THE 613 COMMANDMENTS

THE 613 COMMANDMENTS (Os 613 Preceitos)

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