613 pt 1

COMMANDMENTS 1-203
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

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