67: The MealÔö¼┬íOffering

P68: Offerings of a Court that has erred

P69: The Fixed SinÔö¼┬íOffering

P70: The Suspensive GuiltÔö¼┬íOffering

P71: The Unconditional GuiltÔö¼┬íOffering

P72: The Offering of a Higher or Lower Value

P73: Making confession

P74: Offering brought by a zav (man with a discharge)

P75: Offering brought by a zavah (woman with a discharge)

P76: Offering of a woman after childbirth

P77: Offering brought by a leper

P78: Tithe of Cattle

P79: Sanctifying the FirstÔö¼┬íborn

P80: Redeeming the FirstÔö¼┬íborn

P81: Redeeming the firstling of a donkey

P82: Breaking the neck of the firstling of a donkey

P83: Bringing due offerings on the first festival

P84: All offerings to be brought to the Sanctuary

P85: Bring all offerings due from outside Eretz Yisrael to Sanctuary

P86: Redeeming blemished offerings

P87: Holiness of substituted offerings

P88: Kohanim eat the residue of the Meal Offerings

P89: Kohanim eat the meat of the Consecrated Offerings

P90: To burn Consecrated Offerings that have become tameh

P91: To burn the remnant of the Consecrated Offerings

P92: The Nazir letting his hair grow

P93: Nazirite obligations on completion of vow

P94: All oral submissions to be fulfilled

P95: Revocation of vows

P96: Defilement through carcasses of animals

P97: Defilement through carcasses of eight creeping creatures

P98: Defilement of food and drink

P99: Tumah of a menstruant

P100: Tumah of a woman after childbirth

P101: Tumah of a leper

P102: Garments contaminated by leprosy

P103: A leprous house

P104: Tumah of a zav (man with a discharge)

P105: Tumah of semen

P106: Tumah of a zavah (woman with a discharge)

P107: Tumah of a corpse

P108: The law of the water of sprinkling

P109: Immersing in a mikveh

P110: Cleansing from Leprosy

P111: A leper must shave his head

P112: The leper must be made distinguishable

P113: Ashes of the Red Heifer

P114: Valuation of a person

P115: Valuation of beasts

P116: Valuation of houses

P117: Valuation of fields

P118: Restitution for Sacrilege

P119: The fruits of the fourthÔö¼┬íyear planting

P120: To leave the corners (Peah) for the poor

P121: To leave gleanings for the poor

P122: To leave the forgotten sheaf for the poor

P123: To leave defective grape clusters for the poor

P124: To leave grape gleanings for the poor

P125: To bring FirstÔö¼┬ífruits to the Sanctuary

P126: To set aside the great HeaveÔö¼┬íoffering

P127: To set aside the first tithe

P128: To set aside the second tithe

P129: The Levites’ tithe for the Kohanim

P130: To set aside the poorÔö¼┬íman’s tithe in the third and sixth year

P131: The avowal of the tithe

P132: Recital on bringing the FirstÔö¼┬ífruits

P133: To set aside the Challah for the Kohein

P134: Renouncing as ownerless produce of the Sabbatical year

P135: Resting the land on the Sabbatical year

P136: Sanctifying the Jubilee year

P137: Blowing the Shofar in the Jubilee year

P138: Reversion of the land in the Jubilee year

P139: Redemption of property in a walled city

P140: Counting the years till the Jubilee year

P141: Canceling monetary claims in the Sabbatical year

P142: Exacting debts from idolaters

P143: The Kohein’s due in the slaughter of every clean animal

P144: The first of the fleece to be given to the Kohein

P145: Devoted thing to GÔö¼┬íd and the Kohein

P146: Slaughtering animals before eating them

P147: Covering the blood of slain birds and animals

P148: Releasing the mother before taking the nest

P149: Searching for the prescribed signs in cattle and animals

P150: Searching for the prescribed signs in birds

P151: Searching for the prescribed signs in grasshoppers

P152: Searching for the prescribed signs in fishes

P153: Determining the New Moon

P154: Resting on Shabbos

P155: Proclaiming the sanctity of Shabbos

P156: Removal of chometz on Pesach

P157: Recounting Exodus from Egypt on first night of Pesach

P158: Eating Matzah on the first night of Pesach

P159: Resting on the first day of Pesach

P160: Resting on the seventh day of Pesach

P161: Counting the Omer

P162: Resting on Shavuos

P163: Resting on Rosh Hashana

P164: Fasting on Yom Kippur

P165: Resting on Yom Kippur

P166: Resting on the first day of Sukkos

P167: Resting on Shemini Atzeret

P168: Dwelling in a Sukkah for seven days

P169: Taking a Lulav on Sukkos

P170: Hearing a Shofar on Rosh Hashana

P171: Giving half a shekel annually

P172: Heeding the Prophets

P173: Appointing a King

P174: Obeying the Great Court

P175: Abiding by a majority decision

P176: Appointing Judges and Officers of the Court

P177: Treating litigants equally before the law

P178: Testifying in Court

P179: Inquiring into the testimony of witnesses

P180: Condemning witnesses who testify falsely

P181: Eglah Arufah

P182: Establishing Six Cities of Refuge

P183: Assigning cities to the Levi’im

P184: Building fences on roof; and removing sources of danger from our dwellings

P185: Destroying all idolÔö¼┬íworship

P186: The law of the apostate city

P187: The law of the Seven Nations

P188: The extinction of the seed of Amalek

P189: Remembering the nefarious deeds of Amalek

P190: The law of the nonÔö¼┬íobligatory war

P191: Appoint a Kohein to speak to the people going to war and send back any man unfit for battle

P192: Preparing a place beyond the camp

P193: Including a digging tool among war implements

P194: A robber to restore the stolen article

P195: To give charity

P196: Lavishing gifts on a Hebrew bondman on his freedom

P197: Lending money to the poor

P198: Lending money to the heathen with interest

P199: Restoring a pledge to a needy owner

P200: Paying wages on time

P201: An employee is allowed to eat the produce he’s working in

P202: Unloading a tired animal

P203: Assisting the owner in loading his burden

P204: Returning lost property to its owner

P205: Rebuking the sinner

P206: Loving our Fellow Jew

P207: Loving the convert

P208: The law of weights and measures

P209: Honoring scholars

P210: Honoring parents

P211: Fearing parents

P212: Be fruitful and multiply

P213: The law of marriage

P214: Bridegroom devotes himself to his wife for one year

P215: Circumcising one’s son

P216: Law of the Levirite Marriage

P217: Law of Chalitzah

P218: A violator must marry the maiden he has violated

P219: The law of the defamer of his bride

P220: The law of the seducer

P221: The law of the captive woman

P222: The law of divorce

P223: The law of a suspected adulteress

P224: Whipping transgressors of certain commandments

P225: The law of unintentional manslaughter

P226: Beheading transgressors of certain commandments

P227: Strangling transgressors of certain commandments

P228: Burning transgressors of certain commandments

P229: Stoning transgressors of certain commandments

P230: Hanging after execution, transgressors of certain commandments

P231: Burial on the day of execution

P232: The law of the Hebrew bondman

P233: Hebrew bondmaid to be married by her master or his son

P234: Redemption of a Hebrew bondmaid

P235: The law of a Canaanite bondman

P236: Penalty of inflicting injury

P237: The law of injuries caused by an ox

P238: The law of injuries caused by an pit

P239: The law of theft

P240: The law of damage caused by a beast

P241: The law of damage caused by a fire

P242: The law of an unpaid bailee

P243: The law of a paid bailee

P244: The law of a borrower

P245: The law of buying and selling

P246: The law of litigants

P247: Saving the life of the pursued

P248: The law of inheritance……

365 Negative Mitzvot

Mitzvah #

N1: Not believing in any other GÔö¼┬íd

N2: Not to make images for the purpose of worship

N3: Not to make an idol (even for others) to worship

N4: Not to make figures of human beings

N5: Not to bow down to an idol

N6: Not to worship idols

N7: Not to hand over any children to Moloch

N8: Not to practice sorcery of the ov

N9: Not to practice sorcery of the yidde’oni

N10: Not to study idolatrous practices

N11: Not to erect a pillar which people will assemble to honor

N12: Not to make figured stones on which to prostrate ourselves

N13: Not to plant trees in the Sanctuary

N14: Not to swear by an idol

N15: Not to divert people to idolatry

N16: Not to try to persuade an Israelite to worship idols

N17: Not to love someone who seeks to mislead you to idols

N18: Not to relax one’s aversion to the misleader

N19: Not to save the life of a misleader

N20: Not to plead for the misleader

N21: Not to oppress evidence unfavorable to the misleader

N22: No benefit from ornaments which have adorned an idol

N23: Not rebuilding an apostate city

N24: Not deriving benefit from property of an apostate city

N25: Not increasing wealth from anything connected with idolatry

N26: Not prophesying in the name of an idol

N27: Not prophesying falsely

N28: Not to listen to the prophesy made in the name of an idol

N29: Not fearing or refraining from killing a false prophet

N30: Not adopting the habits and customs of unbelievers

N31: Not practicing divination

N32: Not regulating one’s conduct by the stars

N33: Not practicing the art of the soothsayer

N34: Not practicing sorcery

N35: Not practicing the art of the charmer

N36: Not consulting a necromancer who uses the ov

N37: Not consulting a sorcerer who uses the ydo’a

N38: Not to seek information from the dead

N39: Women not to wear men’s clothes or adornments

N40: Men not wearing women’s clothes or adornments

N41: Not imprinting any marks on our bodies

N42: Not wearing Shatnes (mixture of wool and linen)

N43: Not shaving the temples of the head

N44: Not shaving the beard

N45: Not making cuttings in our flesh

N46: Not settling in the land of Egypt

N47: Not to follow one’s heart or eyes

N48: Not to make a covenant with the Seven Nations of Canaan

N49: Not to spare the life of the Seven Nations

N50: Not to show mercy to idolaters

N51: Not to allow idolaters to settle in our land

N52: Not to intermarry with a heretic

N53: Not to intermarry with a male from Ammon or Moav

N54: Not to exclude the descendants of Esav

N55: Not to exclude the descendants of Egyptians

N56: Not offering peace to Ammon and Moav

N57: Not destroying fruit trees in time of siege

N58: Not fearing heretics in time of war

N59: Not forgetting what Amalek did to us

N60: Not blaspheming the Great Name

N61: Not violating a shevuas bittui (oath of utterance)

N62: Not swearing a shevuas shav (vain oath)

N63: Not profaning the Name of GÔö¼┬íd

N64: Not testing His promises and warnings

N65: Not to break down houses of worship or to destroy holy books

N66: Not leaving the body of an executed criminal hanging overnight

N67: Not to interrupt the watch over the Sanctuary

N68: Kohein Gadol may not enter Sanctuary at any but prescribed times

N69: Kohein with blemish not to enter Sanctuary from Altar inwards

N70: Kohein with a blemish not to minister in the Sanctuary

N71: Kohein with a temporary blemish not to minister in Sanctuary

N72: Levites and Kohanim not perform each other’s allotted services

N73: Not to be intoxicated when entering Sanctuary; and not to be intoxicated when giving a decision on Torah law

N74: Zar (nonÔö¼┬íkohein) not to minister in Sanctuary

N75: Tameh Kohein not to minister in Sanctuary

N76: Kohein who is tevul yom, not to minister in Sanctuary

N77: Tameh person not to enter any part of Sanctuary

N78: Tameh person not to enter camp of Levites

N79: Not to build an Altar of stones which were touched by iron

N80: Not to ascend the Altar by steps

N81: Not to extinguish the Altar fire

N82: Not to offer any sacrifice whatever on the Golden Altar

N83: Not to make oil like the Oil of Anointment

N84: Not anoint anyone with special oil except Kohein Gadol and King

N85: Not to make incense like used in Sanctuary

N86: Not to remove the staves from their rings in the Ark

N87: Not to remove the Breastplate from the Ephod

N88: Not to tear the edge of the Kohein Gadol’s robe

N89: Not to offer sacrifices outside the Sanctuary Court

N90: Not to slaughter holy offerings outside the Sanctuary Court

N91: Not to dedicate a blemished animal to be offered on the Altar

N92: Not to slaughter a blemished animal as a korban

N93: Not to dash the blood of a blemished beast on the Altar

N94: Not to burn the sacrificial portions of blemished beast on Altar

N95: Not to sacrifice a beast with a temporary blemish

N96: Not to offer a blemished sacrifice of a gentile

N97: Not to cause an offering to become blemished

N98: Not to offer leaven or honey upon the Altar

N99: Not to offer a sacrifice without salt

N100: Not to offer on Altar the “hire of a harlot” or “price of a dog”

N101: Not to slaughter the mother and her young on the same day

N102: Not to put olive oil on the mealÔö¼┬íoffering of a sinner

N103: Not to put frankincense the mealÔö¼┬íoffering of a sinner

N104: Not mingle olive oil with mealÔö¼┬íoffering of suspected adulteress

N105: Not put frankincense on mealÔö¼┬íoffering of suspected adulteress

N106: Not to change a beast that has been consecrated as an offering

N107: Not to change one’s holy offering for another

N108: Not to redeem the firstling (of a clean beast)

N109: Not to sell the tithe of cattle

N110: Not to sell devoted property

N111: Not redeem devoted land without specific statement of purpose

N112: Not to sever the head of the bird of SinÔö¼┬íoffering during melikah

N113: Not to do any work with a dedicated beast

N114: Not to shear a dedicated beast

N115: Not slaughter the Korban Pesach while chometz in our possession

N116: Not leave any sacrificial portions of Korban Pesach overnight

N117: Not allow meat of Korban Pesach to remain till morning

N118: Not allow meat of 14 Nissan Festival Offering remain till day 3:

N119: Not allow meat of Pesach Sheini offering to remain till morning

N120: Not allow meat of thanksgiving offering to remain till morning

N121: Not to break any bones of Pesach offering

N122: Not to break any bones of Pesach Sheini offering

N123: Not to remove Pesach offering from where it is eaten

N124: Not to bake the residue of a meal offering with leaven

N125: Not to eat the Pesach offering boiled or raw

N126: Not to allow a ger toshav to eat the Pesach offering

N127: An uncircumcised person may not eat the Pesach offering

N128: Not to allow an apostate Israelite to eat the Pesach offering

N129: Tameh person may not eat hallowed food

N130: Not to eat meat of consecrated offerings which have become tameh

N131: Not eating nosar (beyond allotted time)

N132: Not eating piggul (improper intentions)

N133: A zar may not eat terumah

N134: A Kohein’s tenant or hired servant may not eat terumah

N135: An uncircumcised Kohein may not eat terumah

N136: Tameh Kohein may not eat terumah

N137: A chalalah may not eat holy food

N138: Not to eat the mealÔö¼┬íoffering of a Kohein

N139: Not eat SinÔö¼┬íoffering meat whose blood was brought into Sanctuary

N140: Not to eat the invalidated consecrated offerings

N141: Not to eat unredeemed 2nd tithe of corn outside Yerushalayim

N142: Not consuming unredeemed 2nd tithe of wine outside Yerushalayim

N143: Not consuming unredeemed 2nd tithe of oil outside Yerushalayim

N144: Not eating an unblemished firstling outside Yerushalayim

N145: Not eat sinÔö¼┬íoffering and guiltÔö¼┬íoffering outside Sanctuary court

N146: Not to eat the meat of a burnt offering

N147: Not eat lesser holy offerings before blood dashed on Altar

N148: A zar not to eat the most holy offerings

N149: Kohein not to eat first fruits outside Yerushalayim

N150: Not eating an unredeemed tameh 2nd tithe, even in Yerushalayim

N151: Not eating the 2nd tithe in mourning

N152: Not spend 2nd tithe redemption money, except on food and drink

N153: Not eating tevel(produce heaveÔö¼┬íoffering and tithes not taken)

N154: Not altering the prescribed order of harvest tithing

N155: Not to delay payment of vows

N156: Not to appear in Sanctuary on festival without sacrifice

N157: Not to infringe on any oral obligation, even if without an oath

N158: Kohein may not marry a zonah

N159: Kohein may not marry a chalalah

N160: Kohein may not marry a divorcee

N161: Kohein Gadol may not marry a widow

N162: Kohein Gadol may not have relations with a widow

N163: Kohein with disheveled hair may not enter the Sanctuary

N164: Kohein wearing rent garments may not enter Sanctuary

N165: Ministering Kohanim may not leave the Sanctuary

N166: Common Kohein may not defile himself for dead (except some)

N167: Kohein Gadol may not be under one roof with dead body

N168: Kohein Gadol may not defile himself for any dead person

N169: Levites may not take a share of the land

N170: Levites may not share in the spoil on conquest of the Land

N171: Not to tear out hair for the dead

N172: Not to eat any unclean animal

N173: Not to eat any unclean fish

N174: Not to eat any unclean fowl

N175: Not to eat any swarming winged insect

N176: Not to eat anything which swarms on the earth

N177: Not to eat any creeping thing that breeds in decayed matter

N178: Not to eat living creatures that breed in seeds or fruit

N179: Not to eat any swarming thing

N180: Not to eat any animal which is a nevelah

N181: Not to eat an animal which is a treifah

N182: Not to eat a limb of a living animal

N183: Not to eat the gid hanasheh (sinew of the thighÔö¼┬ívein)

N184: Not to eat blood

N185: Not to eat the fat of a clean animal

N186: Not to cook meat in milk

N187: Not to eat meat cooked in milk

N188: Not to eat the flesh of a stoned ox

N189: Not to eat bread made from grain of new crop

N190: Not to eat roasted grain of the new crop

N191: Not to eat fresh ears of grain

N192: Not to eat orlah

N193: Not to eat kilai hakerem

N194: Not to drink yayin nesach (libation wine for idol worship)

N195: No eating or drinking to excess

N196: Not to eat on Yom Kippur

N197: Not to eat chometz on Pesach

N198: Not to eat an admixture of chometz on Pesach

N199: Not to eat chometz after noon of 14 Nissan

N200: No chametz may be seen in our homes during Pesach

N201: Not to possess chametz during Pesach

N202: A Nazir may not drink wine

N203: A Nazir may not eat fresh grapes

N204: A Nazir may not eat dried grapes

N205: A Nazir may not eat grape kernels

N206: A Nazir may not eat grape husks

N207: A Nazir may not rend himself tameh for the dead

N208: A Nazir may not rend himself tameh by entering house with corpse

N209: A Nazir may not shave

N210: Not to reap all harvest without leaving a corner for the poor

N211: Not to gather ears of corn that fell during harvesting

N212: Not to gather the whole produce of vineyard at vintage time

N213: Not to gather single fallen grapes during the vintage

N214: Not to return for a forgotten sheaf

N215: Not to sow kilayim (diverse kinds of seed in one field)

N216: Not to sow grain or vegetables in a vineyard

N217: Not to make animals of different species

N218: Not to work with two different kinds of animals together

N219: Not preventing a beast from eating the produce where working

N220: Not to cultivate the soil in the seventh year

N221: Not to prune the trees in the seventh year

N222: Not reap a selfÔö¼┬ígrown plant in the 7th year as in ordinary year

N223: Not gather selfÔö¼┬ígrown fruit in the 7th year as in ordinary year

N224: Not to cultivate the soil in the Jubilee year

N225: Not to reap the aftergrowths of Jubilee year as in ordinary year

N226: Not to gather fruit in Jubilee year as in ordinary year

N227: Not to sell out holdings in Eretz Israel in perpetuity

N228: No to sell the open lands of the Levites

N229: Not to forsake the Levites

N230: Not to demand payment of debts after Shmitah year

N231: Not to withhold a loan to be canceled by the Shmitah year

N232: Failing to give charity to our needy brethren

N233: Not sending a Hebrew bondman away empty-handed

N234: Not demanding payment from a debtor known unable to pay

N235: Not lending at interest

N236: Not borrowing at interest

N237: Not participating in a loan at interest

N238: Not oppressing an employee by delaying payment of his wages

N239: Not taking a pledge from a debtor by force

N240: Not keeping a needed pledge from its owner

N241: Not taking a pledge from a widow

N242: Not taking food utensils in pledge

N243: Not abducting an Israelite

N244: Not stealing money

N245: Not committing robbery

N246: Not fraudulently altering land boundaries

N247: Not usurping our debts

N248: Not repudiating our debts

N249: Not to swear falsely in repudiating our debts

N250: Not wronging one another in business

N251: Not wronging one another by speech

N252: Not wronging a proselyte by speech

N253: Not wronging a proselyte in business

N254: Not handing over a fugitive bondman

N255: Not wronging a fugitive bondman

N256: Not dealing harshly with orphans and widows

N257: Not employing a Hebrew bondman in degrading tasks

N258: Not selling a Hebrew bondman by public auction

N259: Not having a Hebrew bondman do unnecessary work

N260: Not allowing a heathen to mistreat a Hebrew bondman

N261: Not selling a Hebrew bondmaid

N262: Not to afflict one’s wife or espoused Hebrew bondmaid by diminishing food, raiment or conjugal rights

N263: Not selling a captive woman

N264: Not enslaving a captive woman

N265: Not planning to acquire someone else’s property

N266: Not coveting another’s belongings

N267: A hired laborer not eating growing crops

N268: A hired laborer not putting of the harvest in his own vessel

N269: Not ignoring lost property

N270: Not leaving a person who is trapped under his burden

N271: Not cheating in measurements and weights

N272: Not keeping false weights and measures

N273: Judge not to commit unrighteousness

N274: Judge not accept gifts from litigants

N275: Judge not to favor a litigant

N276: Judge not avoid just judgment through fear of a wicked person

N277: Judge not to decide in favor of poor man, out of pity

N278: Judge not to pervert justice against person of evil repute

N279: Judge not to pity one who has killed or caused loss of limb

N280: Judge not perverting justice due to proselytes or orphans

N281: Judge not to listen to one litigant in absence of the other

N282: A court may not convict by a majority of one in a capital case

N283: A judge may not rely on the opinion of a fellow judge, or may not argue for conviction after favoring acquittal

N284: Not appointing an unlearned judge

N285: Not bearing false witness

N286: Judge not to receive a wicked man’s testimony

N287: Judge not to receive testimony from litigant’s relatives

N288: Not convicting on the testimony of a single witness

N289: Not killing a human being

N290: No capital punishment based on circumstantial evidence

N291: A witness not acting as an advocate

N292: Not killing a murderer without trial

N293: Not sparing the life of a pursuer

N294: Not punishing a person for a sin committed under duress

N295: Not accepting ransom from an unwitting murderer

N296: Not accepting a ransom from a willful murderer

N297: Not neglecting to save the life of an Israelite in danger

N298: Not leaving obstacles on public or private domain

N299: Not giving misleading advice

N300: Not inflicting excessive corporal punishment

N301: Not to bear tales

N302: Not to hate another Jew

N303: Not to put another to shame

N304: Not to take vengeance on another

N305: Not to bear a grudge

N306: Not to take the entire bird’s nest (mother and young)

N307: Not to shave the scull

N308: Not to cut or cauterize signs of leprosy

N309: Not to plougha valley where Eglah Arufah was done

N310: Not permitting a sorcerer to live

N311: Not taking bridegroom from home during first year

N312: Not to differ from traditional authorities

N313: Not to add to the Written or Oral Law

N314: Not to detract from the Written or Oral Law

N315: Not detracting from the Written or Oral law

N316: Not to curse a ruler

N317: Not to curse any Israelite

N318: Not cursing parents

N319: Not smiting parents

N320: Not to work on Shabbos

N321: Not to go beyond city limits on Shabbos

N322: Not to punish on Shabbos

N323: Not to work on the first day of Pesach

N324: Not to work on the seventh day of Pesach

N325: Not to work on Atzeret

N326: Not to work on Rosh Hashana

N327: Not to work on the first day of Sukkos

N328: Not to work on Shemini Atzeret

N329: Not to work on Yom Kippur

N330: Not have relations with one’s mother

N331: Not have relations with one’s father’s wife

N332: Not have relations with one’s sister

N333: Not have relations with daughter of father’s wife if sister

N334: Not have relations with one’s son’s daughter

N335: Not have relations with one’s daughter’s daughter

N336: Not have relations with one’s daughter

N337: Not have relations with a woman and her daughter

N338: Not have relations with a woman and her son’s daughter

N339: Not have relations with a woman and her daughter’s daughter

N340: Not have relations with one’s father’s sister

N341: Not have relations with one’s mother’s sister

N342: Not have relations with wife of father’s brother

N343: Not have relations with one’s son’s wife

N344: Not have relations with brother’s wife

N345: Not have relations with sister of wife (during her lifetime)

N346: Not to have relations with a menstruant

N347: Not to have relations with another man’s wife

N348: Men may not lie with beasts

N349: Women may not lie with beasts

N350: A man may not lie carnally with another man

N351: A man may not lie carnally with his father

N352: A man may not lie carnally with his father’s brother

N353: Not to be intimate with a kinswoman

N354: A mamzer may not have relations with a Jewess

N355: Not having relations with a woman without marriage

N356: Not remarrying one’s divorced wife after she has remarried

N357: Not having relations with woman subject to Levirate marriage

N358: Not divorcing woman he has raped and been compelled to marry

N359: Not divorcing a woman after falsely bringing evil name on her

N360: Man incapable of procreation not to marry a Jewess

N361: Not to castrate a man or beast

N362: Not appointing a nonÔö¼┬íIsraelite born King

N363: A king not owning many horses

N364: A king not taking many wives

N365: A king not amassing great personal wealth

Below is a list of the 613 mitzvot (commandments). It is based primarily on the list compiled by Rambam in the Mishneh Torah, but I have consulted other sources as well. As I said in the page on halakhah, Rambam’s list is probably the most widely accepted list, but it is not the only one. The order is my own, as are the explanations of how some rules are derived from some biblical passages.

For each mitzvah, I have provided a citation to the biblical passage or passages from which it is derived, based primarily on Rambam. For commandments that can be observed today, I have also provided citations to the Chafetz Chayim’s Concise Book of Mitzvot (CCA refers to affirmative commandments; CCN refers to negative commandments; CCI refers to commandments that only apply in Israel). Commandments that cannot be observed today primarily relate to the Temple, its sacrifices and services (because the Temple does not exist) and criminal procedures (because the theocratic state of Israel does not exist).

G-d

To know that G-d exists (Ex. 20:2; Deut. 5:6) (CCA1). See What Do Jews Believe?.

Not to entertain the idea that there is any god but the Eternal (Ex. 20:3) (CCN8). See What Do Jews Believe?.

Not to blaspheme (Ex. 22:27; in Christian texts, Ex. 22:28), the penalty for which is death (Lev. 24:16) (negative).

To hallow G-d’s name (Lev. 22:32) (CCA5). See The Name of G-d.

Not to profane G-d’s name (Lev . 22:32) (CCN155). See The Name of G-d.

To know that G-d is One, a complete Unity (Deut. 6:4) (CCA2). See What Do Jews Believe?.

To love G-d (Deut. 6:5) (CCA3). See What Do Jews Believe?.

To fear Him reverently (Deut. 6:13; 10:20) (CCA4).

Not to put the word of G-d to the test (Deut. 6:16) (negative).

To imitate His good and upright ways (Deut. 28:9) (CCA6).

Torah

To honor the old and the wise (Lev. 19:32) (CCA17).

To learn Torah and to teach it (Deut. 6:7) (CCA14). See Torah.

To cleave to those who know Him (Deut. 10:20) (the Talmud states that cleaving to scholars is equivalent to cleaving to Him) (CCA16).

Not to add to the commandments of the Torah, whether in the Written Law or in its interpretation received by tradition (Deut. 13:1) (CCN159). See Torah.

Not to take away from the commandments of the Torah (Deut. 13:1) (CCN160). See Torah.

That every person shall write a scroll of the Torah for himself (Deut. 31:19) (CCA15). See Torah.

Signs and Symbols

To circumcise the male offspring (Gen. 17:12; Lev. 12:3) (CCA47) See Brit Milah: Circumcision.

To put tzitzit on the corners of clothing (Num. 15:38) (CCA10). See Tzitzit and Tallit.

To bind tefillin on the head (Deut. 6:8) (CCA9). See Tefillin.

To bind tefillin on the arm (Deut. 6:8) (CCA8). See Tefillin.

To affix the mezuzah to the doorposts and gates of your house (Deut. 6:9) (CCA12). See Mezuzah.

Prayer and Blessings

To pray to G-d (Ex. 23:25; Deut. 6:13) (according to the Talmud, the word “serve” in these verses refers to prayer) (CCA7). See Prayers and BlessingsJewish Liturgy.

To read the Shema in the morning and at night (Deut. 6:7) (CCA11). See Jewish Liturgy.

To recite grace after meals (Deut. 8:10) (CCA13). See Birkat Ha-Mazon: Grace After Meals

Not to lay down a stone for worship (Lev. 26:1) (CCN161).

Love and Brotherhood

To love all human beings who are of the covenant (Lev. 19:18) (CCA60). See Love and Brotherhood.

Not to stand by idly when a human life is in danger (Lev. 19:16) (CCN82). See Love and Brotherhood.

Not to wrong any one in speech (Lev. 25:17) (CCN48). See Speech and Lashon Ha-Ra.

Not to carry tales (Lev. 19:16) (CCN77). See Speech and Lashon Ha-Ra.

Not to cherish hatred in one’s heart (Lev. 19:17) (CCN78). See Love and Brotherhood.

Not to take revenge (Lev. 19:18) (CCN80).

Not to bear a grudge (Lev. 19:18) (CCN81).

Not to put any Jew to shame (Lev. 19:17) (CCN79).

Not to curse any other Israelite (Lev. 19:14) (by implication: if you may not curse those who cannot hear, you certainly may not curse those who can) (CCN45).

Not to give occasion to the simple-minded to stumble on the road (Lev. 19:14) (this includes doing anything that will cause another to sin) (CCN76).

To rebuke the sinner (Lev. 19:17) (CCA72).

To relieve a neighbor of his burden and help to unload his beast (Ex. 23:5) (CCA70). See Love and Brotherhood.

To assist in replacing the load upon a neighbor’s beast (Deut. 22:4) (CCA71). See Love and Brotherhood.

Not to leave a beast, that has fallen down beneath its burden, unaided (Deut. 22:4) (CCN183). See Love and Brotherhood.

The Poor and Unfortunate

Not to afflict an orphan or a widow (Ex. 22:21) (CCN51).

Not to reap the entire field (Lev. 19:9; Lev. 23:22) (negative) (CCI6).

To leave the unreaped corner of the field or orchard for the poor (Lev. 19:9) (affirmative) (CCI1).

Not to gather gleanings (the ears that have fallen to the ground while reaping) (Lev. 19:9) (negative) (CCI7).

To leave the gleanings for the poor (Lev. 19:9) (affirmative) (CCI2).

Not to gather ol’loth (the imperfect clusters) of the vineyard (Lev. 19:10) (negative) (CCI8).

To leave ol’loth (the imperfect clusters) of the vineyard for the poor (Lev. 19:10; Deut. 24:21) (affirmative) (CCI3).

Not to gather the peret (grapes) that have fallen to the ground (Lev. 19:10) (negative) (CCI9).

To leave peret (the single grapes) of the vineyard for the poor (Lev. 19:10) (affirmative) (CCI4).

Not to return to take a forgotten sheaf (Deut. 24:19) This applies to all fruit trees (Deut. 24:20) (negative) (CC10).

To leave the forgotten sheaves for the poor (Deut. 24:19-20) (affirmative) (CCI5).

Not to refrain from maintaining a poor man and giving him what he needs (Deut. 15:7) (CCN62). See Tzedakah: Charity.

To give charity according to one’s means (Deut. 15:11) (CCA38). See Tzedakah: Charity.

Treatment of Gentiles

To love the stranger (Deut. 10:19) (CCA61). See Love and Brotherhood.

Not to wrong the stranger in speech (Ex. 22:20) (CCN49).

Not to wrong the stranger in buying or selling (Ex. 22:20) (CCN50).

Not to intermarry with gentiles (Deut. 7:3) (CCN19). See Interfaith Marriages.

To exact the debt of an alien (Deut. 15:3) (affirmative).

To lend to an alien at interest (Deut. 23:21) According to tradition, this is mandatory (affirmative).

Marriage, Divorce and Family

To honor father and mother (Ex. 20:12) (CCA41).

Not to smite a father or a mother (Ex. 21:15) (CCN44).

Not to curse a father or mother (Ex. 21:17) (CCN46).

To reverently fear father and mother (Lev. 19:3) (CCA42).

To be fruitful and multiply (Gen. 1:28) (CCA43).

That a eunuch shall not marry a daughter of Israel (Deut. 23:2) (CCN136).

That a mamzer shall not marry the daughter of a Jew (Deut. 23:3) (CCN137). See Prohibited Marriages and Illegitimate Children.

That an Ammonite or Moabite shall never marry the daughter of an Israelite (Deut. 23:4) (negative).

Not to exclude a descendant of Esau from the community of Israel for three generations (Deut. 23:8-9) (negative).

Not to exclude an Egyptian from the community of Israel for three generations (Deut. 23:8-9) (negative).

That there shall be no harlot (in Israel); that is, that there shall be no intercourse with a woman, without previous marriage with a deed of marriage and formal declaration of marriage (Deut. 23:18) (CCN133). See Marriage.

To take a wife by kiddushin, the sacrament of marriage (Deut. 24:1) (CCA44). See The Process of Marriage: Kiddushin and Nisuin.

That the newly married husband shall (be free) for one year to rejoice with his wife (Deut. 24:5) (affirmative).

That a bridegroom shall be exempt for a whole year from taking part in any public labor, such as military service, guarding the wall and similar duties (Deut. 24:5) (negative).

Not to withhold food, clothing or conjugal rights from a wife (Ex. 21:10) (CCN42). See The Marital Relationship.

That the woman suspected of adultery shall be dealt with as prescribed in the Torah (Num. 5:30) (affirmative).

That one who defames his wife’s honor (by falsely accusing her of unchastity before marriage) must live with her all his lifetime (Deut. 22:19) (affirmative).

That a man may not divorce his wife concerning whom he has published an evil report (about her unchastity before marriage) (Deut. 22:19) (negative).

To divorce by a formal written document (Deut. 24:1) (affirmative). See The Process of Obtaining a Divorce.

That one who divorced his wife shall not remarry her, if after the divorce she had been married to another man (Deut. 24:4) (CCN134). See Divorce.

That a widow whose husband died childless must not be married to anyone but her deceased husband’s brother (Deut. 25:5) (CCN135) (this is only in effect insofar as it requires the procedure of release below).

To marry the widow of a brother who has died childless (Deut. 25:5) (this is only in effect insofar as it requires the procedure of release below ) (CCA45).

That the widow formally release the brother-in-law (if he refuses to marry her) (Deut. 25:7-9) (CCA46).

Forbidden Sexual Relations

Not to indulge in familiarities with relatives, such as kissing, embracing, winking, skipping, which may lead to incest (Lev. 18:6) (CCN110).

Not to commit incest with one’s mother (Lev. 18:7) (CCN112). See Prohibited Marriages and Illegitimate Children.

Not to commit sodomy with one’s father (Lev. 18:7) (CCN111).

Not to commit incest with one’s father’s wife (Lev. 18:8) (CCN113). See Prohibited Marriages and Illegitimate Children.

Not to commit incest with one’s sister (Lev. 18:9) (CCN127). See Prohibited Marriages and Illegitimate Children.

Not to commit incest with one’s father’s wife’s daughter (Lev. 18:11) (CCN128). See Prohibited Marriages and Illegitimate Children.

Not to commit incest with one’s son’s daughter (Lev. 18:10) (CCN119) (Note: CC treats this and the next as one commandment; however, Rambam treats them as two). See Prohibited Marriages and Illegitimate Children.

Not to commit incest with one’s daughter’s daughter (Lev. 18:10) (CCN119) (Note: CC treats this and the previous as one commandment; however, Rambam treats them as two). See Prohibited Marriages and Illegitimate Children.

Not to commit incest with one’s daughter (this is not explicitly in the Torah but is inferred from other explicit commands that would include it) (CCN120). See Prohibited Marriages and Illegitimate Children.

Not to commit incest with one’s fathers sister (Lev. 18:12) (CCN129). See Prohibited Marriages and Illegitimate Children.

Not to commit incest with one’s mother’s sister (Lev. 18:13) (CCN130). See Prohibited Marriages and Illegitimate Children.

Not to commit incest with one’s father’s brothers wife (Lev. 18:14) (CCN125). See Prohibited Marriages and Illegitimate Children.

Not to commit sodomy with one’s father’s brother (Lev. 18:14) (CCN114).

Not to commit incest with one’s son’s wife (Lev. 18:15) (CCN115). See Prohibited Marriages and Illegitimate Children.

Not to commit incest with one’s brother’s wife (Lev. 18:16) (CCN126). See Prohibited Marriages and Illegitimate Children.

Not to commit incest with one’s wife’s daughter (Lev. 18:17) (CCN121). See Prohibited Marriages and Illegitimate Children.

Not to commit incest with the daughter of one’s wife’s son (Lev. 18:17) (CCN122). See Prohibited Marriages and Illegitimate Children.

Not to commit incest with the daughter of one’s wife’s daughter (Lev. 18:17) (CCN123). See Prohibited Marriages and Illegitimate Children.

Not to commit incest with one’s wife’s sister (Lev. 18:18) (CCN131). See Prohibited Marriages and Illegitimate Children.

Not to have intercourse with a woman, in her menstrual period (Lev. 18:19) (CCN132).

Not to have intercourse with another man’s wife (Lev. 18:20) (CCN124).

Not to commit sodomy with a male (Lev. 18:22) (CCN116).

Not to have intercourse with a beast (Lev. 18:23) (CCN117).

That a woman shall not have intercourse with a beast (Lev. 18:23) (CCN118).

Not to castrate the male of any species; neither a man, nor a domestic or wild beast, nor a fowl (Lev. 22:24) (CCN143).

Times and Seasons

That the new month shall be solemnly proclaimed as holy, and the months and years shall be calculated by the Supreme Court only (Ex. 12:2) (affirmative) (the authority to declare months is inferred from the use of the word “unto you”).

Not to travel on Shabbat outside the limits of one’s place of residence (Ex. 16:29) (CCN7). See Shabbat.

To sanctify Shabbat (Ex. 20:8) (CCA19). See Shabbat.

Not to do work on Shabbat (Ex. 20:10) (CCN6). See Shabbat.

To rest on Shabbat (Ex. 23:12; 34:21) (CCA20). See Shabbat.

To celebrate the festivals [Passover, Shavu’ot and Sukkot] (Ex. 23:14) (affirmative).

To rejoice on the festivals (Deut. 16:14) (CCA21).

To appear in the Sanctuary on the festivals (Deut. 16:16) (affirmative).

To remove chametz on the Eve of Passover (Ex. 12:15) (CCA22). See Passover.

To rest on the first day of Passover (Ex. 12:16; Lev. 23:7) (CCA25). See Passover.

Not to do work on the first day of Passover (Ex. 12:16; Lev. 23:6-7) (CCN147). See Passover.

To rest on the seventh day of Passover (Ex. 12:16; Lev. 23:8) (CCA27). See Passover.

Not to do work on the seventh day of Passover (Ex. 12:16; Lev. 23:8) (CCN148). See Passover.

To eat matzah on the first night of Passover (Ex. 12:18) (CCA23). See Passover.

That no chametz be in the Israelite’s possession during Passover (Ex. 12:19) (CCN3). See Passover.

Not to eat any food containing chametz on Passover (Ex. 12:20) (CCN5). See Passover.

Not to eat chametz on Passover (Ex. 13:3) (CCN4). See Passover.

That chametz shall not be seen in an Israelite’s home during Passover (Ex. 13:7) (CCN2). See Passover.

To discuss the departure from Egypt on the first night of Passover (Ex. 13:8) (CCA24). See The Passover Seder.

Not to eat chametz after mid-day on the fourteenth of Nissan (Deut. 16:3) (CCN104). See Passover.

To count forty-nine days from the time of the cutting of the Omer (first sheaves of the barley harvest) (Lev. 23:15) (CCA26). See The Counting of the Omer.

To rest on Shavu’ot (Lev. 23:21) (CCA28). See Shavu’ot.

Not to do work on the Shavu’ot (Lev. 23:21) (CCN149). See Shavu’ot.

To rest on Rosh Hashanah (Lev. 23:24) (CCA29). See Rosh Hashanah.

Not to do work on Rosh Hashanah (Lev. 23:25) (CCN150). See Rosh Hashanah.

To hear the sound of the shofar on Rosh Hashanah (Num. 29:1) (CCA30). See Rosh Hashanah.

To fast on Yom Kippur (Lev. 23:27) (CCA32). See Yom Kippur.

Not to eat or drink on Yom Kippur (Lev. 23:29) (CCN152). See Yom Kippur.

Not to do work on Yom Kippur (Lev. 23:31) (CCN151). See Yom Kippur.

To rest on the Yom Kippur (Lev. 23:32) (CCA31). See Yom Kippur.

To rest on the first day of Sukkot (Lev. 23:35) (CCA34). See Sukkot.

Not to do work on the first day of Sukkot (Lev. 23:35) (CCN153). See Sukkot.

To rest on the eighth day of Sukkot (Shemini Atzeret) (Lev. 23:36) (CCA37). See Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah.

Not to do work on the eighth day of Sukkot (Shemini Atzeret) (Lev. 23:36) (CCN154). See Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah.

To take during Sukkot a palm branch and the other three plants (Lev. 23:40) (CCA36). See Sukkot.

To dwell in booths seven days during Sukkot (Lev. 23:42) (CCA35). See Sukkot.

Dietary Laws

To examine the marks in cattle (so as to distinguish the clean from the unclean) (Lev. 11:2) (affirmative). See Animals that may not be eaten.

Not to eat the flesh of unclean beasts (Lev. 11:4) (CCN93). See Animals that may not be eaten.

To examine the marks in fishes (so as to distinguish the clean from the unclean (Lev. 11:9) (affirmative). See Animals that may not be eaten.

Not to eat unclean fish (Lev. 11:11) (CCN95). See Animals that may not be eaten.

To examine the marks in fowl, so as to distinguish the clean from the unclean (Deut. 14:11) (affirmative). See Animals that may not be eaten.

Not to eat unclean fowl (Lev. 11:13) (CCN94). See Animals that may not be eaten.

To examine the marks in locusts, so as to distinguish the clean from the unclean (Lev. 11:21) (affirmative). See Animals that may not be eaten.

Not to eat a worm found in fruit (Lev. 11:41) (CCN98). See Animals that may not be eaten.

Not to eat of things that creep upon the earth (Lev. 11:41-42) (CCN97). See Animals that may not be eaten.

Not to eat any vermin of the earth (Lev. 11:44) (CCN100). See Animals that may not be eaten.

Not to eat things that swarm in the water (Lev. 11:43 and 46) (CCN99). See Animals that may not be eaten.

Not to eat of winged insects (Deut. 14:19) (CCN96). See Animals that may not be eaten.

Not to eat the flesh of a beast that is terefah (lit torn) (Ex. 22:30) (CCN87). See Kosher slaughtering.

Not to eat the flesh of a beast that died of itself (Deut. 14:21) (CCN86). See Kosher slaughtering.

To slay cattle, deer and fowl according to the laws of shechitah if their flesh is to be eaten (Deut. 12:21) (“as I have commanded” in this verse refers to the technique) (CCA48). See Kosher slaughtering.

Not to eat a limb removed from a living beast (Deut. 12:23) (CCN90). See Kosher slaughtering.

Not to slaughter an animal and its young on the same day (Lev. 22:28) (CCN108).

Not to take the mother-bird with the young (Deut. 22:6) (CCN189). See Treatment of Animals.

To set the mother-bird free when taking the nest (Deut. 22:6-7) (CCA74). See Treatment of Animals.

Not to eat the flesh of an ox that was condemned to be stoned (Ex. 21:28) (negative).

Not to boil meat with milk (Ex. 23:19) (CCN91). See Separation of Meat and Dairy.

Not to eat flesh with milk (Ex. 34:26) (according to the Talmud, this passage is a distinct prohibition from the one in Ex. 23:19) (CCN92). See Separation of Meat and Dairy.

Not to eat the of the thigh-vein which shrank (Gen. 32:33) (CCN1). See Forbidden Fats and Nerves.

Not to eat chelev (tallow-fat) (Lev. 7:23) (CCN88). See Forbidden Fats and Nerves.

Not to eat blood (Lev. 7:26) (CCN89). See Draining of Blood.

To cover the blood of undomesticated animals (deer, etc.) and of fowl that have been killed (Lev. 17:13) (CCA49).

Not to eat or drink like a glutton or a drunkard (not to rebel against father or mother) (Lev. 19:26; Deut. 21:20) (CCN106).

Business Practices

Not to do wrong in buying or selling (Lev. 25:14) (CCN47).

Not to make a loan to an Israelite on interest (Lev. 25:37) (CCN54).

Not to borrow on interest (Deut. 23:20) (because this would cause the lender to sin) (CCN55).

Not to take part in any usurious transaction between borrower and lender, neither as a surety, nor as a witness, nor as a writer of the bond for them (Ex. 22:24) (CCN53).

To lend to a poor person (Ex. 22:24) (even though the passage says “if you lend” it is understood as obligatory) (CCA62).

Not to demand from a poor man repayment of his debt, when the creditor knows that he cannot pay, nor press him (Ex. 22:24) (CCN52).

Not to take in pledge utensils used in preparing food (Deut. 24:6) (CCN58).

Not to exact a pledge from a debtor by force (Deut. 24:10) (CCN59).

Not to keep the pledge from its owner at the time when he needs it (Deut. 24:12) (CCN61).

To return a pledge to its owner (Deut. 24:13) (CCA63).

Not to take a pledge from a widow (Deut. 24:17) (CCN60).

Not to commit fraud in measuring (Lev. 19:35) (CCN83).

To ensure that scales and weights are correct (Lev. 19:36) (affirmative).

Not to possess inaccurate measures and weights (Deut. 25:13-14) (CCN84).

Employees, Servants and Slaves

Not to delay payment of a hired man’s wages (Lev. 19:13) (CCN38).

That the hired laborer shall be permitted to eat of the produce he is reaping (Deut. 23:25-26) (CCA65).

That the hired laborer shall not take more than he can eat (Deut. 23:25) (CCN187).

That a hired laborer shall not eat produce that is not being harvested (Deut. 23:26) (CCN186).

To pay wages to the hired man at the due time (Deut. 24:15) (CCA66).

To deal judicially with the Hebrew bondman in accordance with the laws appertaining to him (Ex. 21:2-6) (affirmative).

Not to compel the Hebrew servant to do the work of a slave (Lev. 25:39) (negative).

Not to sell a Hebrew servant as a slave (Lev. 25:42) (negative).

Not to treat a Hebrew servant rigorously (Lev. 25:43) (negative).

Not to permit a gentile to treat harshly a Hebrew bondman sold to him (Lev. 25:53) (negative).

Not to send away a Hebrew bondman servant empty handed, when he is freed from service (Deut. 15:13) (negative).

To bestow liberal gifts upon the Hebrew bondsman (at the end of his term of service), and the same should be done to a Hebrew bondwoman (Deut. 15:14) (affirmative).

To redeem a Hebrew maid-servant (Ex. 21:8) (affirmative).

Not to sell a Hebrew maid-servant to another person (Ex. 21:8) (negative).

To espouse a Hebrew maid-servant (Ex. 21:8-9) (affirmative).

To keep the Canaanite slave forever (Lev. 25:46) (affirmative).

Not to surrender a slave, who has fled to the land of Israel, to his owner who lives outside Palestine (Deut. 23:16) (negative).

Not to wrong such a slave (Deut. 23:17) (negative).

Not to muzzle a beast, while it is working in produce which it can eat and enjoy (Deut. 25:4) (CCN188).

Vows, Oaths and Swearing

That a man should fulfill whatever he has uttered (Deut. 23:24) (CCA39).

Not to swear needlessly (Ex. 20:7) (CCN29).

Not to violate an oath or swear falsely (Lev. 19:12) (CCN31).

To decide in cases of annulment of vows, according to the rules set forth in the Torah (Num. 30:2-17) (CCA40).

Not to break a vow (Num. 30:3) (CCN184).

To swear by His name truly (Deut. 10:20) (affirmative).

Not to delay in fulfilling vows or bringing vowed or free-will offerings (Deut. 23:22) (CCN185).

The Sabbatical and Jubilee Years

To let the land lie fallow in the Sabbatical year (Ex. 23:11; Lev. 25:2) (affirmative) (CCI20).

To cease from tilling the land in the Sabbatical year (Ex. 23:11) (affirmative) (Lev. 25:2) (CCI21).

Not to till the ground in the Sabbatical year (Lev. 25:4) (negative) (CCI22).

Not to do any work on the trees in the Sabbatical year (Lev. 25:4) (negative) (CCI23).

Not to reap the aftermath that grows in the Sabbatical year, in the same way as it is reaped in other years (Lev. 25:5) (negative) (CCI24).

Not to gather the fruit of the tree in the Sabbatical year in the same way as it is gathered in other years (Lev. 25:5) (negative) (CCI25).

To sound the Ram’s horn in the Sabbatical year (Lev. 25:9) (affirmative).

To release debts in the seventh year (Deut. 15:2) (CCA64).

Not to demand return of a loan after the Sabbatical year has passed (Deut. 15:2) (CCN57).

Not to refrain from making a loan to a poor man, because of the release of loans in the Sabbatical year (Deut. 15:9) (CCN56).

To assemble the people to hear the Torah at the close of the seventh year (Deut. 31:12) (affirmative)

To count the years of the Jubilee by years and by cycles of seven years (Lev. 25:8) (affirmative).

To keep the Jubilee year holy by resting and letting the land lie fallow (Lev. 25:10) (affirmative).

Not to cultivate the soil nor do any work on the trees, in the Jubilee Year (Lev. 25:11) (negative).

Not to reap the aftermath of the field that grew of itself in the Jubilee Year, in the same way as in other years (Lev. 25:11) (negative).

Not to gather the fruit of the tree in the Jubilee Year, in the same way as in other years (Lev. 25:11) (negative).

To grant redemption to the land in the Jubilee year (Lev. 25:24) (affirmative).

The Court and Judicial Procedure

To appoint judges and officers in every community of Israel (Deut. 16:18) (affirmative).

Not to appoint as a judge, a person who is not well versed in the laws of the Torah, even if he is expert in other branches of knowledge (Deut. 1:17) (CCN64).

To adjudicate cases of purchase and sale (Lev. 25:14) (CCA67).

To judge cases of liability of a paid depositary (Ex. 22:9) (affirmative).

To adjudicate cases of loss for which a gratuitous borrower is liable (Ex. 22:13-14) (affirmative).

To adjudicate cases of inheritances (Num. 27:8-11) (CCA73).

To judge cases of damage caused by an uncovered pit (Ex. 21:33-34) (affirmative).

To judge cases of injuries caused by beasts (Ex. 21:35-36) (affirmative).

To adjudicate cases of damage caused by trespass of cattle (Ex. 22:4) (affirmative).

To adjudicate cases of damage caused by fire (Ex. 22:5) (affirmative).

To adjudicate cases of damage caused by a gratuitous depositary (Ex. 22:6-7) (affirmative).

To adjudicate other cases between a plaintiff and a defendant (Ex. 22:8) (affirmative).

Not to curse a judge (Ex. 22:27) (CCN63).

That one who possesses evidence shall testify in Court (Lev. 5:1) (affirmative).

Not to testify falsely (Ex. 20:13) (CCN39).

That a witness, who has testified in a capital case, shall not lay down the law in that particular case (Num. 35:30) (negative).

That a transgressor shall not testify (Ex. 23:1) (CCN75).

That the court shall not accept the testimony of a close relative of the defendant in matters of capital punishment (Deut. 24:16) (CCN74).

Not to hear one of the parties to a suit in the absence of the other party (Ex. 23:1) (CCN65).

To examine witnesses thoroughly (Deut. 13:15) (affirmative).

Not to decide a case on the evidence of a single witness (Deut. 19:15) (CCN73).

To give the decision according to the majority, when there is a difference of opinion among the members of the Sanhedrin as to matters of law (Ex. 23:2) (affirmative).

Not to decide, in capital cases, according to the view of the majority, when those who are for condemnation exceed by one only, those who are for acquittal (Ex. 23:2) (negative).

That, in capital cases, one who had argued for acquittal, shall not later on argue for condemnation (Ex. 23:2) (negative).

To treat parties in a litigation with equal impartiality (Lev. 19:15) (affirmative).

Not to render iniquitous decisions (Lev. 19:15) (CCN69).

Not to favor a great man when trying a case (Lev. 19:15) (CCN70).

Not to take a bribe (Ex. 23:8) (CCN71).

Not to be afraid of a bad man, when trying a case (Deut. 1:17) (CCN72).

Not to be moved in trying a case, by the poverty of one of the parties (Ex. 23:3; Lev. 19:15) (CCN66).

Not to pervert the judgment of strangers or orphans (Deut. 24:17) (CCN68).

Not to pervert the judgment of a sinner (a person poor in fulfillment of commandments) (Ex. 23:6) (CCN67).

Not to render a decision on one’s personal opinion, but only on the evidence of two witnesses, who saw what actually occurred (Ex. 23:7) (negative).

Not to execute one guilty of a capital offense, before he has stood his trial (Num. 35:12) (negative).

To accept the rulings of every Supreme Court in Israel (Deut. 17:11) (affirmative).

Not to rebel against the orders of the Court (Deut. 17:11) (CCN158).

Injuries and Damages

To make a parapet for your roof (Deut. 22:8) (CCA75). See Love and Brotherhood.

Not to leave something that might cause hurt (Deut. 22:8) (CCN190). See Love and Brotherhood.

To save the pursued even at the cost of the life of the pursuer (Deut. 25:12) (affirmative). See Life.

Not to spare a pursuer, but he is to be slain before he reaches the pursued and slays the latter, or uncovers his nakedness (Deut. 25:12) (negative).

Property and Property Rights

Not to sell a field in the land of Israel in perpetuity (Lev. 25:23) (negative).

Not to change the character of the open land (about the cities of) the Levites or of their fields; not to sell it in perpetuity, but it may be redeemed at any time (Lev. 25:34) (negative). See Levi.

That houses sold within a walled city may be redeemed within a year (Lev. 25:29) (affirmative).

Not to remove landmarks (property boundaries) (Deut. 19:14) (CCN85).

Not to swear falsely in denial of another’s property rights (Lev. 19:11) (CCN30).

Not to deny falsely another’s property rights (Lev. 19:11) (CCN36).

Never to settle in the land of Egypt (Deut. 17:16) (CCN192).

Not to steal personal property (Lev. 19:11) (CCN34).

To restore that which one took by robbery (Lev. 5:23) (CCA68).

To return lost property (Deut. 22:1) (CCA69).

Not to pretend not to have seen lost property, to avoid the obligation to return it (Deut. 22:3) (CCN182).

Criminal Laws

Not to slay an innocent person (Ex. 20:13) (CCN32). See Life.

Not to kidnap any person of Israel (Ex. 20:13) (according to the Talmud, this verse refers to stealing a person, distinguished from Lev. 19:11, regarding the taking of property) (CCN33).

Not to rob by violence (Lev. 19:13) (CCN35).

Not to defraud (Lev. 19:13) (CCN37).

Not to covet what belongs to another (Ex. 20:14) (CCN40).

Not to crave something that belongs to another (Deut. 5:18) (CCN41).

Not to indulge in evil thoughts and sights (Num. 15:39) (CCN156).

Punishment and Restitution

That the Court shall pass sentence of death by decapitation with the sword (Ex. 21:20; Lev. 26:25) (affirmative).

That the Court shall pass sentence of death by strangulation (Lev. 20:10) (affirmative).

That the Court shall pass sentence of death by burning with fire (Lev. 20:14) (affirmative).

That the Court shall pass sentence of death by stoning (Deut. 22:24) (affirmative).

To hang the dead body of one who has incurred that penalty (Deut. 21:22) (affirmative).

That the dead body of an executed criminal shall not remain hanging on the tree over night (Deut. 21:23) (negative).

To inter the executed on the day of execution (Deut. 21:23) (affirmative)

Not to accept ransom from a murderer (Num. 35:31) (negative).

To exile one who committed accidental homicide (Num. 35:25) (affirmative).

To establish six cities of refuge (for those who committed accidental homicide) (Deut. 19:3) (affirmative).

Not to accept ransom from an accidental homicide, so as to relieve him from exile (Num. 35:32) (negative).

To decapitate the heifer in the manner prescribed (in expiation of a murder on the road, the perpetrator of which remained undiscovered) (Deut. 21:4) (affirmative).

Not to plow nor sow the rough valley (in which a heifer’s neck was broken) (Deut. 21:4) (negative).

To adjudge a thief to pay compensation or (in certain cases) suffer death (Ex. 21:16; Ex. 21:37; Ex. 22:1) (affirmative).

That he who inflicts a bodily injury shall pay monetary compensation (Ex. 21:18-19) (affirmative).

To impose a penalty of fifty shekels upon the seducer (of an unbetrothed virgin) and enforce the other rules in connection with the case (Ex. 22:15-16) (affirmative).

That the violator (of an unbetrothed virgin) shall marry her (Deut. 22:28-29) (affirmative).

That one who has raped a damsel and has then (in accordance with the law) married her, may not divorce her (Deut. 22:29) (negative).

Not to inflict punishment on Shabbat (Ex. 35:3) (because some punishments were inflicted by fire) (negative). See Shabbat.

To punish the wicked by the infliction of stripes (Deut. 25:2) (affirmative).

Not to exceed the statutory number of stripes laid on one who has incurred that punishment (Deut. 25:3) (and by implication, not to strike anyone) (CCN43).

Not to spare the offender, in imposing the prescribed penalties on one who has caused damage (Deut. 19:13) (negative).

To do unto false witnesses as they had purposed to do (to the accused) (Deut. 19:19) (affirmative).

Not to punish any one who has committed an offense under duress (Deut. 22:26) (negative).

Prophecy

To heed the call of every prophet in each generation, provided that he neither adds to, nor takes away from the Torah (Deut. 18:15) (affirmative).

Not to prophesy falsely (Deut. 18:20) (CCN175).

Not to refrain from putting a false prophet to death nor to be in fear of him (Deut. 18:22) (negative).

Idolatry, Idolaters and Idolatrous Practices

Not to make a graven image; neither to make it oneself nor to have it made by others (Ex. 20:4) (CCN9).

Not to make any figures for ornament, even if they are not worshipped (Ex. 20:20) (CCN144).

Not to make idols even for others (Ex. 34:17; Lev. 19:4) (CCN10).

Not to use the ornament of any object of idolatrous worship (Deut. 7:25) (CCN17).

Not to make use of an idol or its accessory objects, offerings, or libations (Deut. 7:26) (CCN18). See Grape Products.

Not to drink wine of idolaters (Deut. 32:38) (CCN15). See Grape Products.

Not to worship an idol in the way in which it is usually worshipped (Ex. 20:5) (CCN12).

Not to bow down to an idol, even if that is not its mode of worship (Ex. 20:5) (CCN11).

Not to prophesy in the name of an idol (Ex. 23:13; Deut. 18:20) (CCN27).

Not to hearken to one who prophesies in the name of an idol (Deut. 13:4) (CCN22).

Not to lead the children of Israel astray to idolatry (Ex. 23:13) (CCN14).

Not to entice an Israelite to idolatry (Deut. 13:12) (CCN23).

To destroy idolatry and its appurtenances (Deut. 12:2-3) (affirmative).

Not to love the enticer to idolatry (Deut. 13:9) (CCN24).

Not to give up hating the enticer to idolatry (Deut. 13:9) (CCN25).

Not to save the enticer from capital punishment, but to stand by at his execution (Deut. 13:9) (negative).

A person whom he attempted to entice to idolatry shall not urge pleas for the acquittal of the enticer (Deut. 13:9) (CCN26).

A person whom he attempted to entice shall not refrain from giving evidence of the enticer’s guilt, if he has such evidence (Deut. 13:9) (negative).

Not to swear by an idol to its worshipers, nor cause them to swear by it (Ex. 23:13) (CCN13).

Not to turn one’s attention to idolatry (Lev. 19:4) (CCN16).

Not to adopt the institutions of idolaters nor their customs (Lev. 18:3; Lev. 20:23) (CCN21).

Not to pass a child through the fire to Molech (Lev. 18:21) (negative).

Not to suffer any one practicing witchcraft to live (Ex. 22:17) (negative).

Not to practice onein (observing times or seasons as favorable or unfavorable, using astrology) (Lev. 19:26) (CCN166).

Not to practice nachesh (doing things based on signs and portents; using charms and incantations) (Lev. 19:26) (CCN165).

Not to consult ovoth (ghosts) (Lev. 19:31) (CCN170).

Not to consult yid’onim (wizards) (Lev. 19:31) (CCN171).

Not to practice kisuf (magic using herbs, stones and objects that people use) (Deut. 18:10) (CCN168).

Not to practice kessem (a general term for magical practices) (Deut. 18:10) (CCN167).

Not to practice the art of a chover chaver (casting spells over snakes and scorpions) (Deut. 18:11) (CCN169).

Not to enquire of an ob (a ghost) (Deut. 18:11) (CCN172).

Not to seek the maytim (dead) (Deut. 18:11) (CCN174).

Not to enquire of a yid’oni (wizard) (Deut. 18:11) (CCN173).

Not to remove the entire beard, like the idolaters (Lev. 19:27) (CCN177).

Not to round the corners of the head, as the idolatrous priests do (Lev. 19:27) (CCN176).

Not to cut oneself or make incisions in one’s flesh in grief, like the idolaters (Lev. 19:28; Deut. 14:1) (CCN28).

Not to tattoo the body like the idolaters (Lev. 19:28) (CCN163).

Not to make a bald spot for the dead (Deut. 14:1) (CCN164).

Not to plant a tree for worship (Deut. 16:21) (negative).

Not to set up a pillar (for worship) (Deut. 16:22) (CCN162).

Not to show favor to idolaters (Deut. 7:2) (CCN20).

Not to make a covenant with the seven (Canaanite, idolatrous) nations (Ex. 23:32; Deut. 7:2) (negative).

Not to settle idolaters in our land (Ex. 23:33) (negative) (CCI26).

To slay the inhabitants of a city that has become idolatrous and burn that city (Deut. 13:16-17) (affirmative).

Not to rebuild a city that has been led astray to idolatry (Deut. 13:17) (negative).

Not to make use of the property of city that has been so led astray (Deut. 13:18) (negative).

Agriculture and Animal Husbandry

Not to cross-breed cattle of different species (Lev. 19:19) (according to the Talmud, this also applies to birds) (CCN142).

Not to sow different kinds of seed together in one field (Lev. 19:19) (CCN107).

Not to eat the fruit of a tree for three years from the time it was planted (Lev. 19:23) (CCN105). See Tu B’Shevat.

That the fruit of fruit-bearing trees in the fourth year of their planting shall be sacred like the second tithe and eaten in Jerusalem (Lev. 19:24) (affirmative) (CCI16). See Tu B’Shevat.

Not to sow grain or herbs in a vineyard (Deut. 22:9) (negative).

Not to eat the produce of diverse seeds sown in a vineyard (Deut. 22:9) (negative).

Not to work with beasts of different species, yoked together (Deut. 22:10) (CCN180).

Clothing

That a man shall not wear women’s clothing (Deut. 22:5) (CCN179).

That a woman should not wear men’s clothing (Deut. 22:5) (CCN178).

Not to wear garments made of wool and linen mixed together (Deut. 22:11) (CCN181).

The Firstborn

To redeem the firstborn human male (Ex. 13:13; Ex. 34:20; Num. 18:15) (CCA54). See Pidyon Ha-Ben: Redemption of the Firstborn.

To redeem the firstling of an ass (Ex. 13:13; Ex. 34:20) (CCA55).

To break the neck of the firstling of an ass if it is not redeemed (Ex. 13:13; Ex. 34:20) (CCA56).

Not to redeem the firstling of a clean beast (Num. 18:17) (CCN109).

Kohanim and Levites

That the kohanim shall put on priestly vestments for the service (Ex. 28:2) (affirmative). See Kohein.

Not to tear the High Kohein’s robe (Ex. 28:32) (negative). See Kohein.

That the kohein shall not enter the Sanctuary at all times (i.e., at times when he is not performing service) (Lev. 16:2) (negative). See Kohein.

That the ordinary kohein shall not defile himself by contact with any dead, other than immediate relatives (Lev. 21:1-3) (CCN141). See Kohein, Care for the Dead.

That the kohanim defile themselves for their deceased relatives (by attending their burial), and mourn for them like other Israelites, who are commanded to mourn for their relatives (Lev. 21:3) (CCA59). See Kohein, Care for the DeadMourning.

That a kohein who had an immersion during the day (to cleanse him from his uncleanness) shall not serve in the Sanctuary until after sunset (Lev. 21:6) (negative). See Kohein.

That a kohein shall not marry a divorced woman (Lev. 21:7) (CCN140). See Prohibited Marriages and Illegitimate ChildrenKohein.

That a kohein shall not marry a harlot (Lev. 21:7) (CCN138). See Prohibited Marriages and Illegitimate ChildrenKohein.

That a kohein shall not marry a profaned woman (Lev. 21:7) (CCN139). See Prohibited Marriages and Illegitimate ChildrenKohein.

To show honor to a kohein, and to give him precedence in all things that are holy (Lev. 21:8) (CCA50). See Kohein.

That a High Kohein shall not defile himself with any dead, even if they are relatives (Lev. 21:11) (negative). See Kohein, Care for the Dead.

That a High Kohein shall not go (under the same roof) with a dead body (Lev. 21:11) It has been learnt by tradition that a kohein, who does so, violates the prohibition, “Neither shall he go in “, and also the prohibition “He shall not defile himself” (negative). See Kohein, Care for the Dead.

That the High Kohein shall marry a virgin (Lev. 21:13) (affirmative). See Prohibited Marriages and Illegitimate ChildrenKohein.

That the High Kohein shall not marry a widow (Lev. 21:14) (negative). See Prohibited Marriages and Illegitimate ChildrenKohein.

That the High Kohein shall not cohabit with a widow, even without marriage, because he profanes her (Lev. 21:15) (negative). See Prohibited Marriages and Illegitimate ChildrenKohein.

That a person with a physical blemish shall not serve (in the Sanctuary) (Lev. 21:17) (negative).

That a kohein with a temporary blemish shall not serve there (Lev. 21:21) (negative). See Kohein.

That a person with a physical blemish shall not enter the Sanctuary further than the altar (Lev. 21:23) (negative).

That a kohein who is unclean shall not serve (in the Sanctuary) (Lev. 22:2-3) (negative). See Kohein.

To send the unclean out of the Camp of the Shechinah, that is, out of the Sanctuary (Num. 5:2) (affirmative).

That a kohein who is unclean shall not enter the courtyard (Num. 5:2-3) This refers to the Camp of the Shechinah (negative). See Kohein.

That the kohanim shall bless Israel (Num. 6:23) (CCA58). See Kohein.

To set apart a portion of the dough for the kohein (Num. 15:20) (CCA57). See Kohein.

That the Levites shall not occupy themselves with the service that belongs to the kohanim, nor the kohanim with that belonging to the Levites (Num. 18:3) (negative). See Kohein, Levi.

That one not a descendant of Aaron in the male line shall not serve (in the Sanctuary) (Num. 18:4-7) (negative).

That the Levite shall serve in the Sanctuary (Num. 18:23) (affirmative). See Levi.

To give the Levites cities to dwell in, these to serve also as cities of refuge (Num. 35:2) (affirmative). See Levi.

That none of the tribe of Levi shall take any portion of territory in the land (of Israel) (Deut. 18:1) (negative). See Levi.

That none of the tribe of Levi shall take any share of the spoil (at the conquest of the Promised Land) (Deut. 18:1) (negative). See Levi.

That the kohanim shall serve in the Sanctuary in divisions, but on festivals, they all serve together (Deut. 18:6-8) (affirmative). See Kohein.

T’rumah, Tithes and Taxes

That an uncircumcised person shall not eat of the t’rumah (heave offering), and the same applies to other holy things. This rule is inferred from the law of the Paschal offering, by similarity of phrase (Ex. 12:44-45 and Lev. 22:10) but it is not explicitly set forth in the Torah. Traditionally, it has been learnt that the rule that the uncircumcised must not eat holy things is an essential principle of the Torah and not an enactment of the Scribes (negative). See Brit Milah: Circumcision

Not to alter the order of separating the t’rumah and the tithes; the separation be in the order first-fruits at the beginning, then the t’rumah, then the first tithe, and last the second tithe (Ex. 22:28) (negative) (CCI19).

To give half a shekel every year (to the Sanctuary for provision of the public sacrifices) (Ex. 30:13) (affirmative).

That a kohein who is unclean shall not eat of the t’rumah (Lev. 22:3-4) (negative). See Kohein.

That a person who is not a kohein or the wife or unmarried daughter of a kohein shall not eat of the t’rumah (Lev. 22:10) (negative). See Kohein.

That a sojourner with a kohein or his hired servant shall not eat of the t’rumah (Lev. 22:10) (negative). See Kohein.

Not to eat tevel (something from which the t’rumah and tithe have not yet been separated) (Lev. 22:15) (negative) (CCI18).

To set apart the tithe of the produce (one tenth of the produce after taking out t’rumah) for the Levites (Lev. 27:30; Num. 18:24) (affirmative) (CCI12). See Levi.

To tithe cattle (Lev. 27:32) (affirmative).

Not to sell the tithe of the herd (Lev. 27:32-33) (negative).

That the Levites shall set apart a tenth of the tithes, which they had received from the Israelites, and give it to the kohanim (called the t’rumah of the tithe) (Num. 18:26) (affirmative) (CCI13). See Kohein, Levi.

Not to eat the second tithe of cereals outside Jerusalem (Deut. 12:17) (negative).

Not to consume the second tithe of the vintage outside of Jerusalem (Deut. 12:17) (negative).

Not to consume the second tithe of the oil outside of Jerusalem (Deut. 12:17) (negative).

Not to forsake the Levites (Deut. 12:19); but their gifts (dues) should be given to them, so that they might rejoice therewith on each and every festival (negative). See Levi.

To set apart the second tithe in the first, second, fourth and fifth years of the sabbatical cycle to be eaten by its owner in Jerusalem (Deut. 14:22) (affirmative) (CCI14) (today, it is set aside but not eaten in Jerusalem).

To set apart the second tithe in the third and sixth year of the sabbatical cycle for the poor (Deut. 14:28-29) (affirmative) (CCI15) (today, it must be separated out but need not be given to the poor).

To give the kohein the due portions of the carcass of cattle (Deut. 18:3) (according to the Talmud, this is not mandatory in the present outside of Israel, but it is permissible, and some observant people do so) (CCA51). See Kohein.

To give the first of the fleece to the kohein (Deut. 18:4) (according to the Talmud, this is not mandatory in the present outside of Israel, but it is permissible, and some observant people do so) (CCA52). See Kohein.

To set apart t’rumah g’dolah (the great heave-offering, that is, a small portion of the grain, wine and oil) for the kohein (Deut. 18:4) (affirmative) (CCI11). See Kohein.

Not to expend the proceeds of the second tithe on anything but food and drink (Deut. 26:14). Anything outside of things necessary for sustenance comes within the class in the phrase “Given for the dead” (negative).

Not to eat the Second Tithe, even in Jerusalem, in a state of uncleanness, until the tithe had been redeemed (Deut. 26:14) (negative).

Not to eat the Second Tithe, when mourning (Deut. 26:14) (negative).

To make the declaration, when bringing the second tithe to the Sanctuary (Deut. 26:13) (affirmative) (CCI17).

The Temple, the Sanctuary and Sacred Objects

Not to build an altar of hewn stone (Ex. 20:22) (negative).

Not to mount the altar by steps (Ex. 20:23) (negative).

To build the Sanctuary (Ex. 25:8) (affirmative).

Not to remove the staves from the Ark (Ex. 25:15) (negative).

To set the showbread and the frankincense before the L-rd every Shabbat (Ex. 25:30) (affirmative).

To kindle lights in the Sanctuary (Ex. 27:21) (affirmative).

That the breastplate shall not be loosened from the ephod (Ex. 28:28) (negative).

To offer up incense twice daily (Ex. 30:7) (affirmative).

Not to offer strange incense nor any sacrifice upon the golden altar (Ex. 30:9) (negative).

That the kohein shall wash his hands and feet at the time of service (Ex. 30:19) (affirmative). See Kohein.

To prepare the oil of anointment and anoint high kohanim and kings with it (Ex. 30:31) (affirmative). See Kohein.

Not to compound oil for lay use after the formula of the anointing oil (Ex. 30:32-33) (CCN145).

Not to anoint a stranger with the anointing oil (Ex. 30:32) (negative).

Not to compound anything after the formula of the incense (Ex. 30:37) (CCN146).

That he who, in error, makes unlawful use of sacred things, shall make restitution of the value of his trespass and add a fifth (Lev. 5:16) (affirmative).

To remove the ashes from the altar (Lev. 6:3) (affirmative).

To keep fire always burning on the altar of the burnt-offering (Lev. 6:6) (affirmative).

Not to extinguish the fire on the altar (Lev. 6:6) (negative).

That a kohein shall not enter the Sanctuary with disheveled hair (Lev. 10:6) (negative). See Kohein.

That a kohein shall not enter the Sanctuary with torn garments (Lev. 10:6) (negative). See Kohein.

That the kohein shall not leave the Courtyard of the Sanctuary, during service (Lev. 10:7) (negative). See Kohein.

That an intoxicated person shall not enter the Sanctuary nor give decisions in matters of the Law (Lev. 10:9-11) (negative).

To revere the Sanctuary (Lev. 19:30) (today, this applies to synagogues) (CCA18). See Synagogues, Shuls and Temples.

That when the Ark is carried, it should be carried on the shoulder (Num. 7:9) (affirmative).

To observe the second Passover (Num. 9:11) (affirmative).

To eat the flesh of the Paschal lamb on it, with unleavened bread and bitter herbs (Num. 9:11) (affirmative).

Not to leave any flesh of the Paschal lamb brought on the second Passover until the morning (Num. 9:12) (negative).

Not to break a bone of the Paschal lamb brought on the second Passover (Num. 9:12) (negative).

To sound the trumpets at the offering of sacrifices and in times of trouble (Num. 10:9-10) (affirmative).

To watch over the edifice continually (Num. 18:2) (affirmative).

Not to allow the Sanctuary to remain unwatched (Num. 18:5) (negative).

That an offering shall be brought by one who has in error committed a trespass against sacred things, or robbed, or lain carnally with a bond-maid betrothed to a man, or denied what was deposited with him and swore falsely to support his denial. This is called a guilt-offering for a known trespass (affirmative). See Asham: Guilt Offering.

Not to destroy anything of the Sanctuary, of synagogues, or of houses of study, nor erase the holy names (of G-d); nor may sacred scriptures be destroyed (Deut. 12:2-4) (CCN157). See The Name of G-d.

Sacrifices and Offerings

To sanctify the firstling of clean cattle and offer it up (Ex. 13:2; Deut. 15:19) (at the present time, it is not offered up) (CCA53).

To slay the Paschal lamb (Ex. 12:6) (affirmative).

To eat the flesh of the Paschal sacrifice on the night of the fifteenth of Nissan (Ex. 12:8) (affirmative).

Not to eat the flesh of the Paschal lamb raw or sodden (Ex. 12:9) (negative).

Not to leave any portion of the flesh of the Paschal sacrifice until the morning unconsumed (Ex. 12:10) (negative).

Not to give the flesh of the Paschal lamb to an Israelite who had become an apostate (Ex. 12:43) (negative).

Not to give flesh of the Paschal lamb to a stranger who lives among you to eat (Ex. 12:45) (negative).

Not to take any of the flesh of the Paschal lamb from the company’s place of assembly (Ex. 12:46) (negative).

Not to break a bone of the Paschal lamb (Ex. 12:46) (negative).

That the uncircumcised shall not eat of the flesh of the Paschal lamb (Ex. 12:48) (negative). See Brit Milah: Circumcision

Not to slaughter the Paschal lamb while there is chametz in the home (Ex. 23:18; Ex. 24:25) (negative).

Not to leave the part of the Paschal lamb that should be burnt on the altar until the morning, when it will no longer be fit to be burnt (Ex. 23:18; Ex. 24:25) (negative).

Not to go up to the Sanctuary for the festival without bringing an offering (Ex. 23:15) (negative).

To bring the first fruits to the Sanctuary (Ex. 23:19) (affirmative).

That the flesh of a sin-offering and guilt-offering shall be eaten (Ex. 29:33) (affirmative). See Qorbanot: Sacrifices and Offerings

That one not of the seed of Aaron, shall not eat the flesh of the holy sacrifices (Ex. 29:33) (negative).

To observe the procedure of the burnt-offering (Lev. 1:3) (affirmative). See Olah: Burnt Offering.

To observe the procedure of the meal-offering (Lev. 2:1) (affirmative). See Food and Drink Offerings.

Not to offer up leaven or honey (Lev. 2:11) (negative).

That every sacrifice be salted (Lev. 2:13) (affirmative).

Not to offer up any offering unsalted (Lev. 2:13) (negative).

That the Court of Judgment shall offer up a sacrifice if they have erred in a judicial pronouncement (Lev. 4:13) (affirmative).

That an individual shall bring a sin-offering if he has sinned in error by committing a transgression, the conscious violation of which is punished with excision (Lev. 4:27-28) (affirmative). See Chatat: Sin Offering.

To offer a sacrifice of varying value in accordance with one’s means (Lev. 5:7) (affirmative).

Not to sever completely the head of a fowl brought as a sin-offering (Lev. 5:8) (negative).

Not to put olive oil in a sin-offering made of flour (Lev. 5:11) (negative).

Not to put frankincense on a sin-offering made of flour (Lev. 5:11) (negative).

That an individual shall bring an offering if he is in doubt as to whether he has committed a sin for which one has to bring a sin-offering. This is called a guilt-offering for doubtful sins (Lev. 5:17-19) (affirmative). See Asham: Guilt Offering.

That the remainder of the meal offerings shall be eaten (Lev. 6:9) (affirmative).

Not to allow the remainder of the meal offerings to become leavened (Lev. 6:10) (negative).

That the High Kohein shall offer a meal offering daily (Lev. 6:13) (affirmative).

Not to eat of the meal offering brought by the kohanim (Lev. 6:16) (negative).

To observe the procedure of the sin-offering (Lev. 6:18) (affirmative). See Chatat: Sin Offering.

Not to eat of the flesh of sin offerings, the blood of which is brought within the Sanctuary and sprinkled towards the Veil (Lev. 6:23) (negative).

To observe the procedure of the guilt-offering (Lev. 7:1) (affirmative).See Asham: Guilt Offering.

To observe the procedure of the peace-offering (Lev. 7:11) (affirmative). See Zebach Sh’lamim: Peace Offering.

To burn meat of the holy sacrifice that has remained over (Lev. 7:17) (affirmative).

Not to eat of sacrifices that are eaten beyond the appointed time for eating them (Lev. 7:18) The penalty is excision (negative).

Not to eat of holy things that have become unclean (Lev. 7:19) (negative).

To burn meat of the holy sacrifice that has become unclean (Lev. 7:19) (affirmative).

That a person who is unclean shall not eat of things that are holy (Lev. 7:20) (negative).

A kohein’s daughter who profaned herself shall not eat of the holy things, neither of the heave offering nor of the breast, nor of the shoulder of peace offerings (Lev. 10:14, Lev. 22:12) (negative). See Kohein.

That a woman after childbirth shall bring an offering when she is clean (Lev. 12:6) (affirmative). See Birth.

That the leper shall bring a sacrifice after he is cleansed (Lev. 14:10) (affirmative).

That a man having an issue shall bring a sacrifice after he is cleansed of his issue (Lev. 15:13-15) (affirmative).

That a woman having an issue shall bring a sacrifice after she is cleansed of her issue (Lev. 15:28-30) (affirmative).

To observe, on Yom Kippur, the service appointed for that day, regarding the sacrifice, confessions, sending away of the scapegoat, etc. (Lev. 16:3-34) (affirmative).

Not to slaughter beasts set apart for sacrifices outside (the Sanctuary) (Lev. 17:3-4) (negative).

Not to eat flesh of a sacrifice that has been left over (beyond the time appointed for its consumption) (Lev. 19:8 ) (negative).

Not to sanctify blemished cattle for sacrifice on the altar (Lev. 22:20) This text prohibits such beasts being set apart for sacrifice on the altar (negative).

That every animal offered up shall be without blemish (Lev. 22:21) (affirmative).

Not to inflict a blemish on cattle set apart for sacrifice (Lev. 22:21) (negative).

Not to slaughter blemished cattle as sacrifices (Lev. 22:22) (negative).

Not to burn the limbs of blemished cattle upon the altar (Lev. 22:22) (negative).

Not to sprinkle the blood of blemished cattle upon the altar (Lev. 22:24) (negative).

Not to offer up a blemished beast that comes from non-Israelites (Lev. 22:25) (negative).

That sacrifices of cattle can only take place when they are at least eight days old (Lev. 22:27) (affirmative).

Not to leave any flesh of the thanksgiving offering until the morning (Lev. 22:30) (negative).

To offer up the meal-offering of the Omer on the morrow after the first day of Passover, together with one lamb (Lev. 23:10) (affirmative). See The Counting of the Omer.

Not to eat bread made of new grain before the Omer of barley has been offered up on the second day of Passover (Lev. 23:14) (CCN101). See The Counting of the Omer.

Not to eat roasted grain of the new produce before that time (Lev. 23:14) (CCN102). See The Counting of the Omer.

Not to eat fresh ears of the new grain before that time (Lev. 23:14) (CCN103). See The Counting of the Omer.

To bring on Shavu’ot loaves of bread together with the sacrifices which are then offered up in connection with the loaves (Lev. 23:17-20) (affirmative).

To offer up an additional sacrifice on Passover (Lev. 23:36) (affirmative).

That one who vows to the L-rd the monetary value of a person shall pay the amount appointed in the Scriptural portion (Lev. 27:2-8) (affirmative).

If a beast is exchanged for one that had been set apart as an offering, both become sacred (Lev. 27:10) (affirmative).

Not to exchange a beast set aside for sacrifice (Lev. 27:10) (negative).

That one who vows to the L-rd the monetary value of an unclean beast shall pay its value (Lev. 27:11-13) (affirmative).

That one who vows the value of his house shall pay according to the appraisal of the kohein (Lev. 27:11-13) (affirmative). See Kohein.

That one who sanctifies to the L-rd a portion of his field shall pay according to the estimation appointed in the Scriptural portion (Lev. 27:16-24) (affirmative).

Not to transfer a beast set apart for sacrifice from one class of sacrifices to another (Lev. 27:26) (negative).

To decide in regard to dedicated property as to which is sacred to the Lord and which belongs to the kohein (Lev. 27:28) (affirmative). See Kohein.

Not to sell a field devoted to the Lord (Lev. 27:28) (negative).

Not to redeem a field devoted to the Lord (Lev. 27:28) (negative).

To make confession before the L-rd of any sin that one has committed, when bringing a sacrifice and at other times (Num. 5:6-7) (CCA33).

Not to put olive oil in the meal-offering of a woman suspected of adultery (Num. 5:15) (negative).

Not to put frankincense on it (Num. 5:15) (negative).

To offer up the regular sacrifices daily (two lambs as burnt offerings) (Num. 28:3) (affirmative).

To offer up an additional sacrifice every Shabbat (two lambs) (Num. 28:9) (affirmative).

To offer up an additional sacrifice every New Moon (Num. 28:11) (affirmative).

To bring an additional offering on Shavu’ot (Num. 28:26-27) (affirmative).

To offer up an additional sacrifice on Rosh Hashanah (Num. 29:1-6) (affirmative).

To offer up an additional sacrifice on Yom Kippur (Num. 29:7-8) (affirmative).

To offer up an additional sacrifice on Sukkot (Num. 29:12-34) (affirmative).

To offer up an additional offering on Shemini Atzeret, which is a festival by itself (Num. 29:35-38) (affirmative).

To bring all offerings, whether obligatory or freewill, on the first festival after these were incurred (Deut. 12:5-6) (affirmative).

Not to offer up sacrifices outside (the Sanctuary) (Deut. 12:13) (negative).

To offer all sacrifices in the Sanctuary (Deut. 12:14) (affirmative).

To redeem cattle set apart for sacrifices that contracted disqualifying blemishes, after which they may be eaten by anyone. (Deut. 12:15) (affirmative).

Not to eat of the unblemished firstling outside Jerusalem (Deut. 12:17) (negative).

Not to eat the flesh of the burnt-offering (Deut. 12:17). This is a Prohibition applying to every trespasser, not to enjoy any of the holy things. If he does so, he commits a trespass (negative).

That the kohanim shall not eat the flesh of the sin-offering or guilt-offering outside the Courtyard (of the Sanctuary) (Deut. 12:17) (negative).

Not to eat of the flesh of the sacrifices that are holy in a minor degree, before the blood has been sprinkled (on the altar), (Deut. 12:17) (negative).

That the kohein shall not eat the first-fruits before they are set down in the Courtyard (of the Sanctuary) (Deut. 12:17) (negative).

To take trouble to bring sacrifices to the Sanctuary from places outside the land of Israel (Deut. 12:26) (affirmative).

Not to eat the flesh of beasts set apart as sacrifices, that have been rendered unfit to be offered up by deliberately inflicted blemish (Deut. 14:3) (negative).

Not to do work with cattle set apart for sacrifice (Deut. 15:19) (negative).

Not to shear beasts set apart for sacrifice (Deut. 15:19) (negative).

Not to leave any portion of the festival offering brought on the fourteenth of Nissan unto the third day (Deut. 16:4) (negative).

Not to offer up a beast that has a temporary blemish (Deut. 17:1) (negative).

Not to bring sacrifices out of the hire of a harlot or price of a dog (apparently a euphemism for sodomy) (Deut. 23:19) (negative).

To read the portion prescribed on bringing the first fruits (Deut. 26:5-10) (affirmative).

Ritual Purity and Impurity

That eight species of creeping things defile by contact (Lev. 11:29-30) (affirmative).

That foods become defiled by contact with unclean things (Lev. 11:34) (affirmative).

That anyone who touches the carcass of a beast that died of itself shall be unclean (Lev. 11:39) (affirmative).

That a lying-in woman is unclean like a menstruating woman (in terms of uncleanness) (Lev. 12:2-5) (affirmative).

That a leper is unclean and defiles (Lev. 13:2-46) (affirmative).

That the leper shall be universally recognized as such by the prescribed marks. So too, all other unclean persons should declare themselves as such (Lev. 13:45) (affirmative).

That a leprous garment is unclean and defiles (Lev. 13:47-49) (affirmative).

That a leprous house defiles (Lev. 14:34-46) (affirmative).

That a man, having a running issue, defiles (Lev. 15:1-15) (affirmative).

That the seed of copulation defiles (Lev. 15:16) (affirmative).

That purification from all kinds of defilement shall be effected by immersion in the waters of a mikvah (Lev. 15:16) (affirmative).

That a menstruating woman is unclean and defiles others (Lev. 15:19-24) (affirmative).

That a woman, having a running issue, defiles (Lev. 15:25-27) (affirmative).

To carry out the ordinance of the Red Heifer so that its ashes will always be available (Num. 19:9) (affirmative). See Parah Adumah: Red Heifer.

That a corpse defiles (Num. 19:11-16) (affirmative). See Care for the Dead.

That the waters of separation defile one who is clean, and cleanse the unclean from pollution by a dead body (Num. 19:19-22) (affirmative).

Lepers and Leprosy

Not to drove off the hair of the scall (Lev. 13:33) (negative).

That the procedure of cleansing leprosy, whether of a man or of a house, takes place with cedar-wood, hyssop, scarlet thread, two birds, and running water (Lev. 14:1-7) (affirmative).

That the leper shall shave all his hair (Lev. 14:9) (affirmative).

Not to pluck out the marks of leprosy (Deut. 24:8) (negative).

The King

Not to curse a ruler, that is, the King or the head of the College in the land of Israel (Ex. 22:27) (negative).

To appoint a king (Deut. 17:15) (affirmative).

Not to appoint as ruler over Israel, one who comes from non-Israelites (Deut. 17:15) (negative).

That the King shall not acquire an excessive number of horses (Deut. 17:16) (negative).

That the King shall not take an excessive number of wives (Deut. 17:17) (negative).

That he shall not accumulate an excessive quantity of gold and silver (Deut. 17:17) (negative).

That the King shall write a scroll of the Torah for himself, in addition to the one that every person should write, so that he writes two scrolls (Deut. 17:18) (affirmative). See Torah.

Nazarites

That a Nazarite shall not drink wine, or anything mixed with wine which tastes like wine; and even if the wine or the mixture has turned sour, it is prohibited to him (Num. 6:3) (negative).

That he shall not eat fresh grapes (Num. 6:3) (negative).

That he shall not eat dried grapes (raisins) (Num. 6:3) (negative).

That he shall not eat the kernels of the grapes (Num. 6:4) (negative).

That he shall not eat of the skins of the grapes (Num. 6:4) (negative).

That the Nazarite shall permit his hair to grow (Num. 6:5) (affirmative).

That the Nazarite shall not cut his hair (Num. 6:5) (negative).

That he shall not enter any covered structure where there is a dead body (Num. 6:6) (negative).

That a Nazarite shall not defile himself for any dead person (by being in the presence of the corpse) (Num. 6:7) (negative).

That the Nazarite shall shave his hair when he brings his offerings at the completion of the period of his Nazariteship, or within that period if he has become defiled (Num. 6:9) (affirmative).

Wars

That those engaged in warfare shall not fear their enemies nor be panic-stricken by them during battle (Deut. 3:22, 7:21, 20:3) (negative).

To anoint a special kohein (to speak to the soldiers) in a war (Deut. 20:2) (affirmative). See Kohein.

In a permissive war (as distinguished from obligatory ones), to observe the procedure prescribed in the Torah (Deut. 20:10) (affirmative).

Not to keep alive any individual of the seven Canaanite nations (Deut. 20:16) (negative).

To exterminate the seven Canaanite nations from the land of Israel (Deut. 20:17) (affirmative).

Not to destroy fruit trees (wantonly or in warfare) (Deut. 20:19-20) (CCN191).

To deal with a beautiful woman taken captive in war in the manner prescribed in the Torah (Deut. 21:10-14) (affirmative).

Not to sell a beautiful woman, (taken captive in war) (Deut. 21:14) (negative).

Not to degrade a beautiful woman (taken captive in war) to the condition of a bondwoman (Deut. 21:14) (negative).

Not to offer peace to the Ammonites and the Moabites before waging war on them, as should be done to other nations (Deut. 23:7) (negative).

That anyone who is unclean shall not enter the Camp of the Levites (Deut. 23:11) (according to the Talmud, in the present day this means the Temple mount) (CCN193).

To have a place outside the camp for sanitary purposes (Deut. 23:13) (affirmative).

To keep that place sanitary (Deut. 23:14-15) (affirmative).

Always to remember what Amalek did (Deut. 25:17) (CCA76).

That the evil done to us by Amalek shall not be forgotten (Deut. 25:19) (CCN194).

To destroy the seed of Amalek (Deut. 25:19) (CCA77).

A List of the 613 Mitzvot (Commandments) … Level: Advanced

├ö├ç├│ Jewish tradition teaches that there are 613 commandments…├ö├ç├│ This is the list of 613 identified by Rambam…├ö├ç├│ The order and organization is my own