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  613 Mitzvot  
 

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The Book of Knowledge
Section I: Torah Foundations
1. Know there is G-d (Exodus 20:2, Deuteronomy 5:6)
2. Don't believe in any other (Exodus 20:3)
3. Know that He is One (Deuteronomy 6:4)
4. Love Him (Deuteronomy 6:5)
5. Fear Him (Deuteronomy 6:13, 10:20)
6. Sanctify His Name (Leviticus 22:32)
7. Don't profane His Name (Exodus 22:27, Leviticus 24:16)
8. Don't destroy things bearing His Name (Deuteronomy 12:4)
9. Listen to a prophet (Deuteronomy 18:15)
10. Don't test Him too much (Deuteronomy 6:16)

Section II: Character
11. Emulate the Almighty (Deuteronomy 28:9)
12. Cleave to those who know Him (Deuteronomy 10:20)
13. Love Fellow Jews (Leviticus 19:18)
14. Love proselytes (Deuteronomy 10:19)
15. Don't hate your brothers (Leviticus 19:17)
16. Reprove (Leviticus 19:17)
17. Don't embarrass another (Leviticus 19:17)
18. Don't oppress the weak (Exodus 21:22)
19. Don't gossip (Leviticus 19:16)
20. Don't take revenge (Leviticus 19:18)
21. Don't bear a grudge (Leviticus 19:18)

Section III: Learn Torah
22. Learn Torah (Deuteronomy 6:7)
23. Honor those who know Torah (Leviticus 19:32)

Section IV: Idol Worship
24. Don't inquire into idol worship (Leviticus 19:4)
25. Don't follow your desires (Numbers 15:39)
26. Don't blaspheme (Exodus 22.27)
27. Don't worship idols in the way they are worshipped (Exodus 20:5)
28. Don't worship idols in the four ways we worship G-d (Exodus 20:5)
29. Don't make an idol for yourself (Exodus 20:4)
30. Don't make an idol for others (Leviticus 19:4)
31. Don't make a statue of a man (Exodus 20:20)
32. Don't turn many people to idol worship (Exodus 23:13)
33. Burn a city that has turned to idol worship (Deuteronomy 13:17)
34. Don't rebuild it as city (Deuteronomy 13.17)
35. Don't derive any benefit from it (Deuteronomy 13.18)
36. Don't turn one person to idol worship (Deuteronomy 13:12)
37. Don't love the person that turns you to idol worship (Deuteronomy 13:9)
38. Don't abandon this hatred (Deuteronomy 13:9)
39. Don't try to save him (Deuteronomy 13:9)
40. Don't say anything in his defense (Deuteronomy 13:9)
41. Don't refrain from incriminating him (Deuteronomy 13:9)
42. Don't prophecy in the name of an idol (Deuteronomy 13:14, 18:20)
43. Don't listen to such a prophet (Deuteronomy 13:4)
44. Don't prophesy falsely, even in G-d's name (Deuteronomy 18:20)
45. Don't be afraid to kill a false prophet (Deuteronomy 18:22)
46. Don't swear in the name of idols (Exodus 23:13)
47. Don't perform act of "ov" (medium) (Leviticus 19:31)
48. Don't perform act of "yidoni" (magical seer) (Leviticus 19:31)
49. Don't pass children through flame to Molach (Leviticus 18:21)
50. Don't erect a structure for people to gather at (Deuteronomy 16:22)
51. Don't bow down on smoothed stone (Leviticus 26:1)
52. Don't plant a tree in the sanctuary (Deuteronomy 16:21)
53. Destroy idols and accessories (Deuteronomy 12:2)
54. Don't derive any benefit from man-made idols (Deuteronomy 7:26)
55. Don't derive any benefit from natural objects served as idols (Deuteronomy 7:25)
56. Don't make a covenant with idol worshippers (Deuteronomy 7:2)
57. Don't show favor towards them (Deuteronomy 7:2)
58. Don't let them stay in our land (Exodus 23:33)
59. Don't go in their fashion (Leviticus 20:23)
60. Don't be superstitious (Leviticus 19:26)
61. Don't go into a trance for foreseeing (Deuteronomy 18:11)
62. Don't engage in astrology (Leviticus 19:26)
63. Don't utter magic chants (Deuteronomy 18:11)
64. Don't try to make contact with the dead (Deuteronomy 18:11)
65. Don't consult "ov" (medium) (Deuteronomy 18:11)
66. Don't consult "yidoni" (magical seer) (Deuteronomy 18:11)
67. Don't do magic (Deuteronomy 18:10)
68. Don't round your head (side-burns) (Leviticus 19:27)
69. Don't destroy your beard with razor (Leviticus 19:27)
70. Don't (men) wear women's clothes (Deuteronomy 22:5)
71. Don't (women) wear men's clothes (Deuteronomy 22:5)
72. Don't tattoo your skin (Leviticus 19:28)
73. Don't tear your skin in mourning (Deuteronomy 14:1)
74. Don't pull out your hair in mourning (Deuteronomy 14:1)

Section V: Repentance
75. To repent and confess sins (Numbers 5:7)

The Book of Adoration
Section I: Recital of Shema
76. Say Shema twice a day (Deuteronomy 6:7)

Section II: Prayer
77. Pray to G-d each day (Exodus 23:25)
78. (The Kohanim) Bless the People of Israel daily (Numbers 6:23)

Section III: Tefillin, Mezuzah, Sefer Torah
79. Wear Tefillin on the head (Deuteronomy 6:8)
80. Wear Tefillin on the arm (Deuteronomy 6:8)
81. Put up a Mezuzah on doorposts (Deuteronomy 6:9)
82. Write a Sefer Torah for yourself (Deuteronomy 31:19)
83. A king to write a second Sefer (Deuteronomy 17:18)

Section IV: Tzitzis
84. To wear Tzitzis fringes on garments (Numbers 15:38)

Section V: Blessings
85. Bless His Name after meals (Deuteronomy 8:10)

Section VI: Circumcision
86. To circumcise sons on eighth day (Leviticus 12:3)

The Book of Seasons
Section I: Laws of Sabbath
87. Rest on the Sabbath (Exodus 23:12)
88. Don't do any work (Exodus 20:10)
89. Don't punish on the Sabbath (Exodus 35:3)
90. Don't go out of the boundaries of the city (Exodus 16:29)
91. Sanctify the day with words of remembrance (Exodus 20:8)

Section II: Laws of Eruvin

Section III: Laws of Yom Kippur
92. Rest on Yom Kippur (Leviticus 23:32)
93. Don't do any work (Leviticus 23:32)
94. Fast (Leviticus 16:29)
95. Don't eat or drink (Leviticus 23:29)

Section IV: Laws of Yom Tov
96. Rest on the 1st day of Passover (Leviticus 23:7)
97. Don't do any work (Leviticus 23:8)
98. Rest on the 7th day of Passover (Leviticus 23:8)
99. Don't do any work (Leviticus 23:8)
100. Rest on Shavuot (Leviticus 23:21)
101. Don't do any work (Leviticus 23:21)
102. Rest on Rosh Hashana (Leviticus 23:25)
103. Don't do any work (Leviticus 23:25)
104. Rest first day Succos (Leviticus 23:25)
105. Don't do any work (Leviticus 23:25)
106. Rest eighth day Shemini Atzeret (Leviticus 23:36)
107. Don't do any work (Leviticus 23:36)

Section V: Laws of Passover
108. Don't eat chametz 14th day from noon on (Deuteronomy 16:3)
109. Destroy chametz on 14th day (Exodus 12:15)
110. Don't eat chametz 7 days of Passover (Exodus 13:3)
111. Don't eat mixture of chametz (Exodus 12:20)
112. Don't allow chametz to be seen in your possession (Exodus 13:7)
113. Don't allow chametz to be found in your possession (Exodus 12:19)
114. Eat Matzah on eve of 15th (Exodus 12:18)
115. Tell of Exodus that night (Exodus 13:8)

Section VI: Shofar, Succah, Lulav
116. Hear blowing of Shofar on Rosh Hashana (Numbers 29:1)
117. Dwell in Succah during Succos (Leviticus 23:42)
118. Take up Lulav on Succos (Leviticus 23:40)

Section VII: Shekalim
119. To give half-shekel annually for sanctuary (Exodus 30:13)

Section VIII: New Moon
120. To calculate and determine start of each month (Exodus 12:2)

Section IX: Fasts
121. To fast and cry out in troubled times (Numbers 10:9)

Section X: Megillah and Chanukah

The Book of Women
Section I: Laws of Marriage
122. Take a wife through Kiddushin and Ketubah (Deuteronomy 22:13)
123. Don't have relations with a woman not thus married (Deuteronomy 23:18)
124. Don't withhold food, clothing and relations from wife (Exodus 21:10)
125. Have children with wife (Genesis 1:28)

Section II: Divorce
126. Divorce with a Get document (Deuteronomy 24:1)
127. Don't remarry your divorcee after she marries another (Deuteronomy 24:4)

Section III: Laws of a Widow
128. Do Yibum: Marry childless widowed brother's wife (Deuteronomy 25:5)
129. Do Chalitzah (when Yibum not desired) (Deuteronomy 25:9)
130. Don't (this childless widow) marry another while still bound to husband's brother (Deuteronomy 25:5)

Section IV: Laws of Young Maidens
131. Fine seducers (Exodus 22:15-16)
132. Marry maiden that he coerced (Deuteronomy 22:29)
133. Don't divorce her (Deuteronomy 22:29)
134. Slanderer to keep his wife forever (Deuteronomy 22:19)
135. Don't divorce her (Deuteronomy 22:19)

Section V: Laws of Suspect Wife
136. Carry out Torah Law of suspect wife (Numbers 5:30)
137. Don't put oil on her sacrifice (Numbers 5:15)
138. Don't put incense on her sacrifice (Numbers 5:15)

The Book of Holiness
Section I: Laws of Forbidden Sexual Relationships
139. Don't have relations with mother (Leviticus 18:7)
140. Don't have relations with father's wife (Leviticus 18:8)
141. Don't have relations with sister (Leviticus 18:9)
142. Don't have relations with father's wife's daughter (Leviticus 18:11)
143. Don't have relations with son's daughter (Leviticus 18:10)
144. Don't have relations with daughter (Leviticus 18:10)
145. Don't have relations with daughter's daughter (Leviticus 18:10)
146. Don't take as a wife a woman and her daughter (Leviticus 18:17)
147. Don't take as a wife a woman and her son's daughter (Leviticus 18:17)
148. Don't take as a wife a woman and her daughter's daughter (Leviticus 18:17)
149. Don't have relations with father's sister (Leviticus 18:12)
150. Don't have relations with mother's sister (Levitcus 18:13)
151. Don't have relations with father's brother's wife (Leviticus 18:14)
152. Don't have relations with son's wife (Leviticus 18:15)
153. Don't have relations with brother's wife (Leviticus 18:16)
154. Don't have relations with wife's sister (Leviticus 18:18)
155. Don't (man) have relations with a beast (Leviticus 18:23)
156. Don't (woman) have relations with a beast (Leviticus 18:23)
157. Don't have homosexual relations (Leviticus 18:22)
158. Don't have homosexual relations with father (Leviticus 18:7)
159. Don't have homosexual relations with father's brother (Leviticus 18:14)
160. Don't have relations with another man's wife (Leviticus 18:20)
161. Don't have relations with any woman while she is menstrually impure (Leviticus 18:19)
162. Don't intermarry with gentiles (Deuteronomy 7:3)
163. Don't let an Ammonite or Moabite marry into us (Deuteronomy 23:4)
164. Don't prevent a 3rd generation Egyptian from marrying into us (Deuteronomy 23:8-9)
165. Don't prevent a 3rd generation Edomite from marrying into us (Deuteronomy 23:8-9)
166. Don't let a mamzer marry into us (Deuteronomy 23:3)
167. Don't let a eunuch marry into us (Deuteronomy 23:2)
168. Don't castrate a male, even an animal (Leviticus 22:24)
169. Don't - a High Priest - marry a widow (Leviticus 21:14)
170. Don't - a High Priest - have relations with a widow, even out of marriage (Leviticus 21:15)
171. A High Priest shall marry a virgin in her maidenhood (Leviticus 21:14)
172. Don't - a priest - marry a divorced woman (Leviticus 21:7)
173. Don't - a priest - marry a zonah (one who had relations with heathen or relative) (Leviticus 21:7)
174. Don't - a priest - marry a chalalah (the party to or product of relations forbidden to priest) (Leviticus 21:7)
175. Don't have close contact with forbidden women (Leviticus 18:6)

Section II: Forbidden Foods
176. Examine the marks of the beast to distinguish clean from unclean (Leviticus 11:2)
177. Examine marks of fowl (to distinguish clean from unclean) (Deuteronomy 14:11)
178. Examine marks of Locust (to distinguish clean from unclean) (Leviticus 11:21)
179. Examine marks of Fish (to distinguish clean from unclean) (Leviticus 11:9)
180. Don't eat the unclean beasts (Leviticus 11:4)
181. Don't eat the unclean fowl (Leviticus 11:13)
182. Don't eat the unclean fish (Leviticus 11:11)
183. Don't eat winged creeping things (Deuteronomy 14:19)
184. Don't eat things that creep on earth (Leviticus 11:41)
185. Don't eat vermin that creep on earth (Leviticus 11:44)
186. Don't eat a worm found in fruit after it has emerged on the ground (Leviticus 11:42)
187. Don't eat creeping things of the water (Leviticus 11:43)
188. Don't eat the flesh of a beast that died without slaughter (Deuteronomy 14.21)
189. Don't benefit from on ox condemned to be stoned (Exodus 21:28)
190. Don't eat the flesh of a Treifah beast (Exodus 22:30)
191. Don't eat a limb of a beast removed while it was alive (Deuteronomy 12:23)
192. Don't eat blood (Leviticus 3:17)
193. Don't eat Chelev (certain fat) of a clean animal (Leviticus 3:17)
194. Don't eat the sinew of the thigh-vein (Genesis 32:33)
195. Don't eat meat with milk (Exodus 23:19)
196. Don't cook it with milk (Exodus 34:26)
197. Don't eat bread make of new grain (before Omer offered) (Leviticus 23:14)
198. Don't eat parched corn of the new produce (before Omer offered) (Leviticus 23:14)
199. Don't eat fresh ears of corn (before Omer offered) (Leviticus 23:14)
200. Don't eat Orlah (fruit from tree under 3 years old) (Leviticus 19:23)
201. Don't eat produce of diverse seeds sown in a vineyard (Deuteronomy 22:9)
202. Don't eat produce from which the priest's tithes have not been separated (Leviticus 22:15)
203. Don't drink wine poured as libation to idol (Deuteronomy 32:38)

Section III: Laws of Slaying Animals for Food
204. Slay an animal in prescribed way before eating it (Deuteronomy 12:21)
205. Don't slay a beast and its offspring on the same day (Leviticus 22:28)
206. Cover the blood of a wild beast or fowl (Leviticus 17:13)
207. Don't take the mother bird from its young (Deuteronomy 22:6)
208. Release the mother bird if you did take her (Deuteronomy 22:7)

The Book of Specific Utterances
Section I: Law of Oaths
209. Don't swear by G-d's name falsely (Leviticus 19:12)
210. Don't swear by G-d's name in vain (Exodus 20:7)
211. Don't deny claim to an article left in trust (Leviticus 19:11)
212. Don't swear in denial of a money claim (Leviticus 19:11)
213. Swear by His Name when truth must be affirmed (Deuteronomy 10:20)

Section II: Law of Vows
214. Fulfill what you have uttered as a vow (Deuteronomy 23:24)
215. Don't break your vow or oath (Numbers 30:3)
216. That the vow shall be annulled under certain circumstances (Numbers 30:3)

Section III: Laws of the Nazir
217. Let your hair- of a Nazir - grow long (Numbers 6:5)
218. Don't cut off your hair while you are a Nazir (Numbers 6:6)
219. Don't drink wine, wine mixtures or wine vinegar (Numbers 6:3)
220. Don't eat fresh grapes (Numbers 6:3)
221. Don't eat raisins (Numbers 6:3)
222. Don't eat kernels of grapes (Numbers 6:4)
223. Don't eat skins of grapes (Numbers 6:4)
224. Don't enter a house where there is a dead body (Numbers 6:6)
225. Don't defile yourself by contact with dead (Numbers 6:7)
226. Shave off your hair when bringing your sacrifices (Numbers 6:9)

Section IV: Laws of Appraisal of Things Devoted to the Sanctuary
227. Carry out appraisal of human beings according to Torah laws (Leviticus 27:2)
228. Carry out appraisal of devoted animals according to Torah laws (Leviticus 27:12-13)
229. Carry out appraisal of dwellings devoted according to Torah laws (Leviticus 27:14)
230. Carry out appraisal of devoted fields according to Torah laws (Leviticus 27:16)
231. Carry out law of one who devoted his property (Leviticus 27:28)
232. Don't sell what was thus devoted (Leviticus 27:28)
233. Don't redeem what was thus devoted (Leviticus 27:28)

The Book of Seeds
Section I: Laws concerning the Sowing of Diverse seeds together
234. Don't sow diverse seeds together (Leviticus 19:9)
235. Don't sow seeds of grains or greens in a vineyard (Deuteronomy 22:9)
236. Don't crossbreed cattle of diverse species (Leviticus 19:9)
237. Don't work with cattle of diverse species together (Deuteronomy 22:10)
238. Don't wear garments woven of diverse species (wool and linen) (Deuteronomy 22:11)

Section II: Laws of Gifts to the Poor
239. Leave an un-reaped corner of the field (Leviticus 19:9)
240. Don't reap this corner (Leviticus 19:9)
241. Leave the gleanings (Leviticus 19:9)
242. Don't gather the gleanings (Leviticus 19:9)
243. Leave gleanings in the vineyard (Leviticus 19:10)
244. Don't gather the gleanings in the vineyard (Leviticus 19:10)
245. Leave the tiny clusters of the vineyard (Leviticus 19:10)
246. Don't gather the tiny clusters of the vineyard (Leviticus 19:10)
247. Leave the forgotten sheaf (Deuteronomy 24:19)
248. Don't turn back to take the forgotten sheaf (Deuteronomy 24:19)
249. Set aside tithe for the poor (Deuteronomy 14:28)
250. Give charity according to your means (Deuteronomy 15:8)
251. Don't harden your heart towards the poor (Deuteronomy 15:7)

Section III: Law of Trumah
252. Set aside the Trumah (for the priest) (Deuteronomy 18:4)
253. Set aside (the Levite) the Trumah from the Ma'aser (Numbers 18:26)
254. Don't set aside the Trumah Ma'aser tithes out of order (Exodus 22:28)
255. Don't - a non-priest - eat Trumah (Leviticus 22:10)
256. Don't - a non-priest - eat Trumah even if he is his Hebrew bondsman (Leviticus 22:10)
257. Don't - an uncircumcised priest - eat Trumah (Exodus 12:48)
258. Don't - an unclean priest - eat Trumah (Leviticus 22:4)
259. Don't - a Chalalah - eat Trumah or from sacrificial portions (Leviticus 22:12)

Section IV: Laws of Tithes
260. Set aside the first tithe of the produce every year and give it to the Levites (Numbers 18:24)

Section V: Laws of Second Tithes and Fruit of Fourth Year from Planting
261. Set aside a second tithe (Deuteronomy 14:22)
262. Don't spend the redemption money on anything but food, drink, ointment (Deuteronomy 26:14)
263. Don't eat the second tithe while unclean (Deuteronomy 26:14)
264. Don't eat it as Onan (first day following death of relative) (Deuteronomy 26:14)
265. Don't eat second tithe of grain outside of Jerusalem (Deuteronomy 26:17)
266. Don't eat second tithe of vintage outside of Jerusalem (Deuteronomy 26:17)
267. Don't eat second tithe of oil outside of Jerusalem (Deuteronomy 26:17)
268. Eat the fruits of the Fourth Year in Jerusalem (Leviticus 19:24)
269. Recite the confession of tithes in 4th and 7th years (Deuteronomy 26:13)

Section VI: Laws of First Fruits and other gifts to Priests beyond the Sanctuary
270. Set aside first fruits and bring to Sanctuary (Exodus 23:19)
271. Don't - Priests - eat first fruits outside Jerusalem (Deuteronomy 12:17)
272. Read a declaration when presenting first fruits (Deuteronomy 26:5)
273. Set apart a gift from dough for the priest (Numbers 15:20)
274. Give shoulder, two cheeks and stomach of slaughtered animal to the priest (Deuteronomy 18:3)
275. Give to the priest the first fleece (Deuteronomy 18:4)
276. Redeem the first born (if a son) and give redemption money to the priest (Numbers 18:15)
277. Redeem first born of an ass by giving lamb to priest (Exodus 13:13)
278. Behead firstborn of ass if refuses to redeem it (Exodus 13:13)

Section VII: Laws of Sabbatical Year and Year of Jubilee
279. See that land rests in Sabbatical Year (Exodus 34:21)
280. Don't do agricultural work that year (Leviticus 25:4)
281. Don't do arboricultural work that year (trees) (Leviticus 25:4)
282. Don't cut, in regular fashion, the aftermath that grows by itself (Leviticus 25:5)
283. Don't gather fruit of untended trees (Leviticus 25:5)
284. Leave what the land produces free to all (Exodus 23:11)
285. Release all loans (Deuteronomy 15:2)
286. Don't press debtor (Deuteronomy 15:2)
287. Don't refrain from making loans before the Sabbatical year (Deuteronoomy 15:9)
288. Count (Sanhedrin) the years by sevens (Leviticus 25:10)
289. Declare (Sanhedrin) the fiftieth year holy (Leviticus 25:10)
290. Sound the Shofar on the 10th of Tishrei (Leviticus 25:9)
291. Don't till the soil in that year (Leviticus 25:11)
292. Don't cut, in regular fashion, the aftermath which grows by itself (Leviticus 25:11)
293. Don't gather the fruits of the untended trees that year (Leviticus 25:11)
294. Carry out redemption of sold fields that year (Leviticus 25:24)
295. Don't cause the land to be sold in perpetuity (Leviticus 25:23)
296. Carry out law concerning houses in walled cities (Leviticus 25:29)
297. Don't give Tribe of Levi regular portion of land (Deuteronomy 18:1)
298. Don't let Tribe of Levi share in spoils of war (Deuteronomy 18:1)
299. Give Levites cities and their suburbs to dwell in (Numbers 35:2)
300. Don't cause the houses and suburbs of their cities to be sold in perpetuity (Leviticus 25:34)

The Book of Divine Service
Section I: Laws Concerning the Sanctuary
301. Erect a Sanctuary (Exodus 25:8)
302. Don't build altar of hewn stones (Exodus 20:22)
303. Don't ascend the altar with stairs (Exodus 20:23)
304. Show reverence for the Sanctuary (Leviticus 19:30)
305. Keep a guard about the Sanctuary (Numbers 18:2)
306. Don't leave the Sanctuary unguarded (Numbers 18:5)

Section II: Laws which deal with the Vessels in the Sanctuary and those who serve in it
307. Prepare the oil of anointment (Exodus 30:31)
308. Don't make this same oil for secular use (Exodus 30:32)
309. Don't anoint a human with it (Exodus 30:32)
310. Don't prepare spice mixture like Sanctuary incense (Exodus 30:37)
311. Don't offer anything but incense on the Golden Altar (Exodus 30:9)
312. Bear the Ark on the shoulder during transport (Numbers 7:9)
313. Don't remove staves from Ark (Exodus 25:15)
314. Serve (The Levites) in the Sanctuary (Numbers 18:23)
315. Don't (Priests and Levites) do the work of another in the Sanctuary (Numbers 18:3)
316. Consecrate the priest for the service (Leviticus 21:8)
317. See that all priestly divisions share equally in service and sacrifices on festivals (Deuteronomy 18:6-8)
318. Put on priestly vestments for the service (Exodus 28:2)
319. Don't rend the priestly vestments (Exodus 28:32)
320. Don't loose the breast plate from the Ephod (Exodus 28:28)

Section III: Laws Concerning Admission into the Sanctuary
321. Don't (Priest) enter Sanctuary while intoxicated (Leviticus 10:9)
322. Don't (Priest) enter with over-long hair (Leviticus 10:6)
323. Don't (Priest) enter with torn garments (Leviticus 10:6)
324. Don't enter the innermost Sanctuary at all times (Leviticus 16:2)
325. Don't leave the Sanctuary during service (Leviticus 10:7)
326. Send the ritually unclean out of the Sanctuary (Numbers 5:2)
327. Don't (unclean man) enter the Sanctuary (Numbers 5:3)
328. Don't (unclean man) enter the Temple Mount (Deuteronomy 23:11)
329. Don't (unclean Priest) participate in the service (Leviticus 22:2)
330. Don't (unclean Priest) participate even after immersion until sundown (Leviticus 22:7)
331. Sanctify your hands and feet by washing before serving in Sanctuary (Exodus 30:19)
332. Don't (a person with a physical blemish) enter the Sanctuary nor approach the Altar (Leviticus 21:23)
333. Don't (a person with a passing physical blemish) take part in the service (Leviticus 21:17)
334. Don't (a person with a passing physical blemish) take part in the service (Leviticus 21:17)
335. Don't (a stranger not descended from Aaron) take part in the service (Numbers 18:4)

Section IV: Laws Concerning Restrictions in regard to Sacrifices on the Altar
336. Offer only unblemished cattle (Leviticus 22:21)
337. Don't consecrate a blemished animal for the Altar (Leviticus 22:20)
338. Don't slaughter it for the Altar (Leviticus 22:22)
339. Don't sprinkle its blood on Altar (Leviticus 22:24)
340. Don't burn its fat on Altar (Leviticus 22:22)
341. Don't offer an animal with a passing blemish (Deuteronomy 17:1)
342. Don't inflict a blemish on cattle consecrated for Altar (Leviticus 22:25)
343. Don't inflict a blemish on cattle consecrated for Altar (Leviticus 22:21)
344. Redeem cattle consecrated for Altar and subsequently disqualified (Deuteronomy 12:15)
345. Offer an animal as sacrifice only from its eighth day on (Leviticus 22:27)
346. Don't offer as sacrifice the hire of the harlot or "price of the dog" (Deuteronomy 23:19)
347. Don't burn on the Altar leaven of honey (Leviticus 2:11)
348. Salt all sacrifices (Leviticus 2:13)
349. Don't omit seasoning all sacrifices with salt (Leviticus 2:13)

Section V: Laws Concerning the Procedure of Sacrifices
350. In offering Burnt Offering observe the procedure prescribed in Torah (Leviticus 1:13)
351. Don't eat flesh of Burnt Offerings (Deuteronomy 12:17)
352. Observe procedure of Sin Offering (Leviticus 6:18)
353. Don't eat flesh of innermost Sin Offering (Leviticus 6:23)
354. Don't divide asunder the fowl brought as a Sin Offering (Leviticus 5:8)
355. Observe procedure of the Trespass Offering (Leviticus 7:1)
356. Eat (the priests) the flesh of the holiest sacrifices within the Sanctuary (Exodus 29:33)
357. Don't eat them outside the Courtyard of the Sanctuary (Deuteronomy 12:17)
358. Don't (a stranger) eat any portion of the holiest sacrifices (Exodus 29:33)
359. Observe the procedure of the Peace Offering (Leviticus 7:11)
360. Don't eat the flesh of the offerings before their blood has been sprinkled (on the Altar) (Deuteronomy 12:17)
361. In offering a meal offering observe the procedure prescribed in Torah (Leviticus 2:1)
362. Don't put oil in a Sin Offering (Leviticus 5:11)
363. Don't put frankincense on it (Leviticus 5:11)
364. Don't eat the meal offering of a priest (Leviticus 6:16)
365. Don't bake a leavened meal offering (Leviticus 6:10)
366. Eat (the priests) the rest of meal offering after handful offered on Altar (Leviticus 6:9)
367. Fulfill all your vows and bring your free-will offering on the first Festival following the vow (Deuteronomy 12:5-6)
368. Don't delay in fulfilling your vows or offerings (Deuteronomy 23:22)
369. Offer all Sacrifices in the chosen Sanctuary (Deuteronomy 12:11)
370. Bring all hallowed things from abroad to the chosen Sanctuary (Deuteronomy 12:26)
371. Don't slaughter sacrifices outside the Sanctuary Courtyard (Leviticus 17:4)
372. Don't offer up a sacrifice outside the Sanctuary Courtyard (Deuteronomy 12:13)

Section VI: Laws Concerning the Daily Offerings and Additional Offerings
373. Offer daily two lambs as Burnt Offerings (Numbers 28:3)
374. Kindle the fire upon the Altar daily (Leviticus 6:6)
375. Don't extinguish it (Leviticus 6:6)
376. Remove the ashes daily (Leviticus 6:3)
377. Burn incense daily (Exodus 30:7)
378. Light lamps of Menorah daily (Exodus 27:21)
379. Offer (the High Priest) a Meal Offering daily (Leviticus 6:13)
380. Offer an additional two lambs as Burnt Offerings on the Sabbath (Numbers 28:9)
381. Prepare the show-bread (Exodus 25:30)
382. Offer the Additional Sacrifices of Rosh Chodesh (New Moon) (Numbers 28:11)
383. Offer the Additional Sacrifices of Passover (Numbers 28:19)
384. Offer the Omer as a wave offering (Leviticus 23:10)
385. Count (everyone) seven weeks from when Omer brought (Leviticus 23:15)
386. Offer Additional Sacrifice on the Feast of Shavuos (Leviticus 28:26)
387. Bring two loaves of bread in addition to sacrifices on Feast of Shavuos (Leviticus 23:17)
388. Offer Additional Sacrifices for Rosh Hashana (Numbers 29:2)
389. Offer Additional offering on Yom Kippur (Numbers 29:8)
390. Offer Additional Sacrifices on the Feast of Succos (Numbers 29:13)
391. Offer Additional Sacrifices on the Feast of Shemini Atzeres (Numbers 29:35)

Section VII: Laws Concerning Sacrifices that Have Become Unfit
392. Don't eat offerings that have become unfit or blemished (Deuteronomy 14:3)
393. Don't eat of an offering that is pigul (improper thought of priest during offering) (Leviticus 7:18)
394. Don't leave the offerings beyond time for consumption (Leviticus 22:30)
395. Don't eat what has been left over (Leviticus 19:8)
396. Don't eat sacrifices that have become unclean (Leviticus 7:19)
397. Don't eat sacrifices if you are unclean (Levitcus 7:20)
398. Burn that which has been left over (Leviticus 7:17)
399. Burn that which is unclean (Leviticus 7:19)

Section VIII: Laws Concerning the Sanctuary Service on Yom Kippur
400. Do the entire order of Yom Kippur Service (Leviticus 16)

Section IX: Laws Concerning Misuse of Sacred Property
401. The one guilty of misuse shall pay the value of what he has taken, add a fifth and bring an offering (Leviticus 5:16)
402. Don't work with cattle set apart for sacrifice (Deuteronomy 15:19)
403. Don't shear the fleece of such cattle (Deuteronomy 15:19)

The Book of Sacrifices
Section I: Laws of the Paschal Offering
404. Slaughter Paschal Offering at appointed time (14 Nissan) (Exodus 12:6)
405. Don't slaughter it until leaven is removed from home (Exodus 23:18)
406. Don't let fat remain un-offered overnight (Exodus 23:18)
407. Slaughter the Second Paschal Offering (14 Iyar) (Numbers 9:11)
408. Eat flesh of Paschal Offering with herbs and Matzah on the eve of Passover (Exodus 12:8)
409. Eat flesh of Second Paschal offering on the eve of 15 Iyar (Numbers 9:11)
410. Don't eat it half-broiled or broiled (Exodus 12:9)
411. Don't take the flesh of the Paschal Offering outside the place of assembly of the company (Exodus 12:46)
412. Don't eat of the Paschal lamb if you are an apostate (Exodus 12:43)
413. Don't allow it to be eaten even by a non-Jew who has left idolatry and been circumcised (Exodus 12:45)
414. Don't eat of it if you are uncircumcised (Exodus 12:48)
415. Don't break a bone of it (Exodus 12:46)
416. Don't break a bone of the Second Paschal Offering (Numbers 9:12)
417. Don't leave any till morning (Exodus 12:10)
418. Don't leave any of the Second Paschal Offering till morning (Numbers 9:12)
419. Don't leave flesh of the Festival Offering of the 14th day of Nissan to the 3rd day (Deuteronomy 16:4)

Section II: Laws Concerning the Celebration of the Festival
420. Appear before the L-rd (with a Burnt Offering) three times a year (Deuteronomy 16:16)
421. Celebrate the three festivals (with Peace Offerings) (Exodus 23:14)
422. Rejoice on the festivals (with Peace Offerings) (Deuteronomy 16:14)
423. Don't appear before the L-rd empty handed on these Festivals (Deuteronomy 16:16)
424. Don't neglect to bring joy to the Levite and give him due gifts on the Holiday (Deuteronomy 12:19)
425. Assemble the people on the Feast of Sukkot following the Sabbatical Year (Deuteronomy 31:12)

Section III: Laws of the first Born
426. Set apart the first born of cattle (Exodus 13:12)
427. Don't eat an unblemished first born outside of Jerusalem (Deuteronomy 12:17)
428. Don't redeem the first born (of clean cattle) (Numbers 18:17)
429. Set apart tithe of the young of the clean cattle (Leviticus 27:32)
430. Don't redeem tithe of cattle (Leviticus 27:33)

Section IV: Laws Concerning Offerings Brought for Transgressions Committed in Error
431. One who sinned shall bring a definite Sin Offering (Leviticus 4.27)
432. One who is uncertain of sinning shall bring a Trespass Offering (and a Sin Offering upon ascertainment) (Leviticus 5:17-18)
433. For certain specified transgressions the sinner shall bring a Trespass Offering (Levticus 5:25)
434. For other specified transgressions he shall bring an offering according to his means (Leviticus 5:7-11)
435. The Sanhedrin shall bring an offering if they erred in giving a decision of a serious transgression (Leviticus 4:13)

Section V: Laws Concerning Unclean Ones who Have to Bring Sacrifices as an Atonement
436. A woman who has a running issue shall bring an offering when she becomes clean (Leviticus 15:28-29)
437. A woman after child-birth shall bring an offering when she is clean (Leviticus 12:6)
438. A man who has a running issue shall bring an offering after he is clean (Leviticus 15:13-14)
439. A leper shall bring an offering after he becomes clean (Leviticus 14:10)

Section VI: Laws Concerning Substitution of Sacrifices
440. Don't substitute another beast for one set apart for Sacrifice (Leviticus 27:10)
441. If a substitute is made, the new beast must also be holy (Leviticus 27:10)
442. Don't switch things that are consecrated from one category to another (Leviticus 27:26)

The Book of Purity
Section I: Laws Concerning Defilement by a Dead Body
443. Carry out laws of defilement by the dead (Numbers 19:14)

Section II: Laws Concerning the Red Heifer
444. Carry out laws concerning the Red Heifer (Numbers 19:2)
445. Carry out laws concerning the uncleanliness of waters of sprinkling and the manner in which they must be used for purification (Numbers 19:21)

Section III: Laws Concerning the Uncleanliness of Leprosy
446. Carry out the law of leprosy of a man according the Torah rules (Leviticus 13:12)
447. Don't cut away marks pointing to uncleanliness (Deuteronomy 24:8)
448. Don't shave the scall (leprosy of head or beard) (Leviticus 13:33)
449. A leper shall rend his garments, allow his hair to go loose and cover his lips (Leviticus 13:45)
450. Carry out prescribed rules for cleansing of leprosy (Leviticus 14:2)
451. A leper shall shave all his hair when he becomes clean (Leviticus 14:9)
452. Carry out the law of leprosy of a garment (Leviticus 13:47)
453. Carry out the law of leprosy of a house (Leviticus 13:34)

Section IV: Laws Concerning Defilement of a Couch or Seat
454. Carry out the law of defilement of a menstruous woman (Leviticus 15:19)
455. Carry out the law of defilement of a woman after childbirth (Leviticus 12:2)
456. Carry out the law of defilement of a woman with a running issue (Leviticus 15:25)
457. Carry out the law of defilement of a man with a running issue (Leviticus 15:3)

Section V: Laws of Other Original Sources of Defilement
458. Carry out the law of defilement of that beast which died of itself (Leviticus 11:39)
459. Carry out the law of defilement of creeping things (Leviticus 11:29)
460. Carry out the law of defilement of seminal issue (Leviticus 15:16)

Section VI: Laws of Defilement of Food
461. Carry out laws relating to defilement of food and drink (Leviticus 11:34)

Section VII: Laws Concerning Ritual Baths
462. Every unclean person should immerse himself in a ritual bath in order to become clean (Leviticus 15:16)

The Book of Injuries
Section I: Laws Concerning Damages to Property
463. Carry out law concerning the goring ox (Exodus. 21:28)
464. Carry out law concerning trespass cattle (Exodus 22:4)
465. Carry out law concerning damages by a pit (Exodus 21:33)
466. Carry out law concerning damages by fire (Exodus 22:5)

Section II: Laws Concerning Theft
467. Don't steal anything of pecuniary value (Leviticus 19:11)
468. Carry out law concerning the thief (his obligations) (Exodus 21:37)
469. Ensure correct scales and weights (Leviticus 19:36)
470. Don't commit injustice in respect to measures and weights (Leviticus 19:35)
471. Don't have in your possession a double standard of weights or measures (Deuteronomy 25:13)
472. Don't remove a landmark (to rob property) (Deuteronomy 19:14)
473. Don't kidnap (Exodus 20:13)

Section III: Laws Concerning Robbery and Concerning Things Lost
474. Don't rob (Leviticus 19:13)
475. Don't withhold wages or debt owed (Leviticus 19:13)
476. Don't covet (and take action for acquiring) (Exodus 20:14)
477. Don't desire another's possessions (Deuteronomy 5:18)
478. Restore what has been robbed (Leviticus 5:23)
479. Don't pass by a lost object to ignore it (Deuteronomy 22:3)
480. Restore lost property (Deuteronomy 22:1)

Section IV: Laws Concerning One Who Commits an Injury to Person or Property
481. Carry out laws of personal or property damage (Exodus 21:18)

Section V: Laws Concerning Murder and the Preservation of Human Life
482. Don't commit murder (Exodus 20:13)
483. Don't accept ransom for life of the murderer (Numbers 35:31)
484. Exile an accidental murderer (Numbers 35:25)
485. Don't accept ransom from him (Numbers 35:32)
486. Don't kill the murderer before trying him (Numbers 35:12)
487. Save the pursued at the cost of the life of the pursuer (Deuteronomy 25:12)
488. Don't show pity for the pursuer (Numbers 35:12)
489. Don't stand idly by when you can save a life (Leviticus 19:16)
490. Set aside cities of refuge for those who commit accidental homicide (Deuteronomy 19:3)
491. Break the neck of the calf by the river (in ritual following unsolved murder) (Deuteronomy 21:4)
492. Don't till by that river or sow there (Deuteronomy 21:4)
493. Don't cause loss of human life (through negligence) (Deuteronomy 22:8)
494. Build a parapet (in roof of house) (Deuteronomy 22:8)
495. Don't mislead with advice which is a stumbling block (Leviticus 19:14)
496. Help a man remove the load from his beast which can no longer carry it (Exodus 23:5)
497. Help him load his beast (Deuteronomy 22:4)
498. Don't leave him in a state of confusion and go on your way (Deuteronomy 22:4)

The Book of Acquisition
Section I - Laws of Sale
499. Carry out law of purchase and sale (Leviticus 25:14)
500. Don't do wrong in buying and selling (Leviticus 25:14)
501. Don't do wrong with words - like reminding a repentant man of his sins (Leviticus 25:17)
502. Don't wrong a proselyte in regard to his possessions (Exodus 22:20)
503. Don't wrong him with words (Exodus 22:20)

Section II: Laws of Acquisition of Derelict Property and Gifts
Laws in regard to one who acquires derelict property and by what methods one acquires title to such property; and laws in regard to donor of gifts and recipient and kind of gift which reverts to original owner and which doesn't

Section III: Laws of Neighbors
Laws of partnership divisions and removal of potential nuisances to neighbors

Section IV: Laws of Agents and Partners
Laws of agency and partnership regarding their transactions, profits and losses

Section V: Laws of Bondmen
504. Carry out the laws of the acquisition of a Hebrew bondman(Exodus 21:2)
505. Don't sell his as a slave is sold (Leviticus 25:42)
506. Don't force him to work rigorously (Leviticus 25:43)
507. Don't allow a non-Jew to work him with rigor (Leviticus 25:53)
508. Don't force him to do the menial work of a slave (Leviticus 25:59)
509. Bestow upon him a liberal gift when he goes free (Deuteronomy 15:14)
510. Don't send him away empty-handed (Deuteronomy 15:13)
511. Redeem a Hebrew bondwoman (Exodus 21:8)
512. Espouse her (the master or his son) (Exodus 21:8)
513. Don't sell her if you don't espouse her (Exodus 21:8)
514. Keep a Canaanite slave in perpetual bondage (except if master injured his limbs) (Leviticus 25:46)
515. Don't surrender a slave who fled from outside of Israel to Israel (Deuteronomy 23:16)
516. Don't wrong such a slave (Deuteronomy 23:16)

The Book of Judgments
Section I: Laws of Hiring
517. Carry out law of the man who rents and the depository for hire (Exodus 22:9)
518. Pay the hired wage the same day (Deuteronomy 24:15)
519. Don't delay the wage after it is due (Leviticus 19:13)
520. That the hired man may eat of agricultural produce at which he works (Deuteronomy 23:25)
521. Don't eat from un-severed produce until work is completed (Deuteronomy 23:26)
522. Don't take with you anything you don't consume (Deuteronomy 23:25)
523. Don't muzzle an ox (or cattle) while it is doing agricultural work (Deuteronomy 25:4)

Section II: Laws Concerning Borrowing an Article and Deposit
524. Carry out the law appertaining to a borrower (Exodus 22:13)
525. Carry out the law concerning a gratuitous depository (Exodus 22:6)

Section III: Laws Concerning Creditor and Debtor
526. Lend to the poor and needy (Exodus 22:24)
527. Don't press him for payment he doesn't have (Exodus 22:24)
528. Press the idolater (Deuteronomy 15:3)
529. Don't (the creditor) take a pledge by force (Deuteronomy 24:10)
530. Return the pledge to its owner when he is in need of it (Deuteronomy 24:13)
531. Don't be tardy in returning it to him (Deuteronomy 24:12)
532. Don't exact a pledge from a widow (Deuteronomy 24:17)
533. Don't take utensils used in preparing food (Deuteronomy 24:6)
534. Don't (the lender) give a loan at usury (Leviticus 25:37)
535. Don't (the borrower) take a loan at usury (Deuteronomy 23:20)
536. Don't act as intermediary in a loan at usury (Exodus 22:24)
537. Borrow from, and lend to an idolater at usury (Deuteronomy 23:21)

Section IV: Laws of Plaintiff and Defendant
538. Carry out laws of claims, admissions and denials (Exodus 22:8)

Section V: Laws of Inheritance
539. Carry out law regarding order of inheritance (Numbers 27:8)

The Book of Judges
Section I: Laws Concerning the Sanhedrin and the penalties within Their Jurisdiction
540. Appoint judges (Deuteronomy 16:18)
541. Don't appoint a judge who does not know judicial procedure (Deuteronomy 1:17)
542. Rule according to the majority (when judges differ) (Exodus 23:2)
543. Don't execute the accused if there is only a bare majority for conviction (a majority of two necessary) (Exodus 23:2)
544. Don't (in capital cases) present argument for conviction if you have presented a plea for acquittal (Deuteronomy 23:2)
545. Put to death by stoning (Deuteronomy 22:24)
546. Put to death be burning (Leviticus 20:14)
547. Put to death by decapitation with sword (Exodus 21:20)
548. Put to death by strangling (Leviticus 20:10)
549. Hang (those stoned for blasphemy or idolatry) (Deuteronomy 21:22)
550. Bury the body on day of execution (Deuteronomy 21:23)
551. Don't let the body remain overnight (Deuteronomy 21:23)
552. Don't allow a sorcerer to live (Exodus 22:17)
553. Punish the wicked with stripes (for certain sins) (Exodus 25:2)
554. Don't exceed the number of (39) stripes in the Torah (Deuteronomy 25:3)
555. Don't put the innocent to death on presumptuous testimony (Exodus 23:7)
556. Don't punish one who committed sin under duress (Deuteronomy 22:26)
557. Don't show pity for one who slays another (Deuteronomy 19:13)
558. Don't show compassion at a trial to a person who is poor (Leviticus 19:15)
559. Don't show respect at a trial to a great man (Leviticus 19:15)
560. Don't decide the cause of a habitual transgressor unjustly (Exodus 23:6)
561. Don't pervert judgment (Leviticus 19:15)
562. Don't pervert the judgment of a stranger or an orphan (Deuteronomy 24:17)
563. Judge righteously (Leviticus 19:15)
564. Don't be afraid at a trial of a man who is violent (Deuteronomy 1:17)
565. Don't take a bribe (Exodus 23:8)
566. Don't receive a one-sided report (Exodus 23:1)
567. Don't curse judges (Exodus 22:27)
568. Don't curse prince (of state or Torah) (Exodus 22:27)
569. Don't curse any Jew who leads a worthy life (Leviticus 19:14)

Section II: Laws of Testimony
570. Testify in court if you are in possession of evidence (Leviticus 5:1)
571. Carefully interrogate the witnesses (Deuteronomy 13:15)
572. Don't (in a capital case) act as a judge if you have given evidence (Deuteronomy 19:17)
573. Don't make any ruling based on the testimony of only one witness (Deuteronomy 19:15)
574. Don't accept a transgressor's testimony (Exodus 23:1)
575. Don't accept a relative's testimony (Deuteronomy 24:16)
576. Don't testify falsely (Exodus 20:13)
577. Do unto an exposed false witness as he has plotted to do to accused (Deuteronomy 19:19)

Section III: Laws Concerning the Rebellious
578. Act in accordance with the law of the Torah as the High Court declares it (Deuteronomy 17:11)
579. Don't depart from rulings of this Court (Deuteronomy 17:11)
580. Don't add to the Torah (Written Law or Oral interpretation) (Deuteronomy 13:1)
581. Don't detract from the precepts (Deuteronomy 13:1)
582. Don't curse your father or mother (Exodus 21:17)
583. Don't strike you father or mother (Exodus 21:15)
584. Honor your father and mother (Exodus 21:12)
585. Revere your father and mother (Leviticus 19:3)
586. Don't rebel against the order of your father or mother (Deuteronomy 21:18)

Section IV: Laws of Mourning
587. Mourn relatives (even Priest defiles himself for relatives) (Leviticus 10:19)
588. Don't (High Priest) defile yourself through contact with deceased, even relatives (Leviticus 21:11)
589. Don't (any Priest) be under same roof as deceased forbidden for contact (Leviticus 21:11)
590. Don't (Ordinary Priest) defile yourself for anyone except relatives (Leviticus 21:1)

Section V: Laws of Sovereigns and their Wars
591. Appoint a King (Deuteronomy 17:15)
592. Don't appoint proselyte as king (Deuteronomy 17:15)
593. Don't (King) have too many wives (Deuteronomy 17:17)
594. Don't have too many horses (Deuteronomy 17:16)
595. Don't have too much gold and silver (Deuteronomy 17:17)
596. Destroy seven Canaanite nations (Deuteronomy 20:17)
597. Don't let any one to them live (Deuteronomy 20:16)
598. Blot out seed of Amalek (Deuteronomy 20:19)
599. Remember what Amalek did to us (Deuteronomy 25:17)
600. Don't forget his evil deeds (Deuteronomy 25:19)
601. Don't reside permanently in Egypt (Deuteronomy 17:16)
602. Offer terms of peace to inhabitants of besieged city (Deuteronomy 20:10)
603. Don't offer peace to Ammon and Moab (Deuteronomy 23:7)
604. Don't destroy fruit trees even during siege (Deuteronomy 20:19)
605. Prepare place outside camp where soldiers can relieve themselves (Deuteronomy 23:13)
606. Prepare a shovel to dig with (Deuteronomy 23:14)
607. Anoint priest to speak to men in wartime (Deuteronomy 20:2)
608. If a man takes a wife, builds a building, plants a vineyard - he should be deferred from service one year (Deuteronomy 24:5)
609. Don't draft them for any purpose (Deuteronomy 24:5)
610. Don't panic and retreat in battle (Deuteronomy 20:3)
611. Act according to law of beautiful women taken captive in war (Deuteronomy 21:11)
612. Don't sell this captive into slavery (Deuteronomy 21:14)
613. Don't retain her in servitude after having relations with her (Deuteronomy 21:14)

 
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