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

