Does judaism have 613 commandments

Answer 1

The 613 commandments, known to Jews as the Taryag Mitzvot, form the basis of Jewish law. There are 365 negative commandments, telling us what we should not do, and 248 positive commandments. 26 apply only within Israel, and others apply only to certain people (such as the Kohanim priesthood, and women - who are considered holier than men and as such are exempt from commandments such as that to wear tefillin). The full list can be seen at the related link below.

Answer 2

This is a brief listing of the 613 commandments, as recorded and classified by Maimonides in the 12th century. This listing is taken from his classic compendium of Jewish law, the "Mishneh Torah," which contains 14 primary "books" or sections.

This list should not be used as a source for any practical Halachic ruling. There are differences of opinion over the applicability today of some commandments in this list. Similarly, distinctions must often be made between rabbinically-decreed commandments and those that still have binding force as Torah-law today. In all cases of doubt, a competent rabbinical authority should be consulted.

This list is reprinted from the book, "Bible Basics," a user-friendly, illustrated reference guide to the Five Books of Moses. (Published by International Traditions Corporation, Jerome S. Hahn, General Editor.)

COMMANDMENT SOURCE

BOOK ONE: THE BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE

Fundamentals of Torah:1To know there is a GodEx. 20:22Not to entertain thoughts of other gods besides HimEx. 20:33To know that He is oneDeut. 6:44To love HimDeut. 6:55To fear HimDeut. 10:206To sanctify His NameLev. 22:327Not to profane His NameLev. 22:328Not to destroy objects associated with His NameDeut. 12:49To listen to the prophet speaking in His NameDeut. 18:1510Not to test the prophet undulyDeut. 6:16

Laws of Character11To emulate His waysDeut. 28:912To cleave to those who know HimDeut. 10:2013To love JewsLev. 19:1814To love convertsDeut. 10:1915Not to hate fellow JewsLev. 19:1716To reproveLev. 19:1717Not to embarrass othersLev. 19:1718Not to oppress the weakEx. 21:2219Not to speak derogatorily of othersLev. 19:1620Not to take revengeLev. 19:1821Not to bear a grudgeLev. 19:18

Laws of Torah Study22To learn TorahDeut. 6:723To honor those who teach and know TorahLev. 19:32

Laws of Idolatry and Paganism24Not to inquire into idolatryLev. 19:425Not to follow the whims of your heart or what your eyes seeNum. 15:3926Not to blasphemeEx. 22:2727Not to worship idols in the manner they are worshipedEx. 20:528Not to worship idols in the four ways we worship GodEx. 20:529Not to make an idol for yourselfEx. 20:430Not to make an idol for othersLev. 19:431Not to make human forms even for decorative purposesEx. 20:2032Not to turn a city to idolatryEx. 23:1333To burn a city that has turned to idol worshipDeut. 13:1734Not to rebuild it as a cityDeut. 13:1735Not to derive benefit from itDeut. 13:1836Not to missionize an individual to idol worshipDeut. 13:1237Not to love the missionaryDeut. 13:938Not to cease hating the missionaryDeut. 13:939Not to save the missionaryDeut. 13:940Not to say anything in his defenseDeut. 13:941Not to refrain from incriminating himDeut. 13:942Not to prophesize in the name of idolatryDeut. 13:1443Not to listen to a false prophetDeut. 13:444Not to prophesize falsely in the name of GodDeut. 18:2045Not to be afraid of killing the false prophetDeut. 18:2246Not to swear in the name of an idolEx. 23:1347Not to perform ov (medium)Lev. 19:3148Not to perform yidoni (magical seer)Lev. 19:3149Not to pass your children through the fire to MolechLev. 18:2150Not to erect a column in a public place of worshipDeut. 16:2251Not to bow down on smooth stoneLev. 26:152Not to plant a tree in the Temple courtyardDeut. 16:2153To destroy idols and their accessoriesDeut. 12:254Not to derive benefit from idols and their accessoriesDeut. 7:2655Not to derive benefit from ornaments of idolsDeut. 7:2556Not to make a covenant with idolatersDeut. 7:257Not to show favor to themDeut. 7:258Not to let them dwell in our landEx. 23:3359Not to imitate them in customs and clothingLev. 20:2360Not to be superstitiousLev. 19:2661Not to go into a trance to foresee events, etc.Deut. 18:1062Not to engage in astrologyLev. 19:2663Not to mutter incantationsDeut. 18:1164Not to attempt to contact the deadDeut. 18:1165Not to consult the ovDeut. 18:1166Not to consult the yidoniDeut. 18:1167Not to perform acts of magicDeut. 18:1068Men must not shave the hair off the sides of their headLev. 19:2769Men must not shave their beards with a razorLev. 19:2770Men must not wear women's clothingDeut. 22:571Women must not wear men's clothingDeut. 22:572Not to tattoo the skinLev. 19:2873Not to tear the skin in mourningDeut. 14:174Not to make a bald spot in mourningDeut. 14:1

Laws of Repentance75To repent and confess wrongdoingsNum. 5:7

BOOK TWO: THE BOOK OF LOVE OF GOD

Laws of Reading the Shema76To say the Shema twice dailyDeut. 6:7

Laws of Prayer and Kohanic Blessings77To serve the Almighty with prayer dailyEx. 23:2578The Kohanim must bless the Jewish nation dailyNum. 6:23

Laws of Tefillin, Mezuza and Sefer Torah79To wear tefillin on the headDeut. 6:880To bind tefillin on the armDeut. 6:881To put a mezuzah on each door postDeut. 6:982Each male must write a Sefer TorahDeut. 31:1983The king must have a separate Sefer Torah for himselfDeut. 17:18

Laws of Tzitzit84To have tzitzit on four-cornered garmentsNum. 15:38

Laws of Blessings85To bless the Almighty after eatingDeut. 8:10

Laws of Circumcision86To circumcise all males on the eighth day after their birthLev. 12:3

BOOK THREE: THE BOOK OF SEASONS

Laws of the Sabbath87To rest on the seventh dayEx. 23:1288Not to do prohibited labor on the seventh dayEx. 20:1089The court must not inflict punishment on ShabbatEx. 35:390Not to walk outside the city boundary on ShabbatEx. 16:2991To sanctify the day with Kiddush and HavdallahEx. 20:8

Laws of Eruvin (Rabbinical)

Laws of Yom Kippur Rest92To rest from prohibited laborLev. 23:3293Not to do prohibited labor on Yom KippurLev. 23:3294To afflict yourself on Yom KippurLev. 16:2995Not to eat or drink on Yom KippurLev. 23:29

Laws of Festival Rest96To rest on the first day of PassoverLev. 23:797Not to do prohibited labor on the first day of PassoverLev. 23:898To rest on the seventh day of PassoverLev. 23:899Not to do prohibited labor on the seventh day of PassoverLev. 23:8100To rest on ShavuotLev. 23:21101Not to do prohibited labor on ShavuotLev. 23:21102To rest on Rosh HashanaLev. 23:24103Not to do prohibited labor on Rosh HashanaLev. 23:25104To rest on SukkotLev. 23:35105Not to do prohibited labor on SukkotLev. 23:35106To rest on Shmini AtzeretLev. 23:36107Not to do prohibited labor on Shmini AtzeretLev. 23:36

Laws of Chometz and Matzah108Not to eat chametz on the afternoon of the 14th day of NissanDeut. 16:3109To destroy all chametz on 14th day of NissanEx. 12:15110Not to eat chametz all seven days of PassoverEx. 13:3111Not to eat mixtures containing chametz all seven days of PassoverEx. 12:20112Not to see chametz in your domain seven daysEx. 13:7113Not to find chametz in your domain seven daysEx. 12:19114To eat matzah on the first night of PassoverEx. 12:18115To relate the exodus from Egypt on that nightEx. 13:8

Laws of Shofar, Sukkah, Lulav116To hear the Shofar on the first day of Tishrei (Rosh Hashana)Num. 29:1117To dwell in a Sukkah for the seven days of SukkotLev. 23:42118To take up a Lulav and Etrog all seven daysLev. 23:40

Laws of Shekalim119Each man must give a half shekel annuallyEx. 30:13

Laws of Sanctification of Months120Courts must calculate to determine when a new month beginsEx. 12:2

Laws of Fasts121To afflict and cry out before God in times of catastropheNum. 10:9

Laws of Megillah and Chanukah (Rabbinical)

BOOK FOUR: THE BOOK OF WOMEN

Laws of Marriage122To marry a wife by means of ketubah and kiddushinDeut. 22:13123Not to have relations with women not thus marriedDeut. 23:18124Not to withhold food, clothing, and relations from your wifeEx. 21:10125To have children with one's wifeGen 1:28

Laws of Divorce126To issue a divorce by means of a "get" documentDeut. 24:1127A man must not remarry his wife after she has married someone elseDeut. 24:4

Laws of Yivum and Chalitzah (Levirate Marriage)128To do yibum (marry childless brother's widow)Deut. 25:5129To do chalitzah (freeing a widow from yibum)Deut. 25:9130The widow must not remarry until the ties with her brother-in-law

are removedDeut. 25:5

Laws of Women131The court must fine one who seduces a maidenEx. 22:15-16132The rapist must marry the maiden (if she chooses)Deut. 22:29133He is not allowed to divorce herDeut. 22:29134The slanderer must remain married to his wifeDeut. 22:19135He must not divorce herDeut. 22:19

Laws of Sotah (Suspect Wife)136To fulfill the laws of the SotahNum. 5:30137Not to put oil on her meal offeringNum. 5:15138Not to put frankincense on her meal offeringNum. 5:15

BOOK FIVE: THE BOOK OF HOLINESS

Laws of Forbidden Relations139Not to have relations with your motherLev. 18:7140Not to have relations with your father's wifeLev. 18:8141Not to have relations with your sisterLev. 18:9142Not to have relations with your father's wife's daughterLev. 18:11143Not to have relations with your son's daughterLev. 18:10144Not to have relations with your daughterLev. 18:10145Not to have relations with your daughter's daughterLev. 18:10146Not to have relations with a woman and her daughterLev. 18:17147Not to have relations with a woman and her son's daughterLev. 18:17148Not to have relations with a woman and her daughter's daughterLev. 18:17149Not to have relations with your father's sisterLev. 18:12150Not to have relations with your mother's sisterLev. 18:13151Not to have relations with your father's brother's wifeLev. 18:14152Not to have relations with your son's wifeLev. 18:15153Not to have relations with your brother's wifeLev. 18:16154Not to have relations with your wife's sisterLev. 18:18155A man must not have relations with a beastLev. 18:23156A woman must not have relations with a beastLev. 18:23157Not to have homosexual relationsLev. 18:22158Not to have homosexual relations with your fatherLev. 18:7159Not to have homosexual relations with your father's brotherLev. 18:14160Not to have relations with a married womanLev. 18:20161Not to have relations with a menstrually impure womanLev. 18:19162Not to marry non-JewsDeut. 7:3163Not to let Moabite and Ammonite males marry into the Jewish peopleDeut. 23:4164Don't keep a third generation Egyptian convert from marrying

into the Jewish peopleDeut. 23:8-9165Not to refrain from marrying a third generation

Edomite convertDeut. 23:8-9166Not to let a mamzer marry into the Jewish peopleDeut. 23:3167Not to let a eunuch marry into the Jewish peopleDeut. 23:2168Not to castrate any male (including animals)Lev. 22:24169The High Priest must not marry a widowLev. 21:14170The High Priest must not have relations with a widow even outside of marriageLev. 21:15171The High Priest must marry a virgin maidenLev. 21:13172A Kohen must not marry a divorceeLev. 21:7173A Kohen must not marry a zonah (a woman who had forbidden relations)Lev. 21:7174A priest must not marry a chalalah(party to or product of 169-172)Lev. 21:7175Not to make pleasurable contact with any forbidden womanLev. 18:6

Laws of Forbidden Foods176To examine the signs of animals to distinguish between kosher and non-kosherLev. 11:2177To examine the signs of fowl to distinguish between kosher

and non-kosherDeut. 14:11178To examine the signs of fish to distinguish between kosher and non-kosherLev. 11:9179To examine the signs of locusts to distinguish between kosher and non-kosherLev. 11:21180Not to eat non-kosher animalsLev. 11:4181Not to eat non-kosher fowlLev. 11:13182Not to eat non-kosher fishLev. 11:11183Not to eat non-kosher flying insectsDeut. 14:19184Not to eat non-kosher creatures that crawl on landLev. 11:41185Not to eat non-kosher maggotsLev. 11:44186Not to eat worms found in fruit on the groundLev. 11:42187Not to eat creatures that live in water other than fishLev. 11:43188Not to eat the meat of an animal that died without ritual slaughterDeut. 14:21189Not to benefit from an ox condemned to be stonedEx. 21:28190Not to eat meat of an animal that was mortally woundedEx. 22:30191Not to eat a limb torn off a living creatureDeut 12:23192Not to eat bloodLev. 3:17193Not to eat certain fats of clean animalsLev. 3:17194Not to eat the sinew of the thighGen. 32:33195Not to eat meat and milk cooked togetherEx. 23:19196Not to cook meat and milk togetherEx. 34:26197Not to eat bread from new grain before the OmerLev. 23:14198Not to eat parched grains from new grain before the OmerLev. 23:14199Not to eat ripened grains from new grain before the OmerLev. 23:14200Not to eat fruit of a tree during its first three yearsLev. 19:23201Not to eat diverse seeds planted in a vineyardDeut. 22:9202Not to eat untithed fruitsLev. 22:15203Not to drink wine poured in service to idolsDeut. 32:38

Laws of Slaughtering204To ritually slaughter an animal before eating itDeut. 12:21205Not to slaughter an animal and its offspring on the same dayLev. 22:28206To cover the blood (of a slaughtered beast or fowl) with earthLev. 17:13207Not to take the mother bird from her childrenDeut. 22:6208To release the mother bird if she was taken from the nestDeut. 22:7

BOOK SIX: THE BOOK OF OATHS

Laws of Oaths209Not to swear falsely in God's NameLev. 19:12210Not to take God's Name in vainEx. 20:7211Not to deny possession of something entrusted to youLev. 19:11212Not to swear in denial of a monetary claimLev. 19:11213To swear in God's Name to confirm the truth when deemed necessary by courtDeut. 10:20

Laws of Vows214To fulfill what was uttered and to do what was avowedDeut. 23:24215Not to break oaths or vowsNum. 30:3216For oaths and vows annulled, there are the laws of

annulling vows explicit in the TorahNum. 30:3

Laws of The Nazir217The Nazir must let his hair growNum. 6:5218He must not cut his hairNum. 6:5219He must not drink wine, wine mixtures, or wine vinegarNum. 6:3220He must not eat fresh grapesNum. 6:3221He must not eat raisinsNum. 6:3222He must not eat grape seedsNum. 6:4223He must not eat grape skinsNum. 6:4224He must not be under the same roof as a corpseNum. 6:6225He must not come into contact with the deadNum. 6:7226He must shave after bringing sacrifices upon

completion of his Nazirite periodNum. 6:9

Laws of Estimated Values and Vows227To estimate the value of people as determined by the TorahLev. 27:2228To estimate the value of consecrated animalsLev. 27:12-13229To estimate the value of consecrated housesLev. 27:14230To estimate the value of consecrated fieldsLev. 27:16231Carry out the laws of interdicting possessions (cherem)Lev. 27:28232Not to sell the cheremLev. 27:28233Not to redeem the cheremLev. 27:28

BOOK SEVEN: THE BOOK OF SEEDS

Laws of Mixed Species234Not to plant diverse seeds togetherLev. 19:19235Not to plant grains or greens in a vineyardDeut. 22:9236Not to crossbreed animalsLev. 19:19237Not to work different animals togetherDeut. 22:10238Not to wear sha'atnez, a cloth woven of wool and linenDeut. 22:11

Laws of Gifts to the Poor239To leave a corner of the field uncut for the poorLev. 19:10240Not to reap that cornerLev. 19:9241To leave gleaningsLev. 19:9242Not to gather the gleaningsLev. 19:9243To leave the gleanings of a vineyardLev. 19:10244Not to gather the gleanings of a vineyardLev. 19:10245To leave the unformed clusters of grapesLev. 19:10246Not to pick the unformed clusters of grapesLev. 19:10247To leave the forgotten sheaves in the fieldDeut. 24:19248Not to retrieve themDeut. 24:19249To separate the tithe for the poorDeut. 14:28250To give charityDeut. 15:8251Not to withhold charity from the poorDeut. 15:7252To set aside Trumah Gedolah (tithe for the Kohen)Deut. 18:4253The Levite must set aside a tenth of his titheNum. 18:26254Not to preface one tithe to the next, but separate them in

their proper orderEx. 22:28255A non-Kohen must not eat TrumahLev. 22:10256A hired worker or a Jewish bondsman of a Kohen must

not eat TrumahLev. 22:10257An uncircumcised Kohen must not eat TrumahEx.12:48258An impure Kohen must not eat TrumahLev. 22:4259A chalalah must not eat TrumahLev. 22:12

Laws of Ma'aser260To set aside Ma'aser each planting year and give it to a LeviteNum. 18:24

Laws of The Second Tithe and Fourth Year Produce261To set aside the second tithe (Ma'aser Sheni)Deut. 14:22262Not to spend its redemption money on anything but

food, drink, or ointmentDeut. 26:14263Not to eat Ma'aser Sheni while impureDeut. 26:14264A mourner on the first day after death must not eat Ma'aser SheniDeut. 26:14265Not to eat Ma'aser Sheni grains outside JerusalemDeut. 12:17266Not to eat Ma'aser Sheni wine products outside JerusalemDeut. 12:17267Not to eat Ma'aser Sheni oil outside JerusalemDeut. 12:17268The fourth year crops must be totally for holy

purposes like Ma'aser SheniLev. 19:24269To read the confession of tithes every fourth and seventh yearDeut. 26:13

Laws of First Fruits and other Kohanic Gifts270To set aside the first fruits and bring them to the TempleEx. 23:19271The Kohanim must not eat the first fruits outside JerusalemDeut. 12:17272To read the Torah portion pertaining to their presentationDeut. 26:5273To set aside a portion of dough for a KohenNum. 15:20274To give the shoulder, two cheeks, and stomach of slaughtered animals

to a KohenDeut. 18:3275To give the first sheering of sheep to a KohenDeut. 18:4276To redeem the firstborn sons and give the money to a KohenNum. 18:15277To redeem the firstborn donkey by giving a lamb to a KohenEx. 13:13278To break the neck of the donkey if the owner does not intend to redeem itEx. 13:13

Laws of The Sabbatical and Jubilee Years279To rest the land during the seventh year by not doing any

work which enhances growthEx. 34:21280Not to work the land during the seventh yearLev. 25:4281Not to work with trees to produce fruit during that yearLev. 25:4282Not to reap crops that grow wild that year in the normal mannerLev. 25:5283Not to gather grapes which grow wild that year in the normal wayLev. 25:5284To leave free all produce which grew in that yearEx. 23:11285To release all loans during the seventh yearDeut. 15:2286Not to pressure or claim from the borrowerDeut. 15:2287Not to refrain from lending immediately before the release of

the loans for fear of monetary lossDeut. 15:9288The Sanhedrin must count seven groups of seven yearsLev. 25:8289The Sanhedrin must sanctify the fiftieth yearLev. 25:10290To blow the Shofar on the tenth of Tishrei to free the slavesLev. 25:9291Not to work the soil during the fiftieth yearLev. 25:11292Not to reap in the normal manner that which grows

wild in the fiftieth yearLev. 25:11293Not to pick grapes which grew wild in the normal

manner in the fiftieth yearLev. 25:11294Carry out the laws of sold family propertiesLev. 25:24295Not to sell the land in Israel indefinitelyLev. 25:23296Carry out the laws of houses in walled citiesLev. 25:29297The Tribe of Levi must not be given a portion of the land in Israel,

rather they are given cities to dwell inDeut. 18:1298The Levites must not take a share in the spoils of warDeut. 18:1299To give the Levites cities to inhabit and their surrounding fieldsNum. 35:2300Not to sell the fields but they shall remain the Levites' before and

after the Jubilee yearLev. 25:34

BOOK EIGHT: THE BOOK OF SERVICE

Laws of The Temple301To build a SanctuaryEx. 25:8302Not to build the altar with stones hewn by metalEx. 20:22303Not to climb steps to the altarEx. 20:23304To show reverence to the TempleLev. 1930305To guard the Temple areaNum. 18:2306Not to leave the Temple unguardedNum. 18:5

Laws of Temple Vessels and Employees307To prepare the anointing oilEx. 30:31308Not to reproduce the anointing oilEx. 30:32309Not to anoint with anointing oilEx. 30:32310Not to reproduce the incense formulaEx. 30:37311Not to burn anything on the Golden Altar besides incenseEx. 30:9312The Levites must transport the ark on their shouldersNum. 7:9313Not to remove the staves from the arkEx. 25:15314The Levites must work in the TempleNum. 18:23315No Levite must do another's work of either a Kohen or a LeviteNum. 18:3316To dedicate the Kohen for serviceLev. 21:8317The kohanic work shifts must be equal during holidaysDeut. 18:6-8318The Kohanim must wear their priestly garments during serviceEx. 28:2319Not to tear the priestly garmentsEx. 28:32320The breastplate must not be loosened from the EfodeEx. 28:28

Laws of Entering the Temple321A Kohen must not enter the Temple intoxicatedLev. 10:9322A Kohen must not enter the Temple with long hairLev. 10:6323A Kohen must not enter the Temple with torn clothesLev. 10:6324A Kohen must not enter the Temple indiscriminatelyLev. 16:2325A Kohen must not leave the Temple during serviceLev. 10:7326To send the impure from the TempleNum. 5:2327Impure people must not enter the TempleNum. 5:3328Impure people must not enter the Temple Mount areaDeut. 23:11329Impure Kohanim must not do service in the templeLev. 22:2330An impure Kohen, following immersion, must wait until after sundown before returning to serviceLev. 22:7331A Kohen must wash his hands and feet before serviceEx. 30:19332A Kohen with a physical blemish must not enter the sanctuary or approach the altarLev. 21:23333A Kohen with a physical blemish must not serveLev.21:17334A Kohen with a temporary blemish must not serveLev. 21:17335One who is not a Kohen must not serveNum. 18:4

Laws of Restrictions Concerning Sacrifices336To offer only unblemished animalsLev. 22:21337Not to dedicate a blemished animal for the altarLev. 22:20338Not to slaughter itLev. 22:22339Not to sprinkle its bloodLev. 22:24340Not to burn its fatLev. 22:22341Not to offer a temporarily blemished animalDeut. 17:1342Not to sacrifice blemished animals even if offered by non-JewsLev. 22:25343Not to inflict wounds upon dedicated animalsLev. 22:21344To redeem dedicated animals which have become disqualifiedDeut. 12:15345To offer only animals which are at least eight days oldLev. 22:27346Not to offer animals bought with the wages of a harlot or the

animal exchanged for a dogDeut. 23:19347Not to burn honey or yeast on the altarLev. 2:11348To salt all sacrificesLev. 2:13349Not to omit the salt from sacrificesLev. 2:13

Laws of Sacrificial Procedure350Carry out the procedure of the burnt offering as prescribed in the TorahLev. 1:3351Not to eat its meatDeut. 12:17352Carry out the procedure of the sin offeringLev. 6:18353Not to eat the meat of the inner sin offeringLev. 6:23354Not to decapitate a fowl brought as a sin offeringLev. 5:8355Carry out the procedure of the guilt offeringLev. 7:1356The Kohanim must eat the sacrificial meat in the TempleEx. 29:33357The Kohanim must not eat the meat outside the Temple courtyardDeut. 12:17358A non-Kohen must not eat sacrificial meatEx. 29:33359To follow the procedure of the peace offeringLev. 7:11360Not to eat the meat of minor sacrifices before sprinkling the bloodDeut. 12:17361To bring meal offerings as prescribed in the TorahLev. 2:1362Not to put oil on the meal offerings of wrongdoersLev. 5:11363Not to put frankincense on the meal offerings of wrongdoersLev. 3:11364Not to eat the meal offering of the High PriestLev. 6:16365Not to bake a meal offering as leavened breadLev. 6:10366The Kohanim must eat the remains of the meal offeringsLev. 6:9367To bring all avowed and freewill offerings to the Temple on the first subsequent festivalDeut. 12:5-6368Not to withhold payment incurred by any vowDeut. 23:22369To offer all sacrifices in the TempleDeut. 12:11370To bring all sacrifices from outside Israel to the TempleDeut. 12:26371Not to slaughter sacrifices outside the courtyardLev. 17:4372Not to offer any sacrifices outside the courtyardDeut. 12:13

Laws of Constant and Additional Offerings373To offer two lambs every dayNum. 28:3374To light a fire on the altar every dayLev. 6:6375Not to extinguish this fireLev. 6:6376To remove the ashes from the altar every dayLev. 6:3377To burn incense every dayEx 30:7378To light the Menorah every dayEx. 27:21379The Kohen Gadol must bring a meal offering every dayLev. 6:13380To bring two additional lambs as burnt offerings on ShabbatNum 28:9381To make the show breadEx. 25:30382To bring additional offerings on the New MonthNum. 28:11383To bring additional offerings on PassoverNum. 28:19384To offer the wave offering from the meal of the new wheatLev. 23:10385Each man must count the Omer - seven weeks from the day the new

wheat offering was broughtLev. 23:15386To bring additional offerings on ShavuotNum. 28:26387To bring two leaves to accompany the above sacrificeLev. 23:17388To bring additional offerings on Rosh HashanaNum. 29:2389To bring additional offerings on Yom KippurNum. 29:8390To bring additional offerings on SukkotNum. 29:13391To bring additional offerings on Shmini AtzeretNum. 29:35

Laws of Disqualified Offerings392Not to eat sacrifices which have become unfit or blemishedDeut. 14.3393Not to eat from sacrifices offered with improper intentionsLev. 7:18394Not to leave sacrifices past the time allowed for eating themLev. 22:30395Not to eat from that which was left overLev. 19:8396Not to eat from sacrifices which became impureLev. 7:19397An impure person must not eat from sacrificesLev. 7:20398To burn the leftover sacrificesLev. 7:17399To burn all impure sacrificesLev. 7:19

Laws of Yom Kippur Service400To follow the procedure of Yom Kippur in the sequence

prescribed in Parshat Acharei MotLev. 16:3

Laws of Misusing Sanctified Property401One who profaned property must repay what he

profaned plus a fifth and bring a sacrificeLev. 5:16402Not to work consecrated animalsDeut. 15:19403Not to shear the fleece of consecrated animalsDeut. 15:19

BOOK NINE: THE BOOK OF SACRIFICES

Laws of Pascal Sacrifice404To slaughter the paschal sacrifice at the specified timeEx. 12:6405Not to slaughter it while in possession of leavenEx. 23:18406Not to leave the fat overnightEx. 23:18407To slaughter the second paschal lambNum. 9:11408To eat the paschal lamb with matzah and Marror on the night of the

15th of NissanEx. 12:8409To eat the second paschal lamb on the night of the 15th of IyarNum.9:11410Not to eat the paschal meat raw or boiledEx. 12:9411Not to take the paschal meat from the confines of the groupEx. 12:46412An apostate must not eat from itEx.12:43413A permanent or temporary hired worker must not eat from itEx. 12:45414An uncircumcised male must not eat from itEx. 12:48415Not to break any bones from the paschal offeringEx. 12:46416Not to break any bones from the second paschal offeringNum. 9:12417Not to leave any meat from the paschal offering over until morningEx. 12:10418Not to leave the second paschal meat over until morningNum. 9:12419Not to leave the meat of the holiday offering of the 14th until the 16thDeut. 16:4

Laws of Pilgrim Offerings420To be seen at the Temple on Passover, Shavuot, and SukkotDeut. 16:16421To celebrate on these three Festivals (bring a peace offering)Ex. 23:14422To rejoice on these three Festivals (bring a peace offering)Deut. 16:14423Not to appear at the Temple without offeringsDeut. 16:16424Not to refrain from rejoicing with, and giving gifts to, the LevitesDeut. 12:19425To assemble all the people on the Sukkot following the seventh yearDeut. 31:12

Laws of First Born Animals426To set aside the firstborn animalsEx. 13:12427The Kohanim must not eat unblemished firstborn animals

outside JerusalemDeut. 12:17428Not to redeem the firstbornNum. 18:17429Separate the tithe from animalsLev. 27:32430Not to redeem the titheLev. 27:33

Laws of Offerings for Unintentional Transgressions431Every person must bring a sin offering for his transgressionLev. 4:27432Bring an asham talui when uncertain of guiltLev. 5:17-18433Bring an asham vadai when guilt is ascertainedLev. 5:25434Bring an oleh v'yored offering (if the person is wealthy, an animal; if poor, a bird or meal offering)Lev. 5:7-11435The Sanhedrin must bring an offering when it rules in errorLev. 4:13

Laws of Lacking Atonement436A woman who had a running issue must bring an offering

after she goes to the MikvehLev. 15:28-29437A woman who gave birth must bring an offering after she goes

to the MikvehLev. 12:6438A man who had a running issue must bring an offering after he goes

to the MikvehLev. 15:13-14439A metzora must bring an offering after going to the MikvehLev. 14:10

Laws of Substitution of Sacrifices440Not to substitute another beast for one set apart for sacrificeLev. 27:10441The new animal, in addition to the substituted one, retains consecrationLev. 27:10442Not to change consecrated animals from one type of offering to anotherLev. 27:26

BOOK TEN: THE BOOK OF PURITY

Laws of Impurity of Human Dead443Carry out the laws of impurity of the deadNum. 19:14

Laws of The Red Heifer444Carry out the procedure of the Red HeiferNum. 19:2445Carry out the laws of the sprinkling waterNum. 19:21

Laws of Impurity through Tzara'at446Rule the laws of human tzara'at as prescribed in the TorahLev. 13:12447The metzora must not remove his signs of impurityDeut. 24:8448The metzora must not shave signs of impurity in his hairLev. 13:33449The metzora must publicize his condition by tearing his garments,

allowing his hair to grow and covering his lipsLev. 13:45450Carry out the prescribed rules for purifying the metzoraLev. 14:2451The metzora must shave off all his hair prior to purificationLev. 14:9452Carry out the laws of tzara'at of clothingLev. 13:47453Carry out the laws of tzara'at of housesLev. 13:34

Laws of Impurity of Reclining and Sitting454Observe the laws of menstrual impurityLev. 15:19455Observe the laws of impurity caused by childbirthLev. 12:2456Observe the laws of impurity caused by a woman's running issueLev. 15:25457Observe the laws of impurity caused by a man's running issueLev. 15:3

Laws of Other Sources of Impurity458Observe the laws of impurity caused by a dead beastLev. 11:39459Observe the laws of impurity caused by the eight shratzimLev. 11:29460Observe the laws of impurity of a seminal emissionLev. 15:16

Laws of Impurity of Food461Observe the laws of impurity concerning liquid and solid foodsLev. 11:34

Laws of Vessels (Rabbinical)

Laws of Mikveh462Every impure person must immerse himself in a Mikveh to become pureLev. 15:16

BOOK ELEVEN: THE BOOK OF DAMAGES

Laws of Property Damage463The court must judge the damages incurred by a goring oxEx. 21:28464The court must judge the damages incurred by an animal eatingEx. 22:4465The court must judge the damages incurred by a pitEx. 21:33466The court must judge the damages incurred by fireEx. 22:5

Laws of Theft467Not to steal money stealthilyLev. 19:11468The court must implement punitive measures against the thiefEx. 21:37469Each individual must ensure that his scales and weights are accurateLev. 19:36470Not to commit injustice with scales and weightsLev. 19:35471Not to possess inaccurate scales and weights even if they are not for useDeut. 25:13472Not to move a boundary marker to steal someone's propertyDeut. 19:14473Not to kidnapEx. 20:13

Laws of Robbery and Lost Objects474Not to rob openlyLev. 19:13475Not to withhold wages or fail to repay a debtLev. 19:13476Not to covet and scheme to acquire another's possessionEx. 20:14477Not to desire another's possessionDeut. 5:18478Return the robbed object or its valueLev. 5:23479Not to ignore a lost objectDeut. 22:3480Return the lost objectDeut. 22:1481The court must implement laws against the one who assaults

another or damages another's propertyEx. 21:18

Laws of Murder and Preservation of Life482Not to murderEx. 20:13483Not to accept monetary restitution to atone for the murdererNum. 35:31484The court must send the accidental murderer to a city of refugeNum. 35:25485Not to accept monetary restitution instead of being

sent to a city of refugeNum. 35:32486Not to kill the murderer before he stands trialNum. 35:12487Save someone being pursued even by taking the life of the pursuerDeut. 25112488Not to pity the pursuerNum. 35:12489Not to stand idly by if someone's life is in dangerLev. 19:16490Designate cities of refuge and prepare routes of accessDeut. 19:3491Break the neck of a calf by the river valley following an unsolved murderDeut. 21:4492Not to work nor plant that river valleyDeut. 21:4493Not to allow pitfalls and obstacles to remain on your propertyDeut. 22:8494Make a guard rail around flat roofsDeut. 22:8495Not to put a stumbling block before a blind man (nor give harmful advice)Lev. 19:14496Help another remove the load from a beast which can

no longer carry itEx. 23:5497Help others load their beastDeut. 22:4498Not 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 Sales499Buy and sell according to Torah lawLev. 25:14500Not to overcharge or underpay for an articleLev. 25:14501Not to insult or harm anybody with wordsLev. 25:17502Not to cheat a sincere convert monetarilyEx. 22:20503Not to insult or harm a sincere convert with wordsEx. 22:20

Laws of Acquisitions and Gifts (Rabbinical)

Laws of Neighbors (Rabbinical)

Laws of Agents and Partners (Rabbinical)

Laws of Slaves504Purchase a Hebrew slave in accordance with the prescribed lawsEx. 21:2505Not to sell him as a slave is soldLev. 25:42506Not to work him oppressivelyLev. 25:43507Not to allow a non-Jew to work him oppressivelyLev. 25:53508Not to have him do menial slave laborLev. 25;39509Give him gifts when he goes freeDeut. 15:14510Not to send him away empty-handedDeut. 15:13511Redeem Jewish maidservantsEx. 21:8512Betroth the Jewish maidservantEx. 21:8513The master must not sell his maidservantEx. 21:8514Canaanite slaves must work forever unless injured in one of their limbsLev. 25:46515Not to extradite a slave who fled to IsraelDeut. 23:16516Not to wrong a slave who has come to Israel for refugeDeut. 23:16

BOOK THIRTEEN: THE BOOK OF JUDGEMENTS

Laws of Hiring517The courts must carry out the laws of a hired worker and hired guardEx. 22:9518Pay wages on the day they were earnedDeut. 24:15519Not to delay payment of wages past the agreed timeLev. 19:13520The hired worker may eat from the unharvested crops where he worksDeut. 23:25521The worker must not eat while on hired timeDeut. 23:26522The worker must not take more than he can eatDeut. 23:25523Not to muzzle an ox while plowingDeut. 25:4

Laws of Borrowing and Depositing524The courts must carry out the laws of a borrowerEx. 22:13525The courts must carry out the laws of an unpaid guardEx. 22:6

Laws of Creditor and Debtor526Lend to the poor and destituteEx. 22:24527Not to press them for payment if you know they don't have itEx. 22:24528Press the idolater for paymentDeut. 15:3529The creditor must not forcibly take collateralDeut. 24:10530Return the collateral to the debtor when neededDeut. 24:13531Not to delay its return when neededDeut. 24:12532Not to demand collateral from a widowDeut. 24:17533Not to demand as collateral utensils needed for preparing foodDeut. 24:6534Not to lend with interestLev.25:37535Not to borrow with interestDeut. 23:20536Not to intermediate in an interest loan, guarantee, witness,

or write the promissory noteEx. 22:24537Lend to and borrow from idolaters with interestDeut. 23:21

Laws of Plaintiff and Defendant538The courts must carry out the laws of the

plaintiff, admitter, or denierEx. 22:8

Laws of Inheritance539Carry out the laws of the order of inheritanceNum. 27:8

BOOK FOURTEEN: THE BOOK OF JUDGES

Laws of Sanhedrin and Punishments540Appoint judgesDeut. 16:18541Not to appoint judges who are not familiar with judicial procedureDeut. 1:17542Decide by majority in case of disagreementEx. 23:2543The court must not execute through a majority of one; at least a majority of two is requiredEx. 23:2544A judge who presented an acquittal plea must not present an

argument for conviction in capital casesDeut. 23:2545The courts must carry out the death penalty of stoningDeut. 22:24546The courts must carry out the death penalty of burningLev. 20:14547The courts must carry out the death penalty of the swordEx. 21:20548The courts must carry out the death penalty of strangulationLev. 20:10549The courts must hang those stoned for blasphemy or idolatryDeut. 21:22550Bury the executed on the day they are killedDeut.21:23551Not to delay burial overnightDeut. 21:23552The court must not let the sorcerer liveEx. 22:17553The court must give lashes to the wrongdoerEx. 25:2554The court must not exceed the prescribed number of lashesDeut. 25:3555The court must not kill anybody on circumstantial evidenceEx. 23:7556The court must not punish anybody who was forced to do a crimeDeut. 22:26557A judge must not pity the murderer or assaulter at the trialDeut. 19:13558A judge must not have mercy on the poor man at the trialLev. 19:15559A judge must not respect the great man at the trialLev. 19:15560A judge must not decide unjustly the case of the habitual transgressorEx. 23;6561A judge must not pervert justiceLev. 19:15562A judge must not pervert a case involving a convert or orphanDeut. 24:17563Judge righteouslyLev. 19:15564The judge must not fear a violent man in judgmentDeut. 1:17565Judges must not accept bribesEx. 23:8566Judges must not accept testimony unless both parties are presentEx. 23:1567Not to curse judgesEx. 22:27568Not to curse the head of state or leader of the SanhedrinEx. 22:27569Not to curse any upstanding JewLev. 19:14

Laws of Evidence570Anybody who knows evidence must testify in courtLev. 5:1571Carefully interrogate the witnessDeut. 13:15572A witness must not serve as a judge in capital crimesDeut. 19:17573Not to accept testimony from a lone witnessDeut. 19:15574Transgressors must not testifyEx. 23:1575Relatives of the litigants must not testifyDeut. 24:16576Not to testify falselyEx. 20:13577Punish the false witnesses as they tried to punish the defendantDeut. 19:19

Laws of Insurgents578Act according to the ruling of the SanhedrinDeut. 17:11579Not to deviate from the word of the SanhedrinDeut. 17:11580Not to add to the Torah commandments or their oral explanationsDeut. 13:1581Not to diminish from the Torah any commandments, in whole or in partDeut. 13:1582Not to curse your father and motherEx. 21:17583Not to strike your father and motherEx. 21:15584Respect your father or motherEx. 20:12585Fear your father or motherLev. 19:3586Not to be a rebellious sonDeut. 21:18

Laws of Mourning587Mourn for relativesLev. 10:19588The High Priest must not defile himself for any relativeLev. 21:11589The High Priest must not enter under the same roof as a corpseLev. 21:11590A Kohen must not defile himself for anyone except relativesLev. 21:1

Laws of Kings and their Wars591Appoint a king from IsraelDeut. 17:15592Not to appoint a convertDeut. 17:15593The king must not have too many wivesDeut. 17:17594The king must not have too many horsesDeut. 17:16595The king must not have too much silver and goldDeut. 17:17596Destroy the seven Canaanite nationsDeut. 20:17597Not to let any of them remain aliveDeut. 20:16598Wipe out the descendants of AmalekDeut. 25:19599Remember what Amalek did to the Jewish peopleDeut. 25:17600Not to forget Amalek's atrocities and ambush on our journey

from Egypt in the desertDeut. 25:19601Not to dwell permanently in EgyptDeut. 17:16602Offer peace terms to the inhabitants of a city while holding siege, and treat them according to the Torah if they accept the termsDeut. 20:10603Not to offer peace to Ammon and Moab while besieging themDeut. 23:7604Not to destroy fruit trees even during the siegeDeut. 20:19605Prepare latrines outside the campsDeut. 23:13606Prepare a shovel for each soldier to dig withDeut. 23:14607Appoint a priest to speak with the soldiers during the warDeut. 20:2608He who has taken a wife, built a new home, or planted a vineyard is given a year to rejoice with his possessionsDeut. 24:5609Not to demand from the above any involvement,

communal or militaryDeut. 24:5610Not to panic and retreat during battleDeut. 20:3611Keep the laws of the captive womanDeut. 21:11612Not to sell her into slaveryDeut. 21:14613Not to retain her for servitude after having relations with herDeut. 21:14

Answer 3

The 613 commandments come from the Torah (Bible).

Answer 4

These are the commandments in the Torah. A full list is contained in the attached Related Link.

Answer 5

because they are

Answer 6

See the attached Related Link.

Answer 7

That is correct.

Answer 8

Yes.