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The 613 commandments is a numbering of the statements and principles of law, ethics, and spiritual practice contained in the Torah

Torah

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or Five Books of Moses. The numbering was first made by Rabbi Simlai

Simlai

Rabbi Simlai was a talmudic sage from Palestine in the early 3rd century. The calculation of 613 Mitzvot is attributed to him. He was a student of Rabbi Judah I, the grandson of the author of the Mishnah. A famous Haggadist, Simlai endeavored to induce Judah II to abrogate the prohibition against...

in Talmud Makkot

Makkot

Makkot is a book of the Mishnah and Talmud. It is the fifth volume of the book of Nezikin. Makkot deals primarily with laws of Jewish courts and the punishments which they may administer, and may be regarded as a continuation of tractate Sanhedrin, of which it originally formed part.Included in...

23b.

These principles of Biblical law are sometimes called connections or commandments (mitzvot) and referred to collectively as the "Law of Moses" (Torat Moshe, ), "Mosaic Law", or simply "the Law". The word mitzvot is plural; singular is mitzvah.

Although there have been many attempts to codify and enumerate the commandments contained in the Torah, the traditional view is based on Maimonides

Maimonides

Moses ben-Maimon, called Maimonides and also known as Mūsā ibn Maymūn in Arabic, or Rambam , was a preeminent medieval Jewish philosopher and one of the greatest Torah scholars and physicians of the Middle Ages...

' enumeration. The 613 commandments are either "positive commandments" to perform an act (mitzvot aseh) or "negative commandments" to abstain from certain acts (mitzvot lo taaseh). There are 365 negative commandments, corresponding to the number of days in a solar year, and 248 positive commandments, ascribed to the number of bone

Bone

Bones are rigid organs that constitute part of the endoskeleton of vertebrates. They support, and protect the various organs of the body, produce red and white blood cells and store minerals. Bone tissue is a type of dense connective tissue...

s and significant organs in the human body

Human body

The human body is the entire structure of a human organism, and consists of a head, neck, torso, two arms and two legs.By the time the human reaches adulthood, the body consists of close to 100 trillion cells, the basic unit of life...

(Babylonian Talmud, Makkot 23b-24a) Though the number 613 is mentioned in the Talmud

Talmud

The Talmud is a central text of mainstream Judaism. It takes the form of a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Jewish law, ethics, philosophy, customs and history....

, its real significance increased in later medieval rabbinic literature, including many works listing or arranged by the mitzvot. Three types of negative commandments fall under the yehareg ve'al ya'avor

Self-sacrifice under Jewish Law

Although rare, there are instances within Jewish law that mandate a Jew to sacrifice his or her own life rather than violate a religious prohibition. One of these prohibitions is that no life should be taken, including one's own...

, meaning "One should let himself be killed rather than violate it". These are murder

Murder

Murder is the unlawful killing, with malice aforethought, of another human being, and generally this state of mind distinguishes murder from other forms of unlawful homicide...

, idolatry

Idolatry

Idolatry is a pejorative term for the worship of an idol, a physical object such as a cult image, as a god, or practices believed to verge on worship, such as giving undue honour and regard to created forms other than God. In all the Abrahamic religions idolatry is strongly forbidden, although...

, and forbidden sexual relations

Leviticus 18

Leviticus 18 is a chapter of the Biblical book of Leviticus. It narrates part of the instructions given to Moses by God on Mount Sinai. The chapter deals with a number of sexual activities considered 'unclean' or 'abominable'...

.

The 613 mitzvot are divided into three general categories. A category of mitzvos are called Mishpatim

Mishpatim

Mishpatim is the eighteenth weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the sixth in the book of Exodus...

. These include commandments that are logical and make sense, such as not killing or not stealing. Another category of mitzvot are called Eidus. They stand as testimonies in Judaism. For example, the Shabbath testifies to the fact that Hashem created the world in six days and rested on the seventh day and declared it holy. A third category of mitzvot are called Chukim whose rationale and purpose are no longer obvious in post-Biblical contexts.

Many of the mitzvot cannot be observed now, following the destruction of the Second Temple

Second Temple

The Jewish Second Temple was an important shrine which stood on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem between 516 BCE and 70 CE. It replaced the First Temple which was destroyed in 586 BCE, when the Jewish nation was exiled to Babylon...

, although they still retain religious significance. According to one standard reckoning, there are 77 positive and 194 negative commandments that can be observed today. There are 26 commands that apply only within the Land of Israel

Laws and customs of the Land of Israel in Judaism

Laws and customs of the Land of Israel in Judaism are special Jewish laws that apply only to the Land of Israel. According to a standard view, 26 of the 613 mitzvot apply only in the Land of Israel. Overall, the laws and customs may be classified as follows:...

. Furthermore, there are some time-based commandments from which women are exempt (examples include shofar

Shofar

A shofar is a horn, traditionally that of a ram, used for Jewish religious purposes. Shofar-blowing is incorporated in synagogue services on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.Shofar come in a variety of sizes.- Bible and rabbinic literature :...

, sukkah

Sukkah

A sukkah is a temporary hut constructed for use during the week-long Jewish festival of Sukkot. It is topped with branches and often well decorated with autumnal, harvest or Judaic themes...

, lulav

Lulav

The Lulav is a closed frond of the date palm tree. It is one of the arba'ah minim used in the morning prayer services during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot...

, tzitzit

Tzitzit

The Hebrew noun tzitzit is the name for specially knotted ritual fringes worn by observant Jews. Tzitzit are attached to the four corners of the tallit and tallit katan.-Etymology:The word may derive from the semitic root N-TZ-H...

and tefillin

Tefillin

Tefillin also called phylacteries are a set of small black leather boxes containing scrolls of parchment inscribed with verses from the Torah, which are worn by observant Jews during weekday morning prayers. Although "tefillin" is technically the plural form , it is loosely used as a singular as...

). Some depend on the special status of a person in Judaism (such as kohanim

Kohen

A Kohen is the Hebrew word for priest. Jewish Kohens are traditionally believed and halachically required to be of direct patrilineal descent from the Biblical Aaron....

), while others apply only to men and others only to women.

Significance of 613

According to the Talmud

Talmud

The Talmud is a central text of mainstream Judaism. It takes the form of a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Jewish law, ethics, philosophy, customs and history....

(tractate Makkoth 23b), states that Moses

Moses

Moses was, according to the Hebrew Bible and Qur'an, a religious leader, lawgiver and prophet, to whom the authorship of the Torah is traditionally attributed...

transmitted the "Torah" from God to the Israelites: "Moses commanded us the Torah as an inheritance for the community of Jacob

Jacob

Jacob "heel" or "leg-puller"), also later known as Israel , as described in the Hebrew Bible, the Talmud, the New Testament and the Qur'an was the third patriarch of the Hebrew people with whom God made a covenant, and ancestor of the tribes of Israel, which were named after his descendants.In the...

".

The Talmud notes that the Hebrew numerical value (gematria

Gematria

Gematria or gimatria is a system of assigning numerical value to a word or phrase, in the belief that words or phrases with identical numerical values bear some relation to each other, or bear some relation to the number itself as it may apply to a person's age, the calendar year, or the like...

) of the word "Torah" is 611, and combining Moses's 611 commandments with the two received directly from God in Genesis, to "be fruitful and multiply" and male circumcision, adds up to 613. The Talmud attributes the number 613 to Rabbi Simlai

Simlai

, but other classical sages who hold this view include Rabbi Simeon ben Azzai

Simeon ben Azzai

Simeon ben Azzai or simply Ben Azzai was a distinguished tanna of the first third of the 2nd century. His full name was Simon ben Azzai, to which sometimes the title "Rabbi" is prefixed...

(Sifre, Deuteronomy 76) and Rabbi Eleazar ben Yose the Galilean (Midrash Aggadah

Aggadah

Aggadah refers to the homiletic and non-legalistic exegetical texts in the classical rabbinic literature of Judaism, particularly as recorded in the Talmud and Midrash...

to Genesis 15:1). It is quoted in Midrash

Midrash

The Hebrew term Midrash is a homiletic method of biblical exegesis. The term also refers to the whole compilation of homiletic teachings on the Bible....

Shemot Rabbah 33:7, Bamidbar Rabbah 13:15–16; 18:21 and Talmud Yevamot 47b.

Many Jewish philosophical

Jewish philosophy

Jewish philosophy , includes all philosophy carried out by Jews, or, in relation to the religion of Judaism. Jewish philosophy, until modern Enlightenment and Emancipation, was pre-occupied with attempts to reconcile coherent new ideas into the tradition of Rabbinic Judaism; thus organizing...

and mystical works (e.g. by Baal ha-Turim, the Maharal of Prague

Judah Loew ben Bezalel

Judah Loew ben Bezalel, alt. Loewe, Löwe, or Levai, widely known to scholars of Judaism as the Maharal of Prague, or simply The MaHaRaL, the Hebrew acronym of "Moreinu ha-Rav Loew," was an important Talmudic scholar, Jewish mystic, and philosopher who served as a leading rabbi in the city of...

and leaders of Hasidic Judaism

Hasidic Judaism

Hasidic Judaism or Hasidism, from the Hebrew —Ḥasidut in Sephardi, Chasidus in Ashkenazi, meaning "piety" , is a branch of Orthodox Judaism that promotes spirituality and joy through the popularisation and internalisation of Jewish mysticism as the fundamental aspects of the Jewish faith...

) find allusions and inspirational calculations relating to the number of commandments.

The tzitzit

Tzitzit

("knotted fringes") of the tallit

Tallit

A tallit pl. tallitot is a Jewish prayer shawl. The tallit is worn over the outer clothes during the morning prayers on weekdays, Shabbat and holidays...

("[prayer] shawl") are connected to the 613 commandments by interpretation: principal Torah commentator Rashi

Rashi

Shlomo Yitzhaki , or in Latin Salomon Isaacides, and today generally known by the acronym Rashi , was a medieval French rabbi famed as the author of a comprehensive commentary on the Talmud, as well as a comprehensive commentary on the Tanakh...

bases the number of knots on a gematria

Gematria

: the word tzitzit (Hebrew: ציצת (Biblical), ציצית, in its Mishnaic

Mishnah

The Mishnah or Mishna is the first major written redaction of the Jewish oral traditions called the "Oral Torah". It is also the first major work of Rabbinic Judaism. It was redacted c...

spelling) has the value 600. Each tassel has eight threads (when doubled over) and five sets of knots, totalling 13. The sum of all numbers is 613. This reflects the concept that donning a garment with tzitzit reminds its wearer of all Torah commandments.

In gematria

Gematria

, the Mitzvos or Mitzvot is transliterated

Romanization of Hebrew

Hebrew uses the Hebrew alphabet with optional vowel points. The romanization of Hebrew is the use of the Latin alphabet to transliterate Hebrew words....

as Taryag mitzvot. TaRYaG is the gematria

Gematria

for the number "613".

Dissent and difficulties

The rabbinic support for 613 is not without dissent and, even as the number gained acceptance, difficulties arose in elucidating the list. Some rabbis declared that this count was not an authentic tradition, or that it was not logically possible to come up with a systematic count. Not surprisingly, no early work of Jewish law or Biblical commentary depended on the 613 system, and no early systems of Jewish principles of faith

Jewish principles of faith

The concept of an explicit, paramount definition of faith does not exist in Judaism as it does in other monotheistic religions such as Christianity. Although Jews and religious leaders share a core of monotheistic principles, and there are many fundamental principles quoted in the Talmud to define...

made acceptance of this Aggadah

Aggadah

Aggadah refers to the homiletic and non-legalistic exegetical texts in the classical rabbinic literature of Judaism, particularly as recorded in the Talmud and Midrash...

(non-legal Talmudic statement) normative. The classical Biblical commentator and grammarian Rabbi Abraham ibn Ezra

Abraham ibn Ezra

Rabbi Abraham ben Meir Ibn Ezra was born at Tudela, Navarre in 1089, and died c. 1167, apparently in Calahorra....

denied that this was an authentic rabbinic tradition. Ibn Ezra writes "Some sages enumerate 613 mitzvot in many diverse ways [...] but in truth there is no end to the number of mitzvot [...] and if we were to count only the root principles [...] the number of mitzvot would not reach 613" (Yesod Mora, Chapter 2).

Nahmanides

Nahmanides

Nahmanides, also known as Rabbi Moses ben Naḥman Girondi, Bonastruc ça Porta and by his acronym Ramban, , was a leading medieval Jewish scholar, Catalan rabbi, philosopher, physician, kabbalist, and biblical commentator.-Name:"Nahmanides" is a Greek-influenced formation meaning "son of Naḥman"...

held that this counting was the matter of a rabbinic controversy

Controversy

Controversy is a state of prolonged public dispute or debate, usually concerning a matter of opinion. The word was coined from the Latin controversia, as a composite of controversus – "turned in an opposite direction," from contra – "against" – and vertere – to turn, or versus , hence, "to turn...

, and that rabbinic opinion on this is not unanimous. Nonetheless, he concedes that "this total has proliferated throughout the aggadic literature... we ought to say that it was a tradition from Moses at Mount Sinai

Mount Sinai

Mount Sinai , also known as Mount Horeb, Mount Musa, Gabal Musa , Jabal Musa meaning "Moses' Mountain", is a mountain near Saint Catherine in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt. A mountain called Mount Sinai is mentioned many times in the Book of Exodus in the Torah and the Bible as well as the Quran...

," (Nahmanides, Commentary to Maimonides' Sefer Hamitzvot', Root Principle 1).

Rabbi Simeon ben Zemah Duran

Simeon ben Zemah Duran

Simeon ben Zemah Duran , known as Rashbatz or Tashbatz was a Rabbinical authority, student of philosophy, astronomy, mathematics, and especially of medicine, which he practised for a number of years at Palma...

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

Even when rabbis attempted to compile a list of the 613 commandments, they faced a number of difficulties:

Which statements were to be counted as commandments? Every command by God to any individual? Only commandments to the entire people of Israel?
Would an order from God be counted as a commandment, for the purposes of such a list, if it could only be complied with in one place and time? Or, would such an order only count as a commandment if it could - at least in theory - be followed at all times? (The latter is the view of Maimonides
Maimonides
Moses ben-Maimon, called Maimonides and also known as Mūsā ibn Maymūn in Arabic, or Rambam , was a preeminent medieval Jewish philosopher and one of the greatest Torah scholars and physicians of the Middle Ages...

.)
How does one count commandments in a single verse which offers multiple prohibitions? Should each prohibition count as a single commandment, or does the entire set count as one commandment?

Ultimately, though, the concept of 613 commandments became accepted as normative in the Jewish community. Today, even among those who do not literally accept this count as accurate, it is still a common practice to refer to the total system of commandments within the Torah as the "613 commandments."

However, the 613 Mitzvot do not constitute a formal code of present-day halakhah. (See Halakha: Codes of Jewish law.) The most widely recognized is the Shulkhan Arukh, written by Rabbi Yosef Karo (Safed, Israel, 1550) and adopted to Ashkenazic custom by Rabbi Moses Isserles

Moses Isserles

Moses Isserles, also spelled Moshe Isserlis, , was an eminent Ashkenazic rabbi, talmudist, and posek, renowned for his fundamental work of Halakha , entitled ha-Mapah , an inline commentary on the Shulkhan Aruch...

. For Sephardic Jewry, this is generally the accepted code. The Kitzur Shulkhan Arukh of Rabbi Shlomo Ganzfried

Shlomo Ganzfried

Shlomo Ganzfried was an Orthodox rabbi and posek best known as author of the work of Halakha , the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch , by which title he is also known.- Biography :Ganzfried was born in the year 1804 in Uzhhorod in the Carpathian region of the...

(Hungary

Hungary

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1804 -1886) is an especially popular among Ashkenazic Jews—though often criticized—overview of the rules of Ashkenazi Jewish life.

Works enumerating the commandments

There is no single definitive list that explicates the 613 commandments. Lists differ, for example, in how they interpret passages in the Torah

Torah

that may be read as dealing with several cases under a single law or several separate laws. Other "commandments" in the Torah are restricted as one-time acts, and would not be considered as "mitzvot" binding on other persons. In rabbinic literature

Rabbinic literature

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, Rishonim

Rishonim

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and later scholars composed to articulate and justify their enumeration of the commandments:

Sefer ha-Mitzvoth ("Book of Commandments") by Rabbi Saadia Gaon
Saadia Gaon
Saʻadiah ben Yosef Gaon was a prominent rabbi, Jewish philosopher, and exegete of the Geonic period.The first important rabbinic figure to write extensively in Arabic, he is considered the founder of Judeo-Arabic literature...

is the earliest extant enumeration of the 613 mitzvot. Written during the period of the Geonim
Geonim
Geonim were the presidents of the two great Babylonian, Talmudic Academies of Sura and Pumbedita, in the Abbasid Caliphate, and were the generally accepted spiritual leaders of the Jewish community world wide in the early medieval era, in contrast to the Resh Galuta who wielded secular authority...

, Saadia's work is a simple list (though it was later expanded by Rabbi Yerucham Fishel Perlow.)
Sefer Hamitzvot
Sefer Hamitzvot
Sefer Hamitzvot is a work by the 12th century rabbi, philosopher and physician Maimonides. While there are various other works titled similarly, the title "Sefer Hamitzvot" without a modifier refers to Maimonides' work...

("Book of Commandments") by Maimonides
Maimonides
Moses ben-Maimon, called Maimonides and also known as Mūsā ibn Maymūn in Arabic, or Rambam , was a preeminent medieval Jewish philosopher and one of the greatest Torah scholars and physicians of the Middle Ages...

, with a commentary by Nachmanides. Maimonides employs a set of fourteen rules (shorashim) which determine inclusion into the list. In this work, he supports his specification of each Mitzvah through quotations from the midrash halakha
Midrash halakha
Midrash halakha was the ancient Judaic rabbinic method of Torah study that expounded upon the traditionally received 613 Mitzvot by identifying their sources in the Tanakh , and by interpreting these passages as proofs of the laws' authenticity. Midrash more generally also refers to the...

and the Gemara
Gemara
The Gemara is the component of the Talmud comprising rabbinical analysis of and commentary on the Mishnah. After the Mishnah was published by Rabbi Judah the Prince The Gemara (also transliterated Gemora or, less commonly, Gemorra; from Aramaic גמרא gamar; literally, "[to] study" or "learning by...

. Nachmanides makes a number of critical points and replaces some items of the list with others.
Sefer ha-Chinnuch ("Book of Education"). This work generally follows Maimonides' reckoning of the 613 commandments. It is written in the order in which the commandments appear in the Torah rather than an arrangement by category (as in Maimonides' work.) In addition to enumerating the commandments and giving a brief overview of relevant laws, the Sefer ha-Chinuch also tries to explain the philosophical reasons behind the mitzvot. It has been attributed to various authors, most commonly Rabbi Aaron ha-Levi of Barcelona
Barcelona
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(the Ra'ah), though its true authorship is unknown.
Sefer ha-Mitzvoth ha-Gadol or SMaG ("Large book of Commandments") by Rabbi Moses ben Jacob of Coucy
Moses ben Jacob of Coucy
Moses ben Jacob of Coucy was a French Tosafist and authority on Halakha . He is best known as author of one of the earliest codifications of Halakha, the Sefer Mitzvot Gadol.-Biography:...

.
Sefer ha-Mitzvoth ha-Katan or SMaK ("Small book of Commandments") by Rabbi Isaac of Corbeil. This work was written in the form of a poem, divided into seven sections and intended to be read each week. While Isaac's work is fairly short, most editions contain lengthy commentaries. Like the Chafetz Chaim's enumeration, the SMaK deals only with those mitzvot applicable today.
Sefer Yere'im ("Book of the [God-]fearing") by Rabbi Eliezer of Metz (not a clear enumeration.)
Sefer ha-Mitzvoth by Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan
Yisrael Meir Kagan
Yisrael Meir Poupko , known popularly as The Chofetz Chaim, was an influential Eastern European rabbi, Halakhist, posek, and ethicist whose works continue to be widely influential in Jewish life...

(the "Chafetz Chaim"). The Chafetz Chaim's work follows the reckoning of Maimonides but gives only the commandments relevant today. Notably, this listing omits commandments regarding temple service, ritual purity, sacrifices, and so on. Though the original work included only those commandments relevant in all places and at all times, later editions include agricultural laws relevant today only in the Land of Israel
Land of Israel
The Land of Israel is the Biblical name for the territory roughly corresponding to the area encompassed by the Southern Levant, also known as Canaan and Palestine, Promised Land and Holy Land. The belief that the area is a God-given homeland of the Jewish people is based on the narrative of the...

.

Maimonides' list

The following are the 613 commandments and their source in scripture, as enumerated by Maimonides

Maimonides

To know there is a God
Not to even think that there are other gods besides Him
Monotheism
Monotheism is the belief in the existence of one and only one god. Monotheism is characteristic of the Baha'i Faith, Christianity, Druzism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Samaritanism, Sikhism and Zoroastrianism.While they profess the existence of only one deity, monotheistic religions may still...

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To know that He is
God in Judaism
The conception of God in Judaism is strictly monotheistic. God is an absolute one indivisible incomparable being who is the ultimate cause of all existence. Jewish tradition teaches that the true aspect of God is incomprehensible and unknowable, and that it is only God's revealed aspect that...

One
Monotheism
Monotheism is the belief in the existence of one and only one god. Monotheism is characteristic of the Baha'i Faith, Christianity, Druzism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Samaritanism, Sikhism and Zoroastrianism.While they profess the existence of only one deity, monotheistic religions may still...
To love Him
Love of God
Love of God are central notions in monotheistic and polytheistic religions, and are important in one's personal relationship with God and one's conception of God ....
To fear Him
Fear of God (religion)
The fear of God or fear of the is an attitude to religious practice advocated primarily in the Abrahamic religions. Since the term "of God" is singular, rather than plural "of the gods," the term implies monotheism.-Judaism:...
To sanctify His Name
Kiddush Hashem
The sanctification of the Name The sanctification of the Name The sanctification of the Name (in Hebrew kiddush Hashem is a precept of Judaism. It includes sanctification of the name by being holy.-Hebrew Bible:...
Not to profane His Name
Chillul Hashem
Desecration of the Name meaning desecration of the names of God in Judaism, is a term used in Judaism particularly for any act or behavior that casts shame or brings disrepute to belief in God, any aspect of the Torah's teachings, Jewish law, or the Jewish community.-Hebrew Bible:The source for...
Not to destroy objects associated with His Name
To listen to the prophet speaking in His Name
Not to try the LORD unduly
To emulate His ways
Imitatio dei
Imitatio dei is a religious concept by which man finds virtue by attempting to imitate God. It is found in several world religions. In some branches of Christianity, however, it plays a key role.-Christianity:...
To cleave to those who know Him
To love other Jews
To love converts
Not to hate fellow Jews
To reprove a sinner
Not to embarrass others
Lashon hara
The Hebrew term lashon hara is a term for gossip. It also refers to the prohibition in Jewish Law of telling gossip....
Not to oppress the weak
Not to speak derogatorily of others
Lashon hara
The Hebrew term lashon hara is a term for gossip. It also refers to the prohibition in Jewish Law of telling gossip....
Not to take revenge
Not to bear a grudge
To learn Torah
Torah study
Torah study is the study by Jewish people of the Torah, Hebrew Bible, Talmud, responsa, rabbinic literature and similar works, all of which are Judaism's religious texts...
To honor those who teach and know Torah
Not to inquire into idolatry
Idolatry in Judaism
Judaism strongly prohibits any form of idolatry. Judaism holds that idolatry is not limited to the worship of an idol itself, but also worship involving any artistic representations of God. In addition it is forbidden to derive benefit from anything dedicated to idolatry...
Not to follow the whims of your heart or what your eyes see
Not to blaspheme
Blasphemy
Blasphemy is irreverence towards religious or holy persons or things. Some countries have laws to punish blasphemy, while others have laws to give recourse to those who are offended by blasphemy...
Not to worship idols in the manner they are worshiped
Idolatry in Judaism
Judaism strongly prohibits any form of idolatry. Judaism holds that idolatry is not limited to the worship of an idol itself, but also worship involving any artistic representations of God. In addition it is forbidden to derive benefit from anything dedicated to idolatry...

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Not to worship idols
Idolatry in Judaism
Judaism strongly prohibits any form of idolatry. Judaism holds that idolatry is not limited to the worship of an idol itself, but also worship involving any artistic representations of God. In addition it is forbidden to derive benefit from anything dedicated to idolatry...

in the four ways we worship God Standard-> Yemenite->
Not to make an idol for yourself
Idolatry in Judaism
Judaism strongly prohibits any form of idolatry. Judaism holds that idolatry is not limited to the worship of an idol itself, but also worship involving any artistic representations of God. In addition it is forbidden to derive benefit from anything dedicated to idolatry...

Standard-> Yemenite->
Not to make an idol for others
Idolatry in Judaism
Judaism strongly prohibits any form of idolatry. Judaism holds that idolatry is not limited to the worship of an idol itself, but also worship involving any artistic representations of God. In addition it is forbidden to derive benefit from anything dedicated to idolatry...
Not to make human forms even for decorative purposes
Idolatry in Judaism
Judaism strongly prohibits any form of idolatry. Judaism holds that idolatry is not limited to the worship of an idol itself, but also worship involving any artistic representations of God. In addition it is forbidden to derive benefit from anything dedicated to idolatry...

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Not to turn a city to idolatry
Idolatry in Judaism
Judaism strongly prohibits any form of idolatry. Judaism holds that idolatry is not limited to the worship of an idol itself, but also worship involving any artistic representations of God. In addition it is forbidden to derive benefit from anything dedicated to idolatry...
To burn a city that has turned to idol worship
Idolatry in Judaism
Judaism strongly prohibits any form of idolatry. Judaism holds that idolatry is not limited to the worship of an idol itself, but also worship involving any artistic representations of God. In addition it is forbidden to derive benefit from anything dedicated to idolatry...
Not to rebuild it as a city
Idolatry in Judaism
Judaism strongly prohibits any form of idolatry. Judaism holds that idolatry is not limited to the worship of an idol itself, but also worship involving any artistic representations of God. In addition it is forbidden to derive benefit from anything dedicated to idolatry...
Not to derive benefit from it
Idolatry in Judaism
Judaism strongly prohibits any form of idolatry. Judaism holds that idolatry is not limited to the worship of an idol itself, but also worship involving any artistic representations of God. In addition it is forbidden to derive benefit from anything dedicated to idolatry...
Not to missionize an individual to idol worship
Idolatry in Judaism
Judaism strongly prohibits any form of idolatry. Judaism holds that idolatry is not limited to the worship of an idol itself, but also worship involving any artistic representations of God. In addition it is forbidden to derive benefit from anything dedicated to idolatry...
Not to love the idolater
Idolatry in Judaism
Judaism strongly prohibits any form of idolatry. Judaism holds that idolatry is not limited to the worship of an idol itself, but also worship involving any artistic representations of God. In addition it is forbidden to derive benefit from anything dedicated to idolatry...
Not to cease hating the idolater
Idolatry in Judaism
Judaism strongly prohibits any form of idolatry. Judaism holds that idolatry is not limited to the worship of an idol itself, but also worship involving any artistic representations of God. In addition it is forbidden to derive benefit from anything dedicated to idolatry...
Not to save the idolater
Idolatry in Judaism
Judaism strongly prohibits any form of idolatry. Judaism holds that idolatry is not limited to the worship of an idol itself, but also worship involving any artistic representations of God. In addition it is forbidden to derive benefit from anything dedicated to idolatry...
Not to say anything in the idolater's defense
Idolatry in Judaism
Judaism strongly prohibits any form of idolatry. Judaism holds that idolatry is not limited to the worship of an idol itself, but also worship involving any artistic representations of God. In addition it is forbidden to derive benefit from anything dedicated to idolatry...
Not to refrain from incriminating the idolater
Idolatry in Judaism
Judaism strongly prohibits any form of idolatry. Judaism holds that idolatry is not limited to the worship of an idol itself, but also worship involving any artistic representations of God. In addition it is forbidden to derive benefit from anything dedicated to idolatry...
Not to prophesize in the name of idolatry
Idolatry in Judaism
Judaism strongly prohibits any form of idolatry. Judaism holds that idolatry is not limited to the worship of an idol itself, but also worship involving any artistic representations of God. In addition it is forbidden to derive benefit from anything dedicated to idolatry...
Not to listen to a false prophet
Not to prophesize falsely in the name of God
Not to be afraid of the false prophet
Not to swear in the name of an idol
Not to perform ov (medium)
Not to perform yidoni ("magical seer")
Not to pass your children through the fire to Molech
Not to erect a pillar in a public place of worship
Not to bow down before a smooth stone
Not to plant a tree in the Temple courtyard
To destroy idols and their accessories
Not to derive benefit from idols and their accessories
Not to derive benefit from ornaments of idols
Not to make a covenant with idolaters
Not to show favor to them
Not to let them dwell in the Land of Israel
Land of Israel
The Land of Israel is the Biblical name for the territory roughly corresponding to the area encompassed by the Southern Levant, also known as Canaan and Palestine, Promised Land and Holy Land. The belief that the area is a God-given homeland of the Jewish people is based on the narrative of the...
Not to imitate them in customs and clothing
Not to be superstitious
Superstition
Superstition is a belief in supernatural causality: that one event leads to the cause of another without any process in the physical world linking the two events....
Not to go into a trance
Altered state of consciousness
An altered state of consciousness , also named altered state of mind, is any condition which is significantly different from a normal waking beta wave state. The expression was used as early as 1966 by Arnold M. Ludwig and brought into common usage from 1969 by Charles Tart: it describes induced...

to foresee events, etc.
Not to engage in astrology
Astrology
Astrology consists of a number of belief systems which hold that there is a relationship between astronomical phenomena and events in the human world...
Not to mutter incantation
Incantation
An incantation or enchantment is a charm or spell created using words. An incantation may take place during a ritual, either a hymn or prayer, and may invoke or praise a deity. In magic, occultism, witchcraft it may be used with the intention of casting a spell on an object or a person...

s
Not to attempt to contact the dead
Not to consult the ov
Not to consult the yidoni
Not to perform acts of magic
Magic (paranormal)
Magic is the claimed art of manipulating aspects of reality either by supernatural means or through knowledge of occult laws unknown to science. It is in contrast to science, in that science does not accept anything not subject to either direct or indirect observation, and subject to logical...
Men must not shave the hair off the sides of their head
Payot
Payot is the Hebrew word for sidelocks or sidecurls. Payot are worn by some men and boys in the Orthodox Jewish community based on an interpretation of the Biblical injunction against shaving the "corners" of one's head...
Men must not shave their beards with a razor
Razor
A razor is a bladed tool primarily used in the removal of unwanted body hair through the act of shaving. Kinds of razors include straight razors, disposable razors and electric razors....
Men must not wear women's clothing
Women must not wear men's clothing
Not to tattoo the skin
Not to tear the skin in mourning
Not to make a bald spot in mourning
To repent
Repentance in Judaism
Repentance in Judaism known as teshuva , is the way of atoning for sin in Judaism.According to Gates of Repentance, a standard work of Jewish ethics written by Rabbenu Yonah of Gerona, if someone commits a sin, a forbidden act, he can be forgiven for that sin if he performs teshuva, which...

and confess wrongdoings
Confession in Judaism
In Judaism, confession is a step in the process of atonement during which a Jew admits to committing a sin before God. In sins between a Jew and God, the confession must be done without others present...
To say the Shema
Shema Yisrael
Shema Yisrael are the first two words of a section of the Torah that is a centerpiece of the morning and evening Jewish prayer services...

twice daily
To serve the Almighty with prayer
The Kohanim must bless the Jewish nation daily
Priestly Blessing
The Priestly Blessing, , also known in Hebrew as Nesiat Kapayim, , or Dukhanen , is a Jewish prayer recited by Kohanim during certain Jewish services...
To wear tefillin
Tefillin
Tefillin also called phylacteries are a set of small black leather boxes containing scrolls of parchment inscribed with verses from the Torah, which are worn by observant Jews during weekday morning prayers. Although "tefillin" is technically the plural form , it is loosely used as a singular as...

(phylacteries) on the head
To bind tefillin on the arm
To put a mezuzah
Mezuzah
A mezuzah is usually a metal or wooden rectangular object that is fastened to a doorpost of a Jewish house. Inside it is a piece of parchment inscribed with specified Hebrew verses from the Torah...

on each door post
Each male must write a Torah scroll
Sefer Torah
A Sefer Torah of Torah” or “Torah scroll”) is a handwritten copy of the Torah or Pentateuch, the holiest book within Judaism. It must meet extremely strict standards of production. The Torah scroll is mainly used in the ritual of Torah reading during Jewish services...
The king must have a separate Sefer Torah for himself
To have tzitzit
Tzitzit
The Hebrew noun tzitzit is the name for specially knotted ritual fringes worn by observant Jews. Tzitzit are attached to the four corners of the tallit and tallit katan.-Etymology:The word may derive from the semitic root N-TZ-H...

on four-cornered garments
To bless the Almighty after eating
Birkat Hamazon
Birkat Hamazon or Birkath Hammazon, , known in English as the Grace After Meals, , is a set of Hebrew blessings that Jewish Law prescribes following a meal that includes bread or matzoh made from one or all of wheat, barley, rye, oats, spelt...
To circumcise all males on the eighth day after their birth
Brit milah
The brit milah is a Jewish religious circumcision ceremony performed on 8-day old male infants by a mohel. The brit milah is followed by a celebratory meal .-Biblical references:...
To rest on the seventh day
Shabbat
Shabbat is the seventh day of the Jewish week and a day of rest in Judaism. Shabbat is observed from a few minutes before sunset on Friday evening until a few minutes after when one would expect to be able to see three stars in the sky on Saturday night. The exact times, therefore, differ from...
Not to do prohibited labor on the seventh day
Shabbat
Shabbat is the seventh day of the Jewish week and a day of rest in Judaism. Shabbat is observed from a few minutes before sunset on Friday evening until a few minutes after when one would expect to be able to see three stars in the sky on Saturday night. The exact times, therefore, differ from...

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The court must not inflict punishment on Shabbat
Shabbat
Shabbat is the seventh day of the Jewish week and a day of rest in Judaism. Shabbat is observed from a few minutes before sunset on Friday evening until a few minutes after when one would expect to be able to see three stars in the sky on Saturday night. The exact times, therefore, differ from...
Not to walk outside the city boundary on Shabbat
To sanctify the day with Kiddush
Kiddush
Kiddush , literally, "sanctification," is a blessing recited over wine or grape juice to sanctify the Shabbat and Jewish holidays.-Significance:...

and Havdalah
Havdalah
Havdalah is a Jewish religious ceremony that marks the symbolic end of Shabbat and holidays, and ushers in the new week. Shabbat ends on Saturday night after the appearance of three stars in the sky...

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To rest from prohibited labor on Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur , also known as Day of Atonement, is the holiest and most solemn day of the year for the Jews. Its central themes are atonement and repentance. Jews traditionally observe this holy day with a 25-hour period of fasting and intensive prayer, often spending most of the day in synagogue...
Not to do prohibited labor on Yom Kippur
To afflict yourself on Yom Kippur
Not to eat or drink on Yom Kippur
To rest on the first day of Passover
Passover
Passover is a Jewish holiday and festival. It commemorates the story of the Exodus, in which the ancient Israelites were freed from slavery in Egypt...
Not to do prohibited labor on the first day of Passover
To rest on the seventh day of Passover
Not to do prohibited labor on the seventh day of Passover
To rest on Shavuot
Shavuot
The festival of is a Jewish holiday that occurs on the sixth day of the Hebrew month of Sivan ....
Not to do prohibited labor on Shavuot
To rest on Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah , , is the Jewish New Year. It is the first of the High Holy Days or Yamim Nora'im which occur in the autumn...
Not to do prohibited labor on Rosh Hashanah
To rest on Sukkot
Sukkot
Sukkot is a Biblical holiday celebrated on the 15th day of the month of Tishrei . It is one of the three biblically mandated festivals Shalosh regalim on which Hebrews were commanded to make a pilgrimage to the Temple in Jerusalem.The holiday lasts seven days...
Not to do prohibited labor on Sukkot
Sukkot
Sukkot is a Biblical holiday celebrated on the 15th day of the month of Tishrei . It is one of the three biblically mandated festivals Shalosh regalim on which Hebrews were commanded to make a pilgrimage to the Temple in Jerusalem.The holiday lasts seven days...
To rest on Shemini Atzeret
Shemini Atzeret
Shemini Atzeret is a Jewish holiday. It is celebrated on the 22nd day of the Hebrew month of Tishrei. In the Diaspora, an additional day is celebrated, the second day being separately referred to as Simchat Torah...
Not to do prohibited labor on Shemini Atzeret
Not to eat chametz
Chametz
Chametz, also Chometz, and other spellings transliterated from , are leavened foods that are forbidden on the Jewish holiday of Passover. According to Jewish law, Jews may not own, eat or benefit from chametz during Passover...

on the afternoon of the 14th day of Nissan
Nisan
Nisan is the first month of the ecclesiastical year and the seventh month of the civil year, on the Hebrew calendar. The name of the month is Babylonian; in the Torah it is called the month of the Aviv, referring to the month in which barley was ripe. It is a spring month of 30 days...
To destroy all chametz on 14th day of Nissan
Not to eat chametz all seven days of Passover
Not to eat mixtures containing chametz all seven days of Passover
Not to see chametz in your domain seven days
Not to find chametz in your domain seven days
To eat matzah
Matzo
Matzo or matzah is an unleavened bread traditionally eaten by Jews during the week-long Passover holiday, when eating chametz—bread and other food which is made with leavened grain—is forbidden according to Jewish law. Currently, the most ubiquitous type of Matzo is the traditional Ashkenazic...

on the first night of Passover
To relate the Exodus
The Exodus
The Exodus is the story of the departure of the Israelites from ancient Egypt described in the Hebrew Bible.Narrowly defined, the term refers only to the departure from Egypt described in the Book of Exodus; more widely, it takes in the subsequent law-givings and wanderings in the wilderness...

from Egypt
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt was an ancient civilization of Northeastern Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now the modern country of Egypt. Egyptian civilization coalesced around 3150 BC with the political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the first pharaoh...

on that night
To hear the Shofar
Shofar
A shofar is a horn, traditionally that of a ram, used for Jewish religious purposes. Shofar-blowing is incorporated in synagogue services on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.Shofar come in a variety of sizes.- Bible and rabbinic literature :...

on the first day of Tishrei
Tishrei
Tishrei or Tishri , Tiberian: ; from Akkadian "Beginning", from "To begin") is the first month of the civil year and the seventh month of the ecclesiastical year in the Hebrew calendar. The name of the month is Babylonian. It is an autumn month of 30 days...

(Rosh Hashanah)
To dwell in a Sukkah for the seven days of Sukkot
To take up a Lulav and Etrog all seven days
Four Species
The four species are four plants mentioned in the Torah as being relevant to Sukkot. Karaite Jews build their Sukkot out of branches from the four specified plants , while Talmudic Jews take three types of branches and one type of fruit which are held together and waved in a special ceremony...
Each man must give a half shekel
Shekel
Shekel , is any of several ancient units of weight or of currency. The first usage is from Mesopotamia around 3000 BC. Initially, it may have referred to a weight of barley...

annually
Courts
Sanhedrin
The Sanhedrin was an assembly of twenty-three judges appointed in every city in the Biblical Land of Israel.The Great Sanhedrin was the supreme court of ancient Israel made of 71 members...

must calculate to determine when a new month begins
To afflict oneself and cry out before God in times of calamity
To marry a wife
Jewish view of marriage
In Judaism, marriage is viewed as a contractual bond commanded by God in which a man and a woman come together to create a relationship in which God is directly involved. Though procreation is not the sole purpose, a Jewish marriage is also expected to fulfill the commandment to have children. The...

by means of ketubah
Ketubah
A ketubah is a special type of Jewish prenuptial agreement. It is considered an integral part of a traditional Jewish marriage, and outlines the rights and responsibilities of the groom, in relation to the bride.-History:...

and kiddushin
Not to have sexual relations with women not thus married
Not to withhold food, clothing, and sexual relations from your wife
To have children with one's wife
To issue a divorce by means of a Get document
Get (divorce document)
A is a divorce document, which according to Jewish Law, must be presented by a husband to his wife to effect their divorce. The essential text of the is quite short: "You are hereby permitted to all men," i.e., the wife is no longer a married woman, and the laws of adultery no longer apply...
A man must not remarry his ex-wife after she has married someone else
To perform yibbum
Yibbum
Yibbum , or levirate marriage, in Judaism, is one of the most complex types of marriages mandated by Torah law by which, according to the law, the brother of a man who died without children has an obligation to marry the widow...

(marry the widow of one's childless brother)
To perform halizah
Halizah
Under the Biblical system of levirate marriage known as Yibbum, Halizah is the ceremony by which a widow and her husband's brother could avoid the duty to marry after the husband's death....

(free the widow of one's childless brother from yibbum
Yibbum
Yibbum , or levirate marriage, in Judaism, is one of the most complex types of marriages mandated by Torah law by which, according to the law, the brother of a man who died without children has an obligation to marry the widow...

)
The widow must not remarry until the ties with her brother-in-law are removed (by halizah)
The court must fine one who sexually seduces a maiden
The rapist must marry the seduced maiden
He is never allowed to divorce her
The slanderer must remain married to his wife
He must not divorce
Get (divorce document)
A is a divorce document, which according to Jewish Law, must be presented by a husband to his wife to effect their divorce. The essential text of the is quite short: "You are hereby permitted to all men," i.e., the wife is no longer a married woman, and the laws of adultery no longer apply...

her
To fulfill the laws of the Sotah
Sotah
Sotah deals with the ritual of the Sotah - the woman suspected of adultery as described and prescribed in the Book of Numbers in...
Not to put oil on her meal offering (as usual)
Not to put frankincense
Frankincense
Frankincense, also called olibanum , is an aromatic resin obtained from trees of the genus Boswellia, particularly Boswellia sacra, B. carteri, B. thurifera, B. frereana, and B. bhaw-dajiana...

on her meal offering (as usual)
Not to have sexual relations with your mother
Forbidden relationships in Judaism
Forbidden relationships in Judaism are those intimate relationships which are forbidden by prohibitions in the Torah and also by rabbinical injunctions. Some of these prohibitions - those listed in Leviticus 18, known as - are considered such a serious transgression of Jewish law that one must...
Not to have sexual relations with your father's wife
Forbidden relationships in Judaism
Forbidden relationships in Judaism are those intimate relationships which are forbidden by prohibitions in the Torah and also by rabbinical injunctions. Some of these prohibitions - those listed in Leviticus 18, known as - are considered such a serious transgression of Jewish law that one must...
Not to have sexual relations with your sister
Forbidden relationships in Judaism
Forbidden relationships in Judaism are those intimate relationships which are forbidden by prohibitions in the Torah and also by rabbinical injunctions. Some of these prohibitions - those listed in Leviticus 18, known as - are considered such a serious transgression of Jewish law that one must...
Not to have sexual relations with your father's wife's daughter
Forbidden relationships in Judaism
Forbidden relationships in Judaism are those intimate relationships which are forbidden by prohibitions in the Torah and also by rabbinical injunctions. Some of these prohibitions - those listed in Leviticus 18, known as - are considered such a serious transgression of Jewish law that one must...
Not to have sexual relations with your son's daughter
Forbidden relationships in Judaism
Forbidden relationships in Judaism are those intimate relationships which are forbidden by prohibitions in the Torah and also by rabbinical injunctions. Some of these prohibitions - those listed in Leviticus 18, known as - are considered such a serious transgression of Jewish law that one must...
Not to have sexual relations with your daughter
Forbidden relationships in Judaism
Forbidden relationships in Judaism are those intimate relationships which are forbidden by prohibitions in the Torah and also by rabbinical injunctions. Some of these prohibitions - those listed in Leviticus 18, known as - are considered such a serious transgression of Jewish law that one must...
Not to have sexual relations with your daughter's daughter
Forbidden relationships in Judaism
Forbidden relationships in Judaism are those intimate relationships which are forbidden by prohibitions in the Torah and also by rabbinical injunctions. Some of these prohibitions - those listed in Leviticus 18, known as - are considered such a serious transgression of Jewish law that one must...
Not to have sexual relations with a woman and her daughter
Forbidden relationships in Judaism
Forbidden relationships in Judaism are those intimate relationships which are forbidden by prohibitions in the Torah and also by rabbinical injunctions. Some of these prohibitions - those listed in Leviticus 18, known as - are considered such a serious transgression of Jewish law that one must...
Not to have sexual relations with a woman and her son's daughter
Forbidden relationships in Judaism
Forbidden relationships in Judaism are those intimate relationships which are forbidden by prohibitions in the Torah and also by rabbinical injunctions. Some of these prohibitions - those listed in Leviticus 18, known as - are considered such a serious transgression of Jewish law that one must...
Not to have sexual relations with a woman and her daughter's
Forbidden relationships in Judaism
Forbidden relationships in Judaism are those intimate relationships which are forbidden by prohibitions in the Torah and also by rabbinical injunctions. Some of these prohibitions - those listed in Leviticus 18, known as - are considered such a serious transgression of Jewish law that one must...

daughter
Not to have sexual relations with your father's sister
Forbidden relationships in Judaism
Forbidden relationships in Judaism are those intimate relationships which are forbidden by prohibitions in the Torah and also by rabbinical injunctions. Some of these prohibitions - those listed in Leviticus 18, known as - are considered such a serious transgression of Jewish law that one must...
Not to have sexual relations with your mother's sister
Forbidden relationships in Judaism
Forbidden relationships in Judaism are those intimate relationships which are forbidden by prohibitions in the Torah and also by rabbinical injunctions. Some of these prohibitions - those listed in Leviticus 18, known as - are considered such a serious transgression of Jewish law that one must...
Not to have sexual relations with your father's brother's wife
Forbidden relationships in Judaism
Forbidden relationships in Judaism are those intimate relationships which are forbidden by prohibitions in the Torah and also by rabbinical injunctions. Some of these prohibitions - those listed in Leviticus 18, known as - are considered such a serious transgression of Jewish law that one must...
Not to have sexual relations with your son's wife
Forbidden relationships in Judaism
Forbidden relationships in Judaism are those intimate relationships which are forbidden by prohibitions in the Torah and also by rabbinical injunctions. Some of these prohibitions - those listed in Leviticus 18, known as - are considered such a serious transgression of Jewish law that one must...
Not to have sexual relations with your brother's wife
Forbidden relationships in Judaism
Forbidden relationships in Judaism are those intimate relationships which are forbidden by prohibitions in the Torah and also by rabbinical injunctions. Some of these prohibitions - those listed in Leviticus 18, known as - are considered such a serious transgression of Jewish law that one must...
Not to have sexual relations with your wife's sister
Forbidden relationships in Judaism
Forbidden relationships in Judaism are those intimate relationships which are forbidden by prohibitions in the Torah and also by rabbinical injunctions. Some of these prohibitions - those listed in Leviticus 18, known as - are considered such a serious transgression of Jewish law that one must...
A man must not have sexual relations with an animal
Forbidden relationships in Judaism
Forbidden relationships in Judaism are those intimate relationships which are forbidden by prohibitions in the Torah and also by rabbinical injunctions. Some of these prohibitions - those listed in Leviticus 18, known as - are considered such a serious transgression of Jewish law that one must...
A woman must not have sexual relations with an animal
Forbidden relationships in Judaism
Forbidden relationships in Judaism are those intimate relationships which are forbidden by prohibitions in the Torah and also by rabbinical injunctions. Some of these prohibitions - those listed in Leviticus 18, known as - are considered such a serious transgression of Jewish law that one must...
A man must not have sexual relations with a man
Homosexuality and Judaism
The subject of homosexuality in Judaism dates back to the Torah, in the books of Bereshit and Vayiqra. Bereshit treats the destruction of the cities of Sedom and Amorrah by God...
Not to have sexual relations with your father
Forbidden relationships in Judaism
Forbidden relationships in Judaism are those intimate relationships which are forbidden by prohibitions in the Torah and also by rabbinical injunctions. Some of these prohibitions - those listed in Leviticus 18, known as - are considered such a serious transgression of Jewish law that one must...
Not to have sexual relations with your father's brother
Forbidden relationships in Judaism
Forbidden relationships in Judaism are those intimate relationships which are forbidden by prohibitions in the Torah and also by rabbinical injunctions. Some of these prohibitions - those listed in Leviticus 18, known as - are considered such a serious transgression of Jewish law that one must...
Not to have sexual relations with someone else's wife
Not to have sexual relations with a menstrually impure woman
Niddah
Niddah is a Hebrew term describing a woman during menstruation, or a woman who has menstruated and not yet completed the associated requirement of immersion in a mikveh ....
Not to marry non-Jews
Interfaith marriage in Judaism
Interfaith marriage in Judaism was historically looked upon with very strong disfavour by Jewish leaders, and it remains a controversial issue amongst Jewish leaders today. In the Talmud, interfaith marriage is completely prohibited, although the definition of interfaith is not so simply expressed...
Not to let Moabite and Ammonite males marry into the Jewish people
Forbidden relationships in Judaism
Forbidden relationships in Judaism are those intimate relationships which are forbidden by prohibitions in the Torah and also by rabbinical injunctions. Some of these prohibitions - those listed in Leviticus 18, known as - are considered such a serious transgression of Jewish law that one must...
Not to prevent a third-generation Egyptian
Egyptians
Egyptians are nation an ethnic group made up of Mediterranean North Africans, the indigenous people of Egypt.Egyptian identity is closely tied to geography. The population of Egypt is concentrated in the lower Nile Valley, the small strip of cultivable land stretching from the First Cataract to...

convert from marrying into the Jewish people
Not to refrain from marrying a third generation Edom
Edom
Edom or Idumea was a historical region of the Southern Levant located south of Judea and the Dead Sea. It is mentioned in biblical records as a 1st millennium BC Iron Age kingdom of Edom, and in classical antiquity the cognate name Idumea was used to refer to a smaller area in the same region...

ite convert
Not to let a mamzer
Mamzer
The Hebrew noun mamzer in the Hebrew Bible and Jewish religious law, is a person born from certain forbidden relationships, or the descendant of such a person. A mamzer is someone who is either born of adultery by a married woman, or born of incest , or someone who has a mamzer as a parent...

(a child born due to an illegal relationship) marry into the Jewish people
Not to let a eunuch
Eunuch
A eunuch is a person born male most commonly castrated, typically early enough in his life for this change to have major hormonal consequences...

marry into the Jewish people
Not to offer to God any castrated male animals
The High Priest
Kohen Gadol
The High Priest was the chief religious official of Israelite religion and of classical Judaism from the rise of the Israelite nation until the destruction of the Second Temple of Jerusalem...

must not marry a widow
The High Priest must not have sexual relations with a widow even outside of marriage
The High Priest must marry a virgin maiden
A Kohen
Kohen
A Kohen is the Hebrew word for priest. Jewish Kohens are traditionally believed and halachically required to be of direct patrilineal descent from the Biblical Aaron....

(priest) must not marry a divorcee
A Kohen must not marry a zonah (a woman who has had a forbidden sexual relationship)
A Kohen must not marry a chalalah ("a desecrated person") (party to or product of 169-172)
Not to make pleasurable (sexual) contact with any forbidden woman
Negiah
Negiah , literally "touch," is the concept in Halakha that forbids or restricts physical contact with a member of the opposite sex...
To examine the signs of animals to distinguish between kosher and non-kosher
To examine the signs of fowl
Fowl
Fowl is a word for birds in general but usually refers to birds belonging to one of two biological orders, namely the gamefowl or landfowl and the waterfowl...

to distinguish between kosher and non-kosher
To examine the signs of fish
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...

to distinguish between kosher and non-kosher
To examine the signs of locusts to distinguish between kosher and non-kosher
Not to eat non-kosher animals
Kosher animals
Kosher animals are those that comply with regulations for Kosher food in Jewish religion. These food regulations form the main aspect of kashrut, and ultimately derive from various passages in the Torah...
Not to eat non-kosher fowl
Kosher animals
Kosher animals are those that comply with regulations for Kosher food in Jewish religion. These food regulations form the main aspect of kashrut, and ultimately derive from various passages in the Torah...
Not to eat non-kosher fish
Kosher animals
Kosher animals are those that comply with regulations for Kosher food in Jewish religion. These food regulations form the main aspect of kashrut, and ultimately derive from various passages in the Torah...
Not to eat non-kosher flying insects
Kosher animals
Kosher animals are those that comply with regulations for Kosher food in Jewish religion. These food regulations form the main aspect of kashrut, and ultimately derive from various passages in the Torah...
Not to eat non-kosher creatures that crawl on land
Kosher animals
Kosher animals are those that comply with regulations for Kosher food in Jewish religion. These food regulations form the main aspect of kashrut, and ultimately derive from various passages in the Torah...
Not to eat non-kosher maggots
Kosher animals
Kosher animals are those that comply with regulations for Kosher food in Jewish religion. These food regulations form the main aspect of kashrut, and ultimately derive from various passages in the Torah...
Not to eat worms found in fruit on the ground
Kosher animals
Kosher animals are those that comply with regulations for Kosher food in Jewish religion. These food regulations form the main aspect of kashrut, and ultimately derive from various passages in the Torah...
Not to eat creatures that live in water other than (kosher) fish
Kosher animals
Kosher animals are those that comply with regulations for Kosher food in Jewish religion. These food regulations form the main aspect of kashrut, and ultimately derive from various passages in the Torah...
Not to eat the meat of an animal that died without ritual slaughter
Shechita
Shechita is the ritual slaughter of mammals and birds according to Jewish dietary laws...
Not to benefit from an ox condemned to be stoned
Not to eat meat of an animal that was mortally wounded
Not to eat a limb torn off a living creature
Not to eat blood
Not to eat certain fats of clean animals
Not to eat the sinew of the thigh
Sciatic nerve
The sciatic nerve is a large nerve fiber in humans and other animals. It begins in the lower back and runs through the buttock and down the lower limb...
Not to eat mixtures of milk and meat cooked together
Not to cook meat and milk together
Not to eat bread from new grain before the Omer
Yoshon
In Judaism, Chodosh is a concept within Kashrut , based on the Biblical requirement not to eat any grain of the new year prior to the annual Omer offering on the 16th day of Nisan.Grain products which are no longer affected by this law are referred to as Yoshon .-The five types of...
Not to eat parched grains from new grain before the Omer
Not to eat ripened grains from new grain before the Omer
Not to eat fruit of a tree during its first three years
Orlah
Orlah is the tenth tractate of Seder Zeraim of the Mishnah and of the Talmud. It discusses the laws pertaining to any fruit bearing tree, whose fruits cannot be eaten during the first three years the tree produces fruit...
Not to eat diverse seeds planted in a vineyard
Kil'ayim
Kil'ayim is the fourth tractate of Seder Zeraim of the Mishnah and of the Talmud. It deals with the laws of various forbidden production and uses of mixtures, as provided in Leviticus 19:19 and Deuteronomy 22:9-11...
Not to eat untithe
Tithe
A tithe is a one-tenth part of something, paid as a contribution to a religious organization or compulsory tax to government. Today, tithes are normally voluntary and paid in cash, cheques, or stocks, whereas historically tithes were required and paid in kind, such as agricultural products...

d fruits
Not to drink wine poured in service to idols
Kosher wine
Kosher wine is grape wine produced according to Judaism's religious law, specifically, Jewish dietary laws .To be considered kosher, Sabbath-observant Jews must be involved in the entire winemaking process and any ingredients used, including finings, must be kosher...
To ritually slaughter an animal before eating it
Shechita
Shechita is the ritual slaughter of mammals and birds according to Jewish dietary laws...
Not to slaughter an animal and its offspring on the same day
To cover the blood (of a slaughtered beast or fowl) with earth
To send away the mother bird before taking its children
To release the mother bird if she was taken from the nest
Not to swear falsely in God's Name
Not to take God's Name in vain Standard-> Yemenite->
Not to deny possession of something entrusted to you
Not to swear in denial of a monetary claim
To swear in God's Name to confirm the truth when deemed necessary by court
To fulfill what was uttered and to do what was avowed
Not to break oath
Oath
An oath is either a statement of fact or a promise calling upon something or someone that the oath maker considers sacred, usually God, as a witness to the binding nature of the promise or the truth of the statement of fact. To swear is to take an oath, to make a solemn vow...

s or vows
For oaths and vows annulled, there are the laws of annulling vows explicit in the Torah
The Nazir must let his hair grow
Nazirite
In the Hebrew Bible, a nazirite or nazarite, , refers to one who voluntarily took a vow described in . The term "nazirite" comes from the Hebrew word nazir meaning "consecrated" or "separated"...
He must not cut his hair
Nazirite
In the Hebrew Bible, a nazirite or nazarite, , refers to one who voluntarily took a vow described in . The term "nazirite" comes from the Hebrew word nazir meaning "consecrated" or "separated"...
He must not drink wine, wine mixtures, or wine vinegar
Nazirite
In the Hebrew Bible, a nazirite or nazarite, , refers to one who voluntarily took a vow described in . The term "nazirite" comes from the Hebrew word nazir meaning "consecrated" or "separated"...
He must not eat fresh grapes
Nazirite
In the Hebrew Bible, a nazirite or nazarite, , refers to one who voluntarily took a vow described in . The term "nazirite" comes from the Hebrew word nazir meaning "consecrated" or "separated"...
He must not eat raisins
Nazirite
In the Hebrew Bible, a nazirite or nazarite, , refers to one who voluntarily took a vow described in . The term "nazirite" comes from the Hebrew word nazir meaning "consecrated" or "separated"...
He must not eat grape seeds
Nazirite
In the Hebrew Bible, a nazirite or nazarite, , refers to one who voluntarily took a vow described in . The term "nazirite" comes from the Hebrew word nazir meaning "consecrated" or "separated"...
He must not eat grape skins
Nazirite
In the Hebrew Bible, a nazirite or nazarite, , refers to one who voluntarily took a vow described in . The term "nazirite" comes from the Hebrew word nazir meaning "consecrated" or "separated"...
He must not be under the same roof as a corpse
Nazirite
In the Hebrew Bible, a nazirite or nazarite, , refers to one who voluntarily took a vow described in . The term "nazirite" comes from the Hebrew word nazir meaning "consecrated" or "separated"...
He must not come into contact with the dead
Nazirite
In the Hebrew Bible, a nazirite or nazarite, , refers to one who voluntarily took a vow described in . The term "nazirite" comes from the Hebrew word nazir meaning "consecrated" or "separated"...
He must shave his head after bringing sacrifices upon completion of his Nazirite period
Nazirite
In the Hebrew Bible, a nazirite or nazarite, , refers to one who voluntarily took a vow described in . The term "nazirite" comes from the Hebrew word nazir meaning "consecrated" or "separated"...
To estimate the value of people as determined by the Torah
To estimate the value of consecrated animals
To estimate the value of consecrated houses
To estimate the value of consecrated fields
Carry out the laws of interdicting possessions (cherem)
Not to sell the cherem
Not to redeem the cherem
Not to plant diverse seeds together
Kil'ayim
Kil'ayim is the fourth tractate of Seder Zeraim of the Mishnah and of the Talmud. It deals with the laws of various forbidden production and uses of mixtures, as provided in Leviticus 19:19 and Deuteronomy 22:9-11...
Not to plant grains or greens in a vineyard
Not to crossbreed animals
Not to work different animals together
Not to wear shaatnez, a cloth woven of wool and linen
To leave a corner of the field uncut for the poor
Not to reap that corner
To leave gleaning
Gleaning
Gleaning is the act of collecting leftover crops from farmers' fields after they have been commercially harvested or on fields where it is not economically profitable to harvest...

s
Not to gather the gleaning
Gleaning
Gleaning is the act of collecting leftover crops from farmers' fields after they have been commercially harvested or on fields where it is not economically profitable to harvest...

s
To leave the gleaning
Gleaning
Gleaning is the act of collecting leftover crops from farmers' fields after they have been commercially harvested or on fields where it is not economically profitable to harvest...

s of a vineyard
Not to gather the gleaning
Gleaning
Gleaning is the act of collecting leftover crops from farmers' fields after they have been commercially harvested or on fields where it is not economically profitable to harvest...

s of a vineyard
To leave the unformed clusters of grapes
Not to pick the unformed clusters of grapes
To leave the forgotten sheaves in the field
Not to retrieve them
To separate the "tithe for the poor"
To give charity
Tzedakah
Tzedakah or Ṣ'daqah in Classical Hebrew is a Hebrew word commonly translated as charity, though it is based on the Hebrew word meaning righteousness, fairness or justice...
Not to withhold charity from the poor
To set aside Terumah Gedolah (gift for the Kohen)
The Levite must set aside a tenth of his tithe
Not to preface one tithe to the next, but separate them in their proper order
A non-Kohen must not eat Terumah
Terumah
Terumah is a Hebrew word, originally meaning lifted apart, but meaning donation in modern Hebrew. It can refer to:*Heave offerings - a type of sacrifice in the Hebrew Bible...
A hired worker or a Jewish bondsman of a Kohen must not eat Terumah
An uncircumcised Kohen must not eat Terumah
An impure Kohen must not eat Terumah
A chalalah (party to #s 169-172 above) must not eat Terumah
To set aside Ma'aser (tithe) each planting year and give it to a Levite
To set aside the second tithe (Ma'aser Sheni)
Not to spend its redemption money on anything but food, drink, or ointment
Not to eat Ma'aser Sheni while impure
A mourner on the first day after death must not eat Ma'aser Sheni
Not to eat Ma'aser Sheni grains outside Jerusalem
Not to eat Ma'aser Sheni wine products outside Jerusalem
Not to eat Ma'aser Sheni oil outside Jerusalem
The fourth year crops must be totally for holy purposes like Ma'aser Sheni
To read the confession of tithes every fourth and seventh year
To set aside the first fruits and bring them to the Temple
The Kohanim
Kohen
A Kohen is the Hebrew word for priest. Jewish Kohens are traditionally believed and halachically required to be of direct patrilineal descent from the Biblical Aaron....

must not eat the first fruits outside Jerusalem
To read the Torah portion pertaining to their presentation
To set aside a portion of dough for a Kohen
To give the foreleg, two cheeks, and abomasum of slaughtered animals to a Kohen
To give the first shearing of sheep to a Kohen
To redeem firstborn sons and give the money to a Kohen
To redeem the firstborn donkey by giving a lamb to a Kohen
To break the neck of the donkey if the owner does not intend to redeem it
To rest the land during the seventh year
Sabbatical year (Bible)
Shmita , also called the Sabbatical Year, is the seventh year of the seven-year agricultural cycle mandated by the Torah for the Land of Israel, and still observed in contemporary Judaism....

by not doing any work which enhances growth
Not to work the land during the seventh year
Not to work with trees to produce fruit during that year
Not to reap crops that grow wild that year in the normal manner
Not to gather grapes which grow wild that year in the normal way
To leave free all produce which grew in that year
To release all loans during the seventh year
Not to pressure or claim from the borrower
Not to refrain from lending immediately before the release of the loans for fear of monetary loss
The Sanhedrin
Sanhedrin
The Sanhedrin was an assembly of twenty-three judges appointed in every city in the Biblical Land of Israel.The Great Sanhedrin was the supreme court of ancient Israel made of 71 members...

must count seven groups of seven years
The Sanhedrin must sanctify the fiftieth year
To blow the Shofar
Shofar
A shofar is a horn, traditionally that of a ram, used for Jewish religious purposes. Shofar-blowing is incorporated in synagogue services on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.Shofar come in a variety of sizes.- Bible and rabbinic literature :...

on the tenth of Tishrei
Tishrei
Tishrei or Tishri , Tiberian: ; from Akkadian "Beginning", from "To begin") is the first month of the civil year and the seventh month of the ecclesiastical year in the Hebrew calendar. The name of the month is Babylonian. It is an autumn month of 30 days...

to free the slave
Slavery
Slavery is a system under which people are treated as property to be bought and sold, and are forced to work. Slaves can be held against their will from the time of their capture, purchase or birth, and deprived of the right to leave, to refuse to work, or to demand compensation...

s
Not to work the soil during the fiftieth year (Jubilee
Jubilee (Biblical)
The Jubilee year is the year at the end of seven cycles of Sabbatical years , and according to Biblical regulations had a special impact on the ownership and management of land in the territory of the kingdoms of Israel and of Judah; there is some debate whether it was the 49th year The Jubilee...

)
Not to reap in the normal manner that which grows wild in the fiftieth year
Not to pick grapes which grew wild in the normal manner in the fiftieth year
Carry out the laws of sold family properties
Not to sell the land in Israel indefinitely
Carry out the laws of houses in walled cities
The Tribe of Levi
Levite
In Jewish tradition, a Levite is a member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi. When Joshua led the Israelites into the land of Canaan, the Levites were the only Israelite tribe that received cities but were not allowed to be landowners "because the Lord the God of Israel himself is their inheritance"...

must not be given a portion of the land in Israel, rather they are given cities to dwell in
The Levites must not take a share in the spoils of war
To give the Levites cities to inhabit and their surrounding fields
Not to sell the fields but they shall remain the Levites' before and after the Jubilee year
To build a Temple
Temple in Jerusalem
The Temple in Jerusalem or Holy Temple , refers to one of a series of structures which were historically located on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem, the current site of the Dome of the Rock. Historically, these successive temples stood at this location and functioned as the centre of...
Not to build the altar with stones hewn by metal Standard-> Yemenite->
Not to climb steps to the altar Standard-> Yemenite->
To show reverence to the Temple
To guard the Temple area
Not to leave the Temple unguarded
To prepare the anointing oil
Not to reproduce the anointing oil
Not to anoint with anointing oil
Not to reproduce the incense formula
Not to burn anything on the Golden Altar besides incense
Incense
Incense is composed of aromatic biotic materials, which release fragrant smoke when burned. The term "incense" refers to the substance itself, rather than to the odor that it produces. It is used in religious ceremonies, ritual purification, aromatherapy, meditation, for creating a mood, and for...
The Levites must transport the ark
Ark of the Covenant
The Ark of the Covenant , also known as the Ark of the Testimony, is a chest described in Book of Exodus as solely containing the Tablets of Stone on which the Ten Commandments were inscribed...

on their shoulders
Not to remove the staves from the ark
The Levites must work in the Temple
No Levite must do another's work of either a Kohen or a Levite
To dedicate the Kohen for service
The work of the Kohanims shifts must be equal during holidays
The Kohanim must wear their priestly garments during service
Not to tear the priestly garments
The Kohen Gadol 's breastplate must not be loosened from the Efod
A Kohen must not enter the Temple intoxicated
A Kohen must not enter the Temple with his head uncovered
A Kohen must not enter the Temple with torn clothes
A Kohen must not enter the Temple indiscriminately
A Kohen must not leave the Temple during service
To send the impure from the Temple
Impure people must not enter the Temple
Impure people must not enter the Temple Mount
Temple Mount
The Temple Mount, known in Hebrew as , and in Arabic as the Haram Ash-Sharif , is one of the most important religious sites in the Old City of Jerusalem. It has been used as a religious site for thousands of years...

area
Impure Kohanim must not do service in the temple
An impure Kohen, following immersion, must wait until after sundown before returning to service
A Kohen must wash his hands and feet before service
A Kohen with a physical blemish must not enter the sanctuary or approach the altar
A Kohen with a physical blemish must not serve
A Kohen with a temporary blemish must not serve
One who is not a Kohen must not serve
To offer only unblemished animals
Not to dedicate a blemished animal for the altar
Not to slaughter it
Not to sprinkle its blood
Not to burn its fat
Not to offer a temporarily blemished animal
Not to sacrifice blemished animals even if offered by non-Jews
Not to inflict wounds upon dedicated animals
To redeem dedicated animals which have become disqualified
To offer only animals which are at least eight days old
Not to offer animals bought with the wages of a harlot or the animal exchanged for a dog
Not to burn honey
Honey
Honey is a sweet food made by bees using nectar from flowers. The variety produced by honey bees is the one most commonly referred to and is the type of honey collected by beekeepers and consumed by humans...

or yeast
Yeast
Yeasts are eukaryotic micro-organisms classified in the kingdom Fungi, with 1,500 species currently described estimated to be only 1% of all fungal species. Most reproduce asexually by mitosis, and many do so by an asymmetric division process called budding...

on the altar
To salt all sacrifices
Not to omit the salt from sacrifices
Carry out the procedure of the burnt offering as prescribed in the Torah
Not to eat its meat
Carry out the procedure of the sin offering
Not to eat the meat of the inner sin offering
Not to decapitate a fowl brought as a sin offering
Carry out the procedure of the guilt offering
The Kohanim must eat the sacrificial meat in the Temple
The Kohanim must not eat the meat outside the Temple courtyard
A non-Kohen must not eat sacrificial meat
To follow the procedure of the peace offering
Not to eat the meat of minor sacrifices before sprinkling the blood
To bring meal offerings as prescribed in the Torah
Not to put oil on the meal offerings of wrongdoers
Not to put frankincense on the meal offerings of wrongdoers
Not to eat the meal offering of the High Priest
Not to bake a meal offering as leavened bread
The Kohanim must eat the remains of the meal offerings
To bring all avowed and freewill offerings to the Temple on the first subsequent festival
Not to withhold payment incurred by any vow
To offer all sacrifices in the Temple
To bring all sacrifices from outside Israel to the Temple
Not to slaughter sacrifices outside the courtyard
Not to offer any sacrifices outside the courtyard
To offer two lambs every day
To light a fire on the altar every day
Not to extinguish this fire
To remove the ashes from the altar every day
To burn incense every day
To light the Menorah every day
The Kohen Gadol ("High Priest") must bring a meal offering every day
To bring two additional lambs as burnt offerings on Shabbat
Shabbat
Shabbat is the seventh day of the Jewish week and a day of rest in Judaism. Shabbat is observed from a few minutes before sunset on Friday evening until a few minutes after when one would expect to be able to see three stars in the sky on Saturday night. The exact times, therefore, differ from...
To make the show bread
To bring additional offerings on Rosh Chodesh
Rosh Chodesh
Rosh Chodesh or Rosh ḥodesh is the name for the first day of every month in the Hebrew calendar, marked by the appearance of the new moon. The new moon is marked by the day and hour that the new crescent is observed...

(" The New Month")
To bring additional offerings on Passover
Passover
Passover is a Jewish holiday and festival. It commemorates the story of the Exodus, in which the ancient Israelites were freed from slavery in Egypt...
To offer the wave offering from the meal of the new wheat
Each man must count the Omer
Counting of the Omer
Counting of the Omer is a verbal counting of each of the forty-nine days between the Jewish holidays of Passover and Shavuot...

- seven weeks from the day the new wheat
Wheat
Wheat is a cereal grain, originally from the Levant region of the Near East, but now cultivated worldwide. In 2007 world production of wheat was 607 million tons, making it the third most-produced cereal after maize and rice...

offering was brought
To bring additional offerings on Shavuot
Shavuot
The festival of is a Jewish holiday that occurs on the sixth day of the Hebrew month of Sivan ....
To bring two leaves to accompany the above sacrifice
To bring additional offerings on Rosh Hashana
To bring additional offerings on Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur , also known as Day of Atonement, is the holiest and most solemn day of the year for the Jews. Its central themes are atonement and repentance. Jews traditionally observe this holy day with a 25-hour period of fasting and intensive prayer, often spending most of the day in synagogue...
To bring additional offerings on Sukkot
Sukkot
Sukkot is a Biblical holiday celebrated on the 15th day of the month of Tishrei . It is one of the three biblically mandated festivals Shalosh regalim on which Hebrews were commanded to make a pilgrimage to the Temple in Jerusalem.The holiday lasts seven days...
To bring additional offerings on Shmini Atzeret
Not to eat sacrifices which have become unfit or blemished
Not to eat from sacrifices offered with improper intentions
Not to leave sacrifices past the time allowed for eating them
Not to eat from that which was left over
Not to eat from sacrifices which became impure
An impure person must not eat from sacrifices
To burn the leftover sacrifices
To burn all impure sacrifices
To follow the procedure of Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur , also known as Day of Atonement, is the holiest and most solemn day of the year for the Jews. Its central themes are atonement and repentance. Jews traditionally observe this holy day with a 25-hour period of fasting and intensive prayer, often spending most of the day in synagogue...

in the sequence prescribed in Parsha
Parsha
This article is about the divisions of the Torah into weekly readings. For this week's Torah portion, see Torah portionThe weekly Torah portion |Sidra]]) is a section of the Torah read in Jewish services...

h Acharei
Acharei
Acharei, Achrei Mos, Aharei Mot, or Ahare Moth is the 29th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the sixth in the book of Leviticus...

Mot ("After the death of Aaron's sons...")
One who profaned property must repay what he profaned plus a fifth and bring a sacrifice
Not to work consecrated animals
Not to shear the fleece of consecrated animals
To slaughter the paschal sacrifice at the specified time
Not to slaughter it while in possession of leaven
Not to leave the fat overnight
To slaughter the second Paschal Lamb
Paschal Lamb
Paschal Lamb can refer to:* Korban Pesach, in Judaism* Lamb of God, in Christianity* Sacrificial lamb...
To eat the Paschal Lamb with matzah
Matzo
Matzo or matzah is an unleavened bread traditionally eaten by Jews during the week-long Passover holiday, when eating chametz—bread and other food which is made with leavened grain—is forbidden according to Jewish law. Currently, the most ubiquitous type of Matzo is the traditional Ashkenazic...

and Marror
Maror
Maror also Marror, refers to the bitter herbs eaten at the Passover Seder in keeping with the biblical commandment "with bitter herbs they shall eat it." .-Biblical source:...

on the night of the fourteenth of Nissan
Nisan
Nisan is the first month of the ecclesiastical year and the seventh month of the civil year, on the Hebrew calendar. The name of the month is Babylonian; in the Torah it is called the month of the Aviv, referring to the month in which barley was ripe. It is a spring month of 30 days...
To eat the second Paschal Lamb on the night of the 15th of Iyar
Iyar
Iyar is the eighth month of the civil year and the second month of the ecclesiastical year on the Hebrew calendar. The name is Babylonian in origin. It is a spring month of 29 days. Iyar usually falls in April–June on the Gregorian calendar.In the Hebrew Bible, before the Babylonian Exile, the...
Not to eat the paschal meat raw or boiled
Not to take the paschal meat from the confines of the group
An apostate must not eat from it
A permanent or temporary hired worker must not eat from it
An uncircumcised male must not eat from it
Not to break any bones from the paschal offering
Not to break any bones from the second paschal offering
Not to leave any meat from the paschal offering over until morning
Not to leave the second paschal meat over until morning
Not to leave the meat of the holiday offering of the 14th until the 16th
To be seen at the Temple on Passover
Passover
Passover is a Jewish holiday and festival. It commemorates the story of the Exodus, in which the ancient Israelites were freed from slavery in Egypt...

, Shavuot
Shavuot
The festival of is a Jewish holiday that occurs on the sixth day of the Hebrew month of Sivan ....

, and Sukkot
Sukkot
Sukkot is a Biblical holiday celebrated on the 15th day of the month of Tishrei . It is one of the three biblically mandated festivals Shalosh regalim on which Hebrews were commanded to make a pilgrimage to the Temple in Jerusalem.The holiday lasts seven days...
To celebrate on these three Festivals
Three pilgrim festivals
The Three Pilgrimage Festivals, known as the Shalosh Regalim , are three major festivals in Judaism — Pesach , Shavuot , and Sukkot — when the Israelites living in ancient Israel and Judea would make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, as commanded by the Torah...

(bring a peace offering)
To rejoice on these three Festivals (bring a peace offering)
Not to appear at the Temple without offerings
Not to refrain from rejoicing with, and giving gifts to, the Levites
To assemble all the people on the Sukkot following the seventh year
To set aside the firstborn animals
The Kohanim must not eat unblemished firstborn animals outside Jerusalem
Not to redeem the firstborn
Separate the tithe from animals
Not to redeem the tithe
Every person must bring a sin offering (in the temple) for his transgression
Bring an asham talui (temple offering) when uncertain of guilt
Bring an asham vadai (temple offering) when guilt is ascertained
Bring an oleh v'yored (temple offering) offering (if the person is wealthy, an animal; if poor, a bird or meal offering)
The Sanhedrin must bring an offering (in the Temple) when it rules in error
A woman who had a running (vaginal) issue must bring an offering (in the Temple) after she goes to the Mikveh
A woman who gave birth must bring an offering (in the Temple) after she goes to the Mikveh
A man who had a running (unnatural urinary) issue must bring an offering (in the Temple) after he goes to the Mikveh
A metzora
Tzaraath
The Hebrew noun tzaraath describes a disfigurative condition mainly referred to in chapters 13-14 of Leviticus, as well as conditions equivalent to be "mildew" on clothes and houses.Tzaraath affects both animate...

must bring an offering (in the Temple) after going to the Mikveh
Not to substitute another beast for one set apart for sacrifice
The new animal, in addition to the substituted one, retains consecration
Not to change consecrated animals from one type of offering to another
Carry out the laws of impurity of the dead
Carry out the procedure of the Red Heifer
Red heifer
The red heifer or red cow was a sacrifice in the Hebrew Bible the ashes of which are used for the ritual purification of an ancient Israelite who had come into contact with a corpse.- Hebrew Bible :...

(Para Aduma)
Carry out the laws of the sprinkling water
Rule the laws of human tzara'at as prescribed in the Torah
The metzora
Tzaraath
The Hebrew noun tzaraath describes a disfigurative condition mainly referred to in chapters 13-14 of Leviticus, as well as conditions equivalent to be "mildew" on clothes and houses.Tzaraath affects both animate...

must not remove his signs of impurity
The metzora must not shave signs of impurity in his hair
The metzora must publicize his condition by tearing his garments, allowing his hair to grow and covering his lips
Carry out the prescribed rules for purifying the metzora
The metzora must shave off all his hair prior to purification
Carry out the laws of tzara'at of clothing
Carry out the laws of tzara'at of houses
Observe the laws of menstrual impurity
Niddah
Niddah is a Hebrew term describing a woman during menstruation, or a woman who has menstruated and not yet completed the associated requirement of immersion in a mikveh ....
Observe the laws of impurity caused by childbirth
Childbirth
Childbirth is the culmination of a human pregnancy or gestation period with the birth of one or more newborn infants from a woman's uterus...
Observe the laws of impurity caused by a woman's running issue
Zav/Zavah
In Torah terminology, the Hebrew word zav is a state of ritual impurity arising from abnormal seminal discharge from the male sexual organ...
Observe the laws of impurity caused by a man's running issue
Zav/Zavah
In Torah terminology, the Hebrew word zav is a state of ritual impurity arising from abnormal seminal discharge from the male sexual organ...

(irregular ejaculation
Ejaculation
Ejaculation is the ejecting of semen from the male reproductory tract, and is usually accompanied by orgasm. It is usually the final stage and natural objective of male sexual stimulation, and an essential component of natural conception. In rare cases ejaculation occurs because of prostatic disease...

of infected semen
Semen
Semen is an organic fluid, also known as seminal fluid, that may contain spermatozoa. It is secreted by the gonads and other sexual organs of male or hermaphroditic animals and can fertilize female ova...

)
Observe the laws of impurity caused by a dead beast
Observe the laws of impurity caused by the eight shratzim (insects)
Observe the laws of impurity of a seminal emission (regular ejaculation, with normal semen
Semen
Semen is an organic fluid, also known as seminal fluid, that may contain spermatozoa. It is secreted by the gonads and other sexual organs of male or hermaphroditic animals and can fertilize female ova...

)
Observe the laws of impurity concerning liquid and solid foods
Every impure person must immerse himself in a Mikvah
Mikvah
Mikveh is a bath used for the purpose of ritual immersion in Judaism...

to become pure
The court must judge the damages
Damages
In law, damages is an award, typically of money, to be paid to a person as compensation for loss or injury; grammatically, it is a singular noun, not plural.- Compensatory damages :...

incurred by a goring ox
The court must judge the damages incurred by an animal eating
The court must judge the damages incurred by a pit
The court must judge the damages incurred by fire
Not to steal money stealthily
The court must implement punitive measures against the thief
Each individual must ensure that his scales and weights are accurate
Not to commit injustice with scales
Weighing scale
A weighing scale is a measuring instrument for determining the weight or mass of an object. A spring scale measures weight by the distance a spring deflects under its load...

and weights
Not to possess inaccurate scales and weights even if they are not for use
Not to move a boundary marker
Boundary marker
A boundary marker, boundary stone or border stone is a robust physical marker that identifies the start of a land boundary or the change in a boundary, especially a change in a direction of a boundary...

to steal someone's property
Not to kidnap Standard-> Yemenite->
Not to rob openly
Not to withhold wages or fail to repay a debt
Not to covet and scheme to acquire another's possession Standard-> Yemenite->
Not to desire another's possession Standard-> Yemenite->
Return the robbed object or its value
Not to ignore a lost object
Return the lost object
The court must implement laws against the one who assaults another or damages another's property
Not to murder Standard-> Yemenite->
Not to accept monetary restitution to atone for the murderer
The court must send the accidental murderer to a city of refuge
Cities of Refuge
The Cities of Refuge were towns in the Kingdom of Israel and Kingdom of Judah in which the perpetrators of manslaughter could claim the right of asylum; outside of these cities, blood vengeance against such perpetrators was allowed by law...
Not to accept monetary restitution instead of being sent to a city of refuge
Not to kill the murderer before he stands trial
Save someone being pursued even by taking the life of the pursuer
Not to pity the pursuer
Not to stand idly by if someone's life is in danger
Designate cities of refuge
Cities of Refuge
The Cities of Refuge were towns in the Kingdom of Israel and Kingdom of Judah in which the perpetrators of manslaughter could claim the right of asylum; outside of these cities, blood vengeance against such perpetrators was allowed by law...

and prepare routes of access
Break the neck of a calf by the river valley following an unsolved murder
Not to work nor plant that river valley
Not to allow pitfalls and obstacles to remain on your property
Make a guard rail around flat roofs
Not to put a stumbling block before a blind man
Lifnei iver
The Hebrew phrase "before the blind" is a way of referring to the concept of a stumbling block in rabbinical texts. The origin comes from the Hebrew Bible where Leviticus instructs "Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind , but shalt fear thy God: I am the ...

(nor give harmful advice)
Help another remove the load from a beast which can no longer carry it
Help others load their beast
Not to leave others distraught with their burdens (but to help either load or unload)
Conduct sales according to Torah law
Not to overcharge or underpay for an article
Not to insult or harm anybody with words
Not to cheat a convert monetarily
Not to insult or harm a convert with words
Purchase a Hebrew slave in accordance with the prescribed laws
Not to sell him as a slave is sold
Not to work him oppressively
Not to allow a non-Jew to work him oppressively
Not to have him do menial slave labor
Give him gifts when he goes free
Not to send him away empty-handed
Redeem Jewish maidservants
Betroth the Jewish maidservant
The master must not sell his maidservant
Canaan
Canaan
Canaan is a historical region roughly corresponding to modern-day Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, and the western parts of Jordan...

ite slaves must work forever unless injured in one of their limbs
Not to extradite a slave who fled to (Biblical) Israel
Not to wrong a slave who has come to Israel for refuge
The courts must carry out the laws of a hired worker and hired guard
Pay wages on the day they were earned
Not to delay payment of wages past the agreed time
The hired worker may eat from the unharvested crops where he works
The worker must not eat while on hired time
The worker must not take more than he can eat
Not to muzzle an ox while plowing
The courts must carry out the laws of a borrower
The courts must carry out the laws of an unpaid guard
Lend to the poor and destitute
Not to press them for payment if you know they don't have it
Press the idolater for payment
The creditor must not forcibly take collateral
Return the collateral to the debtor when needed
Not to delay its return when needed
Not to demand collateral from a widow
Not to demand as collateral utensils needed for preparing food
Not to lend with interest
Not to borrow with interest
Not to intermediate in an interest loan, guarantee, witness, or write the promissory note
Lend to and borrow from idolaters with interest
The courts must carry out the laws of the plaintiff, admitter, or denier
Carry out the laws of the order of inheritance
Appoint judges
Not to appoint judges who are not familiar with judicial procedure
Decide by majority in case of disagreement
The court must not execute through a majority of one; at least a majority of two is required
A judge who presented an acquittal plea must not present an argument for conviction in capital cases
The courts must carry out the death penalty of stoning
The courts must carry out the death penalty of burning
The courts must carry out the death penalty of the sword
The courts must carry out the death penalty of strangulation
The courts must hang those stoned for blasphemy or idolatry
Bury the executed on the day they are killed
Not to delay burial overnight
The court must not let the sorcerer live
The court must give lashes to the wrongdoer
The court must not exceed the prescribed number of lashes
The court must not kill anybody on circumstantial evidence
The court must not punish anybody who was forced to do a crime
A judge must not pity the murderer or assaulter at the trial
A judge must not have mercy on the poor man at the trial
A judge must not respect the great man at the trial
A judge must not decide unjustly the case of the habitual transgressor
A judge must not pervert justice
A judge must not pervert a case involving a convert or orphan
Judge righteously
The judge must not fear a violent man in judgment
Judges must not accept bribes
Judges must not accept testimony unless both parties are present
Not to curse judges
Not to curse the head of state or leader of the Sanhedrin
Not to curse any upstanding Jew
Anybody who knows evidence must testify in court
Carefully interrogate the witness
A witness must not serve as a judge in capital crimes
Not to accept testimony from a lone witness
Transgressors must not testify
Relatives of the litigants must not testify
Not to testify falsely Standard-> Yemenite->
Punish the false witnesses as they tried to punish the defendant
Act according to the ruling of the Sanhedrin
Sanhedrin
The Sanhedrin was an assembly of twenty-three judges appointed in every city in the Biblical Land of Israel.The Great Sanhedrin was the supreme court of ancient Israel made of 71 members...
Not to deviate from the word of the Sanhedrin
Not to add to the Torah commandments or their oral explanations
Not to diminish from the Torah any commandments, in whole or in part
Not to curse your father and mother
Not to strike your father and mother
Respect your father or mother
Honor your father and your mother
The commandment Honor your father and your mother is the fifth of the Ten Commandments in the Hebrew Bible. The commandment is generally regarded in Protestant and Jewish sources as the fifth in both the list in Exodus 20:1-21, and in Deuteronomy 5:1-23, though in Catholic counting this is the...

Standard-> Yemenite->
Fear your mother or father
Honor your father and your mother
The commandment Honor your father and your mother is the fifth of the Ten Commandments in the Hebrew Bible. The commandment is generally regarded in Protestant and Jewish sources as the fifth in both the list in Exodus 20:1-21, and in Deuteronomy 5:1-23, though in Catholic counting this is the...
Not to be a rebellious son
Mourn for relatives
The High Priest must not defile himself for any relative
The High Priest must not enter under the same roof as a corpse
A Kohen must not defile himself (by going to funerals or cemeteries) for anyone except relatives
Appoint a king from Israel
Not to appoint a foreigner
The king must not have too many wives
The king must not have too many horses
The king must not have too much silver and gold
Destroy the seven Canaan
Canaan
Canaan is a historical region roughly corresponding to modern-day Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, and the western parts of Jordan...

ite nations
Not to let any of them remain alive
Wipe out the descendants of Amalek
Amalek
The Amalekites are a people mentioned a number of times in the Hebrew Bible. They are considered to be descended from an ancestor Amalek....
Remember what Amalek did to the Jewish people
Not to forget Amalek's atrocities and ambush on our journey from Egypt in the desert
Not to dwell permanently in Egypt
Offer peace terms to the inhabitants of a city while holding siege, and treat them according to the Torah if they accept the terms
Not to offer peace to Ammon and Moab
Moab
Moab is the historical name for a mountainous strip of land in Jordan. The land lies alongside much of the eastern shore of the Dead Sea. The existence of the Kingdom of Moab is attested to by numerous archeological findings, most notably the Mesha Stele, which describes the Moabite victory over...

while besieging them
Not to destroy fruit trees even during the siege
Prepare latrines outside the camps

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Significance of 613

Dissent and difficulties

Works enumerating the commandments

Maimonides' list

See also

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