The Tapestry of My Soul

TaRYaG is the acronym for the numerical value of 613, for the 613 mitzvos (commandments) found in the Torah. The following list of mitzvos follows the opinion of Rabbi Moses ben Maimon zt”l, also known as Rambam or Maimonides, as he lists them in his Mishneh Torah. Many of these mitzvos cannot be observed at this time for various reasons (to include the absence of a Temple).

First some background information regarding Biblical mitzvos:

There are two categories of Mitzvos:
There are 248 Positive Mitzvos (Mitzvot Aseh) or things that you must do.
There are 365 Negative Mitzvos (Mitzvot Lo Sa’aseh) or things you must not do.

All 613 mitzvos can be divided into one of ten categories that make up the Eseres Hadibros (The Ten Statements [mistakenly reffered to as "Commandments" because there are actual more than ten mitzvos/commandments listed therein]. The first five ”statements” fit into the “greatest” commandment: “to love HaShem your G-d with all of your heart, soul and strength (Deut. 6:4-5 [& Luke 10:27 for the Christian reader])” and the second five of the Devarim fit into the “other” greatest commandment: “to love your fellow man as yourself (Lev. 19:18 [& again Luke 10:27])”. So, in essence, to follow the two “greatest commandments”, one has to follow the five respective statements of each division from the Ten Commandments, and then to follow the Ten Commandments, one must follow (where applicable) the correlating 613 commandments. So, the key to inheriting eternal life as a Jew (for the Christian reader again as even taught by Jesus in Luke 10:25-28 which he received from Leviticus 18:5), is to truly follow the two “summaries of the Torah”; by closely following the Ten Statements–and thereby sincerely living the 613 mitzvot (where applicable).

Many Christians have a misconception that Judaism is a burdensome and legalistic religion and point to the number of commandments (613 with all of their practical applications) as proof. However, there are approximately 1050 reiterations and additional commandments given in the Apostolic Writings. Based on the given method of measurement, Christianity is far more burdensome.

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English Translation of the Hebrew names for the books of the Torah:

Bereishees = Genesis
Shemos = Exodus
Vayikra = Leviticus
B’midbar = Numbers
Devarim = Deuteronomy

1. To know there is G-d–Shemos 20:2

2. Not to entertain thoughts of other gods beside Him–Shemos 20:3

3. To know that He is One–Devarim 6:4

4. To love Him–Devarim 6:5

5. To fear Him–Devarim 10:20

6. To sanctify His Name–Vayikra 22:32

7. Not to profane His Name–Vayikra 22:32

8. Not to destroy objects associated with His Name–Devarim 12:4

9. To listen to the prophet speaking in His Name–Devarim 18:15

10. Not to test the prophet unduly–Devarim 6:16

11. To emulate His ways–Devarim 28:9

12. To cleave to those who know Him–Devarim 10:20

13. To love your neighbor as yourself–Vayikra 19:18

14. To love the foreigner–Devarim 10:19

15. Not to hate your brother–Vayikra 19:17

16. To reprove wrongdoers–Vayikra 19:17

17. Not to embarrass others–Vayikra 19:17

18. Not to oppress the weak–Shemos 22:21

19. Not to gossip about others–Vayikra 19:16

20. Not to take revenge–Vayikra 19:18

21. Not to bear a grudge–Vayikra 19:18

22. To learn Torah and teach it–Devarim 6:7

23. To honor those who teach and know Torah–Vayikra 19:32

24. Not to inquire into idolatry–Vayikra 19:4

25. Not to follow the whims of your heart or what your eyes see–B’midbar 15:39

26. Not to blaspheme–Shemos 22:27

27. Not to worship idols in the manner they are worshipped–Shemos 20:5

28. Not to bow down to idols–Shemos 20:5

29. Not to make an idol for yourself–Shemos 20:4

30. Not to make an idol for others–Vayikra 19:4

31. Not to make human forms even for decorative purposes–Shemos 20:20

32. Not to turn a city to idolatry–Shemos 23:13

33. To burn a city that has turned to idol worship–Devarim 13:17

34. Not to rebuild it as a city–Devarim 13:17

35. Not to derive benefit from it–Devarim 13:18

36. Not to missionize an individual to idol worship–Devarim 13:12

37. Not to love the missionary–Devarim 13:9

38. Not to cease hating the missionary–Devarim 13:9

39. Not to save the missionary–Devarim 13:9

40. Not to say anything in his defense–Devarim 13:9

41. Not to refrain from incriminating him–Devarim 13:9

42. Not to prophesize in the name of idolatry–Devarim 18:20

43. Not to listen to a false prophet–Devarim 13:4

44. Not to prophesize falsely in the name of G-d–Devarim 18:20

45. Not to be afraid of killing the false prophet–Devarim 18:22

46. Not to swear in the name of an idol–Shemos 23:13

47. Not to perform Ov (medium)–Vayikra 19:31

48. Not to perform Yidoni (magical seer)–Vayikra 19:31

49. Not to pass your children through the fire to Molech–Vayikra 18:21

50. Not to erect a column in a public place of worship–Devarim 16:22

51. Not to bow down on smooth stone–Vayikra 26:1

52. Not to plant a tree in the Temple courtyard–Devarim 16:21

53. To destroy idols and their accessories–Devarim 12:2

54. Not to derive benefit from idols and their accessories–Devarim 7:26

55. Not to derive benefit from ornaments of idols–Devarim 7:25

56. Not to make a covenant with idolaters–Devarim 7:2

57. Not to show favor to them–Devarim 7:2

58. Not to let them dwell in our land–Shemos 23:33

59. Not to imitate them in customs and clothing–Vayikra 20:23

60. Not to be superstitious–Vayikra 19:26

61. Not to go into a trance to foresee events, etc.–Devarim 18:10

62. Not to engage in astrology–Vayikra 19:26

63. Not to mutter incantations–Devarim 18:11

64. Not to attempt to engage the dead in conversation–Devarim 18:11

65. Not to consult the Ov–Devarim 18:11

66. Not to consult the Yidoni–Devarim 18:11

67. Not to perform acts of magic–Devarim 18:10

68. Men must not shave the hair off the sides of their head–Vayikra 19:27

69. Men must not shave their beards with a razor–Vayikra 19:27

70. Men must not wear women’s clothing–Devarim 22:5

71. Women must not wear men’s clothing–Devarim 22:5

72. Not to tattoo the skin–Vayikra 19:28

73. Not to tear the skin in mourning–Devarim 14:1

74. Not to make a bald spot in mourning–Devarim 14:1

75. To repent and confess wrongdoings–Bamidbar 5:7

76. To say the Shema twice daily–Devarim 6:7

77. To serve the Almighty with prayer daily–Shemos 23:25

78. The Kohanim must bless the people of Israel daily–Bamidbar 6:23

79. To wear Tefillin on the head–Devarim 6:8

80. To bind tefillin on the arm–Devarim 6:8

81. To put a Mezuzah on each door post–Devarim 6:9

82. To write a Sefer Torah–Devarim 31:19

83. The king must have a separate Sefer Torah for himself–Devarim 17:18

84. To have Tzitzit on four-cornered garments–B’midbar 15:38

85. To bless the Almighty after eating–Devarim 8:10

86. To circumcise all males on the eighth day after their birth–Vayikra 12:3

87. To rest on the seventh day (Shabbos)–Shemos 23:12

88. Not to do prohibited labor on the seventh day–Shemos 20:10

89. The court must not inflict punishment on Shabbos–Shemos 35:3

90. Not to walk more than 2000 cubits outside the city boundary on Shabbos–Shemos 16:29

91. To sanctify the day with Kiddush and Havdallah–Shemos 20:8

92. To rest from prohibited labor on Yom Kippur–Vayikra 23:32

93. Not to do prohibited labor on Yom Kippur–Vayikra 23:31

94. To afflict yourself on Yom Kippur–Vayikra 16:29

95. Not to eat or drink on Yom Kippur–Vayikra 23:29

96. To rest on the first day of Passover–Vayikra 23:8

97. Not to do prohibited labor on the first day of Passover–Vayikra 23:8

98. To rest on the seventh day of Passover–Vayikra 23:8

99. Not to do prohibited labor on the seventh day of Passover–Vayikra 23:8

100. To rest on Shavuot–Vayikra 23:21

101. Not to do prohibited labor on Shavuot–Vayikra 23:21

102. To rest on Rosh Hashanah–Vayikra 23:24

103. Not to do prohibited labor on Rosh Hashanah–Vayikra 23:25

104. To rest on Sukkot–Vayikra 23:35

105. Not to do prohibited labor on Sukkot–Vayikra 23:35

106. To rest on Shmini Atzeret–Vayikra 23:36

107. Not to do prohibited labor on Shmini Atzeret–Vayikra 23:36

108. Not to eat Chametz on the afternoon of the 14th day of Nissan–Devarim 16:3

109. To destroy all Chametz (leavened food products) on 14th day of Nissan–Shemot 12:15

110. Not to eat Chametz all seven days of Passover–Shemos 13:3

111. Not to eat mixtures containing Chametz all seven days of Passover–Shemos 12:20

112. Chametz should not be seen in your domain seven days–Shemos 13:7

113. Chametz should not be found in your domain seven days–Shemos 12:19

114. To eat Matzah (unleavened bread) on the first night of Passover–Shemos 12:18

115. To relate the Exodus from Egypt on that night–Shemos 13:8

116. To hear the Shofar on the first day of Tishrei (Rosh Hashanah)–B’midbar 29:1

117. To dwell in a Sukkah for the seven days of Sukkos–Vayikra 23:42

118. To take up a Lulav and Esrog all seven days of Sukkos–Vayikra 23:40

119. Each man must give a half shekel annually–Shemos 30:13

120. Courts must calculate to determine when a new month begins–Shemos 12:2

121. To afflict and cry out before G-d in times of catastrophe–B’midbar 10:9

122. To marry a wife by the means prescribed in the Torah (”kiddushin”)–Devarim 24:1

123. Not to have relations with women not thus married–Devarim 23:18

124. Not to withhold food, clothing, and sexual relations from your wife–Shemos 21:10

125. To have children with one’s wife–Bereisheet 1:28

126. To issue a divorce by means of a Get document–Devarim 24:1

127. A man must not remarry his wife after she has married someone else–Devarim 24:4

128. To do Yibum (marry childless brother’s widow)–Devarim 25:5

129. To do Chalitzah (freeing a widow from yibum)–Devarim 25:9

130. The widow must not remarry until the ties with her brother-in-law are removed–Devarim 25:5

131. The court must fine one who seduces a maiden–Shemos 22:15-16

132. The rapist must marry the maiden (if she chooses)–Devarim 22:29

133. He is not allowed to divorce her–Devarim 22:29

134. The slanderer must remain married to the wife he slandered–Devarim 22:19

135. He must not divorce her–Devarim 22:19

136. To fulfill the laws of the woman suspected of adultery (”Sotah”)–B’midbar 5:30

137. Not to put oil on her meal offering–B’midbar 5:15

138. Not to put frankincense on her Meal Offering–B’midbar 5:15

139. Not to have sexual relations with your mother–Vayikra 18:7

140. Not to have sexual relations with your father’s wife–Vayikra 18:8

141. Not to have sexual relations with your sister–Vayikra 18:9

142. Not to have sexual relations with your father’s wife’s daughter (from your father)–Vayikra 18:11

143. Not to have sexual relations with your son’s daughter–Vayikra 18:10

144. Not to have sexual relations with your daughter–Vayikra 18:10

145. Not to have sexual relations with your daughter’s daughter–Vayikra 18:10

146. Not to marry a woman and her daughter–Vayikra 18:17

147. Not to marry a woman and her son’s daughter–Vayikra 18:17

148. Not to marry a with a woman and her daughter’s daughter–Vayikra 18:17

149. Not to have sexual relations with your father’s sister–Vayikra 18:12

150. Not to have sexual relations with your mother’s sister–Vayikra 18:13

151. Not to have sexual relations with your father’s brother’s wife–Vayikra 18:14

152. Not to have sexual relations with your son’s wife–Vayikra 18:15

153. Not to have sexual relations with your brother’s wife–Vayikra 18:16

154. Not to have sexual relations with your wife’s sister–Vayikra 18:18

155. A man must not have sexual relations with a beast–Vayikra 18:23

156. A woman must not have sexual relations with a beast–Vayikra 18:23

157. Not to have homosexual sexual relations–Vayikra 18:22

158. Not to have homosexual sexual relations with your father–Vayikra 18:7

159. Not to have homosexual sexual relations with your father’s brother–Vayikra 18:14

160. Not to have sexual relations with a married woman–Vayikra 18:20

161. Not to have sexual relations with a menstrually impure woman–Vayikra 18:19

162. Not to marry a non-Jew–Devarim 7:3

163. Not to let Moabite and Ammonite males marry into the people of Israel–Devarim 23:4

164. Don’t keep a third generation Egyptian sojourner from marrying into the people of Israel–Devarim 23:8-9

165. Not to refrain from marrying a third generation Edomite sojourner–Devarim 23:8-9

166. Not to let a Mamzer (”bastard”) marry into the people of Israel–Devarim 23:3

167. Not to let a eunuch marry into the people of Israel–Devarim 23:2

168. Not to castrate any male (including animals)–Vayikra 22:24

169. The High Priest must not marry a widow–Vayikra 21:14

170. The High Priest must not have sexual relations with a widow even outside of marriage–Vayikra 21:14

171. The High Priest must marry a virgin maiden–Vayikra 21:13

172. A Kohen must not marry a divorc e–Vayikra 21:7

173. A Kohen must not marry a zonah (a woman who had forbidden relations)–Vayikra 21:7

174. A Kohen must not marry a chalalah (party to or product of 169-172)–Vayikra 21:7

175. Not to make pleasurable (sexual) contact with any forbidden woman–Vayikra 18:6

176. To examine the signs of animals to distinguish between Kosher and non-kosher–Vayikra 11:2

177. To examine the signs of fowl to distinguish between kosher and non-kosher–Devarim 14:11

178. To examine the signs of fish to distinguish between kosher and non-kosher–Vayikra 11:9

179. To examine the signs of locusts to distinguish between kosher and non-kosher–Vayikra 11:21

180. Not to eat non-kosher animals–Vayikra 11:4

181. Not to eat non-kosher fowl–Vayikra 11:13

182. Not to eat non-kosher fish–Vayikra 11:11

183. Not to eat non-kosher flying insects–Devarim 14:19

184. Not to eat non-kosher creatures that crawl on land–Vayikra 11:41

185. Not to eat non-kosher maggots–Vayikra 11:44

186. Not to eat worms found in fruit once they have left the fruit–Vayikra 11:42

187. Not to eat creatures that live in water other than fish–Vayikra 11:43

188. Not to eat the meat of an animal that died without ritual slaughter–Devarim 14:21

189. Not to benefit from an beast condemned to be stoned–Shemos 21:28

190. Not to eat meat of an animal that was mortally wounded–Shemos 22:30

191. Not to eat a limb torn off a living creature–Devarim 12:23

192. Not to eat blood–Vayikra 3:17

193. Not to eat certain fats of kosher animals–Vayikra 3:17

194. Not to eat the sinew of the thigh–Bereishees. 32:33

195. Not to eat meat and milk cooked together–Shemos 23:19

196. Not to cook meat and milk together–Shemos 34:26

197. Not to eat bread from new grain before the Omer–Vayikra 23:14

198. Not to eat parched grains from new grain before the Omer–Vayikra 23:14

199. Not to eat ripened grains from new grain before the Omer–Vayikra 23:14

200. Not to eat fruit of a tree during its first three years–Vayikra 19:23

201. Not to eat diverse seeds planted in a vineyard–Devarim 22:9

202. Not to eat untithed fruits–Vayikra 22:15

203. Not to drink wine poured in service to idols–Devarim 32:38

204. To ritually slaughter an animal before eating it–Devarim 12:21

205. Not to slaughter an animal and its offspring on the same day–Vayikra 22:28

206. To cover the blood (of a slaughtered beast or fowl) with earth–Vayikra 17:13

207. Not to take the mother bird from her children–Devarim 22:6

208. To release the mother bird before taking the children–Devarim 22:7

209. Not to swear falsely in G-d’s Name–Vayikra 19:12

210. Not to take G-d’s Name in vain–Shemos 20:7

211. Not to deny possession of something entrusted to you–Vayikra 19:11

212. Not to swear falsely in denial of a monetary claim–Vayikra 19:11

213. To swear in G-d’s Name to confirm the truth when deemed necessary by court–Devarim 10:20

214. To fulfill what was uttered and to do what was avowed–Devarim 23:24

215. Not to break oaths or vows–B’midbar 30:3

216. For oaths and vows annulled, there are the laws of annulling vows explicit in the Torah–B’midbar 30:3

217. The Nazir must let his hair grow–B’midbar 6:5

218. He must not cut his hair–B’midbar 6:5

219. He must not drink wine, wine mixtures, or wine vinegar–B’midbar 6:3

220. He must not eat fresh grapes–B’midbar 6:3

221. He must not eat raisins–B’midbar 6:3

222. He must not eat grape seeds–B’midbar 6:4

223. He must not eat grape skins–B’midbar 6:4

224. He must not be under the same roof as a corpse–B’midbar 6:6

225. He must not come into contact with the dead–B’midbar 6:7

226. He must shave after bringing sacrifices upon completion of his Nazirite period–B’midbar 6:18

227. To estimate the value of people (when someone pledges a person’s worth) as determined by the Torah–Vayikra 27:2

228. To estimate the value of consecrated animals–Vayikra 27:12-13

229. To estimate the value of consecrated houses–Vayikra 27:14

230. To estimate the value of consecrated fields–Vayikra 27:16

231. Carry out the laws of interdicting possessions (cherem)–Vayikra 27:28

232. Not to sell the cherem–Vayikra 27:28

233. Not to redeem the cherem–Vayikra 27:28

234. Not to plant diverse seeds together–Vayikra 19:19

235. Not to plant grains or greens in a vineyard–Devarim 22:9

236. Not to crossbreed animals–Vayikra 19:19

237. Not to work different animals together–Devarim 22:10

238. Not to wear Shatnez, a cloth woven of wool and linen–Devarim 22:11

239. To leave a corner of the field uncut for the poor–Vayikra 19:10

240. Not to reap that corner–Vayikra 19:9

241. To leave gleanings for The poor–Vayikra 19:9

242. Not to gather the gleanings–Vayikra 19:9

243. To leave the gleanings of a vineyard–Vayikra 19:10

244. Not to gather the gleanings of a vineyard–Vayikra 19:10

245. To leave the unformed clusters of grapes for the poor–Vayikra 19:10

246. Not to pick the unformed clusters of grapes–Vayikra 19:10

247. To leave the forgotten sheaves in the field for the poor–Devarim 24:19

248. Not to retrieve them–Devarim 24:19

249. To separate the tithe for the poor–Devarim 14:28

250. To give charity–Devarim 15:11

251. Not to withhold charity from the poor–Devarim 15:7

252. To set aside Terumah Gedolah (tithe for the Kehunah [Priesthood])–Devarim 18:4

253. The Levite must set aside a tenth of his tithe for the Kohen (Priest)–B’midbar 18:26

254. Not to improperly preface one tithe to the next, but separate them in their proper order–Shemos 22:28

255. A non-Kohen must not eat Terumah–Vayikra 22:10

256. A hired worker or a Jewish bondsman of a Kohen must not eat Terumah–Vayikra 22:10

257. An uncircumcised Kohen must not eat Terumah–Shemos 12:48

258. An impure Kohen must not eat Terumah–Vayikra 22:4

259. A chalalah [see Mitzvah 174] must not eat Terumah–Vayikra 22:12

260. To set aside Ma’aser (tithe) each planting year and give it to a Levite–Bamidbar 18:24

261. To set aside the Second Tithe (which is to be eaten in Jerusalem)–Devarim 14:22

262. Not to spend its redemption money on anything but food, drink, or ointment–Devarim 26:14

263. Not to eat the Second Tithe while impure–Devarim 26:14

264. A mourner on the first day after death must not eat the Second Tithe –Devarim 26:14

265. Not to eat Second Tithe grains outside Jerusalem–Devarim 12:17

266. Not to eat Second Tithe wine products outside Jerusalem–Devarim 12:17

267. Not to eat Second Tithe oil outside Jerusalem–Devarim 12:17

268. The fourth year crops must be totally for holy purposes like the Second Tithe–Vayikra 19:24

269. To read the confession of tithes every fourth and seventh year–Devarim 26:13

270. To set aside the first fruits and bring them to the Temple–Shemos 23:19

271. The Kohanim must not eat the first fruits outside Jerusalem–Devarim 12:17

272. To read the Torah Portion pertaining to their presentation–Devarim 26:5

273. To set aside a portion of dough for a Kohen–B’midbar 15:20

274. To give the shoulder, two cheeks, and stomach of slaughtered animals to a Kohen–Devarim 18:3

275. To give the first sheering of sheep to a Kohen–Devarim 18:4

276. To redeem the firstborn sons and give the money to a Kohen–B’midbar 18:15

277. To redeem the firstborn donkey by giving a lamb to a Kohen–Shemos 13:13

278. To break the neck of the donkey if the owner does not intend to redeem it–Shemos 13:13

279. To rest the land during the seventh year by not doing any work which enhances growth–Shemos 34:21

280. Not to work the land during the seventh year–Vayikra 25:4

281. Not to work with trees to produce fruit during that year–Vayikra 25:4

282. Not to reap crops that grow wild that year in the normal manner–Vayikra 25:5

283. Not to gather grapes which grow wild that year in the normal way–Vayikra 25:5

284. To leave free all produce which grew in that year–Shemos 23:11

285. To release all loans during the seventh year–Devarim 15:3

286. Not to pressure or claim from the borrower–Devarim 15:2

287. Not to refrain from lending immediately before the release of the loans for fear of monetary loss–Devarim 15:9

288. The Sanhedrin must count seven groups of seven years–Vayikra 25:8

289. The Sanhedrin must sanctify the fiftieth (Jubilee) year–Vayikra 25:10

290. To blow the Shofar on the tenth of Tishrei (Yom Kippur of the Jubilee year) to free the slaves–Vayikra 25:9

291. Not to work the soil during the fiftieth year–Vayikra 25:11

292. Not to reap in the normal manner that which grows wild in the fiftieth year–Vayikra 25:11

293. Not to pick grapes which grew wild in the normal manner in the fiftieth year–Vayikra 25:11

294. Carry out the laws of sold family properties–Vayikra 25:24

295. Not to sell the land in Israel indefinitely–Vayikra 25:23

296. Carry out the laws of houses in walled cities–Vayikra 25:29

297. The Tribe of Levi must not be given a portion of the land in Israel, rather they are given cities to dwell in–Devarim 18:2

298. The Levites must not take a share in the spoils of war–Devarim 18:1

299. To give the Levites cities to inhabit and their surrounding fields–B’midbar 35:2

300. Not to sell the fields but they shall remain the Levites’ before and after the Jubilee year–Vayikra 25:34

301. To build a Sanctuary (Holy Temple)–Shemos 25:8

302. Not to build the altar with stones hewn by metal–Shemos 20:22

303. Not to climb steps to the altar–Shemos 20:23

304. To show reverence for the Temple–Vayikra 19:30

305. To guard the Temple area–B’midbar 18:3

306. Not to leave the Temple unguarded–B’midbar 18:5

307. To prepare the anointing oil–Shemos 30:31

308. Not to reproduce the anointing oil (for personal use)–Shemos 30:32

309. Not to anoint with anointing oil (a non-Kohen or non-king)–Shemos 30:32

310. Not to reproduce the incense formula (for personal use)–Shemos 30:37

311. Not to burn anything on the Golden Altar besides incense–Shemos 30:9

312. The Levites must transport the ark on their shoulders–B’midbar 7:9

313. Not to remove the staves from the ark–Shemos 25:15

314. The Levites must work in the Temple–B’midbar 18:23

315. No Levite must do another’s work of either a Kohen or a Levite–B’midbar 18:3

316. To dedicate the Kohen for service–Vayikra 21:8

317. The Temple work shifts must be equal during holidays–Devarim 18:6-8

318. The Kohanim must wear their priestly garments during service–Shemos 28:2

319. Not to tear the priestly garments–Shemos 28:32

320. The High Priest’s breastplate must not be loosened from the Efod (priestly apron)–Shemos 28:28

321. A Kohen must not enter the Temple intoxicated–Vayikra 10:9

322. A Kohen must not enter the Temple with long hair–Vayikra 10:6

323. A Kohen must not enter the Temple with torn clothes–Vayikra 10:6

324. A Kohen must not enter the sanctuary of the Temple indiscriminately–Vayikra 16:2

325. A Kohen must not leave the Temple during service–Vayikra 10:7

326. To send the impure from the Temple–B’midbar 5:2

327. Impure people must not enter the Temple–B’midbar 5:3

328. [Certain] impure people must not enter [even] the Temple Mount area–Devarim 23:11

329. Impure Kohanim must not do service in the temple–Vayikra 22:2

330. An impure Kohen, following immersion, must wait until after sundown before returning to service–Vayikra 21:6

331. A Kohen must wash his hands and feet before service–Shemos 30:19

332. A Kohen with a physical blemish must not enter the sanctuary or approach the altar–Vayikra 21:23

333. A Kohen with a physical blemish must not serve–Vayikra 21:17

334. A Kohen with a temporary blemish must not serve–Vayikra 21:18

335. One who is not a Kohen must not serve–Bamidbar 18:4

336. To offer only unblemished animals–Vayikra 22:21

337. Not to dedicate a blemished animal for the altar–Vayikra 22:20

338. Not to slaughter it–Vayikra 22:22

339. Not to sprinkle its blood–Vayikra 22:24

340. Not to burn its fat–Vayikra 22:22

341. Not to offer a temporarily blemished animal–Devarim 17:1

342. Not to sacrifice blemished animals even if offered by a foreigner–Vayikra 22:25

343. Not to inflict wounds upon dedicated animals–Vayikra 22:21

344. To redeem dedicated animals which have become disqualified–Devarim 12:15

345. To offer only animals which are at least eight days old–Vayikra 22:27

346. Not to offer animals bought with the wages of a harlot or the animal exchanged for a dog–Devarim 23:19

347. Not to burn honey or yeast on the altar–Vayikra 2:11

348. To salt all sacrifices–Vayikra 2:13

349. Not to omit the salt from sacrifices–Vayikra 2:13

350. Carry out the procedure of the burnt offering as prescribed in the Torah–Vayikra 1:3

351. Not to eat its meat–Devarim 12:17

352. Carry out the procedure of the sin offering–Vayikra 6:18

353. Not to eat the meat of the inner sin offering–Vayikra 6:23

354. Not to decapitate a fowl brought as a sin offering–Vayikra 5:8

355. Carry out the procedure of the guilt offering–Vayikra 7:1

356. The Kohanim must eat the sacrificial meat in the Temple–Shemos 29:33

357. The Kohanim must not eat the meat outside the Temple courtyard–Devarim 12:17

358. A non-Kohen must not eat [certain] sacrificial meats–Shemos 29:33

359. To follow the procedure of the peace offering–Vayikra 7:11

360. Not to eat the meat of minor sacrifices before sprinkling the blood–Devarim 12:17

361. To bring meal offerings as prescribed in the Torah–Vayikra 2:1

362. Not to put oil on the meal offerings of wrongdoers–Vayikra 5:11

363. Not to put frankincense on the meal offerings of wrongdoers–Vayikra 5:11

364. The meal offering of a Kohen should not be eaten–Vayikra 6:16

365. Not to bake a meal offering as leavened bread–Vayikra 6:10

366. The Kohanim must eat the remains of the meal offerings–Vayikra 6:9

367. To bring all avowed and freewill offerings to the Temple on the first subsequent festival–Devarim 12:5-6

368. Not to withhold payment incurred by any vow–Devarim 23:22

369. To offer all sacrifices in the Temple–Devarim 12:11

370. To bring all sacrifices from outside Israel to the Temple–Devarim 12:26

371. Not to slaughter sacrifices outside the courtyard–Vayikra 17:4

372. Not to offer any sacrifices outside the courtyard–Devarim 12:13

373. To offer two lambs every day–B’midbar 28:3

374. To light a fire on the altar every day–Vayikra 6:5

375. Not to extinguish this fire–Vayikra 6:5

376. To remove the ashes from the altar every day–Vayikra 6:3

377. To burn incense every day–Shemos 30:7

378. To light the Menorah every day–Shemos 27:21

379. The High Priest must bring a meal offering every day–Vayikra 6:13

380. To bring two additional lambs as burnt offerings on Shabbos–B’midbar 28:9

381. To make the show bread–Shemos 25:30

382. To bring additional offerings on the New Month (”Rosh Chodesh”)–B’midbar 28:11

383. To bring additional offerings on Passover–B’midbar 28:19

384. To offer the wave offering from the meal of the new wheat (on the 2nd day of Passover)–Vayikra 23:10

385. Each man must count the Omer — seven weeks from the day the new wheat offering was brought–Vayikra 23:15

386. To bring additional offerings on Shavuot (Feast of Weeks)–B’midbar 28:26

387. To bring two loaves to accompany the above sacrifice–Vayikra 23:18

388. To bring additional offerings on Rosh Hashanah (New Year)–B’midbar 29:2

389. To bring additional offerings on Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement)–B’midbar 29:8

390. To bring additional offerings on Sukkot (Feast of Tents)–B’midbar 29:13

391. To bring additional offerings on Shmini Atzeret (Eigth Day)–B’midbar 29:35

392. Not to eat sacrifices which have become unfit or blemished–Devarim 14:3

393. Not to eat from sacrifices offered with improper intentions–Vayikra 7:18

394. Not to leave sacrifices past the time allowed for eating them–Vayikra 22:30

395. Not to eat from that which was left over–Vayikra 19:8

396. Not to eat from sacrifices which became impure–Vayikra 7:19

397. An impure person must not eat from sacrifices–Vayikra 7:20

398. To burn the leftover sacrifices–Vayikra 7:17

399. To burn all impure sacrifices–Vayikra 7:19

400. To follow the procedure of Yom Kippur in the sequence prescribed in the Torah–Vayikra 16:3

401. One who profaned holy property must repay what he profaned plus a fifth and bring a sacrifice–Vayikra 5:16

402. Not to work consecrated animals–Devarim 15:19

403. Not to shear the fleece of consecrated animals–Devarim 15:19

404. To slaughter the Paschal sacrifice at the specified time–Shemos 12:6

405. Not to slaughter it while in possession of leaven–Shemos 23:18

406. Not to leave the fat overnight–Shemos 23:18

407. To slaughter the second Paschal Lamb–B’midbar 9:11

408. To eat the Paschal Lamb with Matzah and Maror on the night of the 15th of Nissan–Shemos 12:8

409. To eat the second Paschal Lamb on the night of the 15th of Iyar–Bamidbar 9:11

410. Not to eat the Paschal meat raw or boiled–Shemos 12:9

411. Not to take the Paschal meat from the confines of its group–Shemos 12:46

412. An apostate must not eat from it–Shemos 12:43

413. A permanent or temporary [foreigner] hired worker must not eat from it–Shemos 12:45

414. An uncircumcised male must not eat from it–Shemos 12:48

415. Not to break any bones from the Paschal offering–Shemos 12:46

416. Not to break any bones from the second Paschal offering–B’midbar 9:12

417. Not to leave any meat from the Paschal offering over until morning–Shemos 12:10

418. Not to leave the second Paschal meat over until morning–B’midbar 9:12

419. Not to leave the meat of the holiday offering of the 14th until the 16th–Devarim 16:4

420. To be seen (all Jewish males) at the Temple on Pesach (Passover), Shavuos, and Sukkos–Devarim 16:16

421. To celebrate on these three Pilgrim Festivals (by bringing a offering)–Shemos 23:14

422. To rejoice on these three Pilgrim Festivals (Shalosh Regalim)–Devarim 16:14

423. Not to appear at the Temple without offerings–Devarim 16:16

424. Not to refrain from rejoicing with, and giving gifts to, the Levites–Devarim 12:19

425. To assemble all the people on the Sukkot following the seventh year [the king publicly reads portions of the Torah]–Devarim 31:12

426. To set aside the firstborn animals [to be eaten by the kohanim, and sacrificed unless they are blemished]–Shemos 13:12

427. The Kohanim must not eat unblemished firstborn animals outside Jerusalem–Devarim 12:17

428. Not to redeem the firstborn–B’midbar 18:17

429. Separate the tithe from animals [to be eaten by the kohanim, and sacrificed unless they are blemished]–Vayikra 27:32

430. Not to redeem the tithe–Vayikra 27:33

431. Every person must bring a sin offering for his transgression–Vayikra 4:27

432. Bring an asham talui offering when uncertain of guilt–Vayikra 5:17-18

433. Bring an asham vadai offering [for certain sins] when guilt is ascertained–Vayikra 5:25

434. Bring an oleh v’yored offering (if the person is wealthy, an animal; if poor, a bird or meal offering) [for certain sins]–Vayikra 5:7-11

435. The Sanhedrin must bring an offering when it rules in error–Vayikra 4:13

436. A woman who had a running issue must bring an offering after she goes to the Mikvah–Vayikra 15:28-29

437. A woman who gave birth must bring an offering after she goes to the Mikvah–Vayikra 12:6

438. A man who had a running issue must bring an offering after he goes to the Mikvah–Vayikra 15:13-14

439. A metzora (”leprous” person — according to the Torah, tzara’at ["leprosy"] is something spiritual, not hygienic) must bring an offering after going to the Mikvah (ritual immersion)–Vayikra 14:10

440. Not to substitute another beast for one set apart for sacrifice–Vayikra 27:10

441. The new animal, in addition to the substituted one, retains consecration–Vayikra 27:10

442. Not to change consecrated animals from one type of offering to another–Vayikra 27:26

443. Carry out the laws of impurity of the dead–B’midbar 19:14

444. Carry out the procedure of the Red Heifer–B’midbar 19:9

445. Carry out the laws of the sprinkling water [of the Red Heifer]–B’midbar 19:21

446. Rule the laws of human tzara’at (” Leprosy,” see Mitzvah 439) as prescribed in the Torah–Vayikra 13:12

447. The metzora (” leper”) must not remove his signs of impurity–Devarim 24:8

448. The metzora must not shave signs of impurity in his hair–Vayikra 13:33

449. The metzora must publicize his condition by tearing his garments, allowing his hair to grow and covering his mustache–Vayikra 13:45

450. Carry out the prescribed rules for purifying the metzora–Vayikra 14:2

451. The metzora must shave off all his hair prior to purification–Vayikra 14:9

452. Carry out the laws of “leprous” clothing–Vayikra 13:47

453. Carry out the laws of “leprous” houses–Vayikra 14:35

454. Observe the laws of menstrual impurity–Vayikra 15:19

455. Observe the laws of impurity caused by childbirth–Vayikra 12:2

456. Observe the laws of impurity caused by a woman’s running issue–Vayikra 15:25

457. Observe the laws of impurity caused by a man’s running issue (irregular ejaculation of infected semen)–Vayikra 15:3

458. Observe the laws of impurity caused by a dead beast–Vayikra 11:39

459. Observe the laws of impurity caused by the eight shratzim (rodents, amphibious creatures, and lizards) [specified in the Torah]–Vayikra 11:29

460. Observe the laws of impurity of a seminal emission (regular ejaculation, with normal semen)–Vayikra 15:16

461. Observe the laws of impurity concerning liquid and solid foods–Vayikra 11:34

462. Every impure person must immerse himself in a Mikvah to become pure–Vayikra 15:16

463. The court must judge the damages incurred by a goring beast–Shemos 21:28

464. The court must judge the damages incurred by an animal eating–Shemos 22:4

465. The court must judge the damages incurred by a pit–Shemos 21:33

466. The court must judge the damages incurred by fire–Shemos 22:5

467. Not to steal money stealthily–Vayikra 19:11

468. The court must implement punitive measures against the thief–Shemos 21:37

469. Each individual must ensure that his scales and weights are accurate–Vayikra 19:36

470. Not to commit injustice with scales and weights–Vayikra 19:35

471. Not to possess inaccurate scales and weights even if they are not for use–Devarim 25:13

472. Not to move a boundary marker to steal someone’s property–Devarim 19:14

473. Not to kidnap–Shemos 20:13

474. Not to rob openly–Vayikra 19:13

475. Not to withhold wages or fail to repay a debt–Vayikra 19:13

476. Not to covet and scheme to acquire another’s possession–Shemos 20:14

477. Not to desire another’s possession–Devarim 5:18

478. Return the robbed object or its value–Vayikra 5:23

479. Not to ignore a lost object–Devarim 22:3

480. Return the lost object–Devarim 22:1

481. The court must implement laws against the one who assaults another or damages another’s property–Shemos 21:18

482. Not to murder–Shemos 20:13

483. Not to accept monetary restitution to atone for the murderer–B’midbar 35:31

484. The court must send the accidental murderer to a city of refuge–B’midbar 35:25

485. Not to accept monetary restitution instead of being sent to a city of refuge–B’midbar 35:32

486. Not to kill the murderer before he stands trial–B’midbar 35:12

487. Save someone being pursued even by taking the life of the pursuer–Devarim 25:12

488. Not to pity the pursuer–B’midbar 35:12

489. Not to stand idly by if someone’s life is in danger–Vayikra 19:16

490. Designate cities of refuge and prepare routes of access–Devarim 19:3

491. Break the neck of a calf by a stream following an unsolved murder–Devarim 21:4

492. To neither work nor plant that river valley–Devarim 21:4

493. Not to allow pitfalls and obstacles to remain on your property–Devarim 22:8

494. Make a guard rail around flat roofs–Devarim 22:8

495. Not to put a stumbling block before a blind man (nor give harmful advice)–Vayikra 19:14

496. Help another remove the load from a beast which can no longer carry it–Shemos 23:5

497. Help others load their beast–Devarim 22:4

498. Not to leave others distraught with their burdens (but to help either load or unload)–Devarim 22:4

499. Buy and sell according to Torah law–Vayikra 25:14

500. Not to overcharge or underpay for an article–Vayikra 25:14

501. Not to insult or harm anybody with words–Vayikra 25:17

502. Not to cheat a sincere sojourner monetarily–Shemos 22:20

503. Not to insult or harm a sincere sojourner with words–Shemos 22:20

504. Purchase a Hebrew slave in accordance with the prescribed laws–Shemos 21:2

505. Not to sell him as a slave is sold–Vayikra 25:42

506. Not to work him oppressively–Vayikra 25:43

507. Not to allow a non-believer to work him oppressively–Vayikra 25:53

508. Not to have him do menial slave labor–Vayikra 25:39

509. Give him gifts when he goes free–Devarim 15:14

510. Not to send him away empty-handed–Devarim 15:13

511. Redeem a believing maidservant–Shemos 21:8

512. Betroth the believing maidservant–Shemos 21:8

513. The master must not sell his maidservant–Shemos 21:8

514. Canaanite slaves must work forever unless the owner amputates one of their limbs–Vayikra 25:46

515. Not to extradite a slave who fled to (Biblical) Israel–Devarim 23:16

516. Not to wrong a slave who has come to Israel for refuge–Devarim 23:17

517. The courts must carry out the laws of a hired worker and hired guard–Shemos 22:9

518. Pay wages on the day they were earned–Devarim 24:15

519. Not to delay payment of wages past the agreed time–Vayikra 19:13

520. The hired worker may eat from the unharvested crops where he works–Devarim 23:25

521. The worker must not eat while on hired time–Devarim 23:26

522. The worker must not take more than he can eat–Devarim 23:25

523. Not to muzzle an ox while plowing–Devarim 25:4

524. The courts must carry out the laws of a borrower–Shemos 22:13

525. The courts must carry out the laws of an unpaid guard–Shemos 22:6

526. Lend to the poor and destitute–Shemos 22:24

527. Not to press them for payment if you know they don’t have it–Shemos 22:24

528. Press the idolater for payment–Devarim 15:3

529. The creditor must not forcibly take collateral–Devarim 24:10

530. Return the collateral to the debtor when needed–Devarim 24:13

531. Not to delay its return when needed–Devarim 24:12

532. Not to demand collateral from a widow–Devarim 24:17

533. Not to demand as collateral utensils needed for preparing food–Devarim 24:6

534. Not to lend with interest–Vayikra 25:37

535. Not to borrow with interest–Devarim 23:20

536. Not to intermediate in an interest loan, guarantee, witness, or write the promissory note–Shemos 22:24

537. Lend to and borrow from idolaters with interest–Devarim 23:21

538. The courts must carry out the laws of the plaintiff, admitter, or denier–Shemos 22:8

539. Carry out the laws of the order of inheritance–B’midbar 27:8

540. Appoint judges–Devarim 16:18

541. Not to appoint judges who are not familiar with judicial procedure–Devarim 1:17

542. Decide by majority in case of disagreement–Shemos 23:2

543. [In capital cases] the court must not execute through a majority of one; at least a majority of two is required–Shemos 23:2

544. A judge who presented an acquittal plea must not present an argument for conviction in capital cases–Devarim 23:2

545. The courts must carry out the death penalty of stoning–Devarim 22:24

546. The courts must carry out the death penalty of burning–Vayikra 20:14

547. The courts must carry out the death penalty of the sword–Shemos 21:20

548. The courts must carry out the death penalty of strangulation–Vayikra 20:10

549. The courts must hang those stoned for blasphemy or idolatry–Devarim 21:22

550. Bury the executed [as well as all deceased] on the day they are killed–Devarim 21:23

551. Not to delay burial overnight–Devarim 21:23

552. The court must not let the sorcerer live–Shemos 22:17

553. The court must give lashes to the wrongdoer–Shemos 25:2

554. The court must not exceed the prescribed number of lashes–Devarim 25:3

555. The court must not kill anybody on circumstantial evidence–Shemos 23:7

556. The court must not punish anybody who was forced to do a crime–Devarim 22:26

557. A judge must not pity the murderer or assaulter at the trial–Devarim 19:13

558. A judge must not have mercy on the poor man at the trial–Vayikra 19:15

559. A judge must not respect the great man at the trial–Vayikra 19:15

560. A judge must not decide unjustly the case of the habitual transgressor–Shemos 23:6

561. A judge must not pervert justice–Vayikra 19:15

562. A judge must not pervert a case involving a sojourner or orphan–Devarim 24:17

563. Judge righteously–Vayikra 19:15

564. The judge must not fear a violent man in judgment–Devarim 1:17

565. Judges must not accept bribes–Shemos 23:8

566. Judges must not accept testimony unless both parties are present–Shemos 23:1

567. Not to curse judges–Shemos 22:27

568. Not to curse the head of state or leader of the Sanhedrin–Shemos 22:27

569. Not to curse any upstanding Jew–Vayikra 19:14

570. Anybody who knows evidence must testify in court–Vayikra 5:1

571. Carefully interrogate the witness–Devarim 13:15

572. A witness must not serve as a judge in capital crimes–B’midbar 35:30

573. Not to accept testimony from a lone witness–Devarim 19:15

574. Transgressors must not testify–Shemos 23:1

575. Relatives of the litigants must not testify–Devarim 24:16

576. Not to testify falsely–Shemos 20:13

577. Punish the false witnesses with the same punishment they were seeking for the defendant–Devarim 19:19

578. Act according to the ruling of the Sanhedrin–Devarim 17:11

579. Not to deviate from the word of the Sanhedrin–Devarim 17:11

580. Not to add to the Torah commandments or their oral explanations–Devarim 13:1

581. Not to diminish from the Torah any commandments, in whole or in part–Devarim 13:1

582. Not to curse your father or mother–Shemos 21:17

583. Not to strike your father or mother–Shemos 21:15

584. Respect your father and mother–Shemos 20:12

585. Fear your father and mother–Vayikra 19:3

586. Not to be a rebellious son–Devarim 21:20

587. Mourn for relatives–Vayikra 10:19

588. The High Priest must not defile himself through contact with a relative–Vayikra 21:11

589. The High Priest must not enter under the same roof as a corpse–Vayikra 21:11

590. A Kohen must not defile himself for anyone except relatives–Vayikra 21:1

591. Appoint a king from Israel–Devarim 17:15

592. Not to appoint a foreigner–Devarim 17:15

593. The king must not have too many wives–Devarim 17:17

594. The king must not have too many horses–Devarim 17:16

595. The king must not have too much silver and gold–Devarim 17:17

596. Destroy the seven Canaanite nations–Devarim 20:17

597. Not to let any of them remain alive–Devarim 20:16

598. Wipe out the descendants of Amalek–Devarim 25:19

599. Remember what Amalek did to the people of Israel–Devarim 25:17

600. Not to forget Amalek’s atrocities and ambush on our journey from Egypt in the desert–Devarim 25:19

601. Not to dwell permanently in Egypt–Devarim 17:16

602. Offer peace terms to the inhabitants of a city while holding siege, and treat them according to the Torah if they accept the terms–Devarim 20:10

603. Not to offer peace to Ammon and Moab while besieging them–Devarim 23:7

604. Not to destroy fruit trees even during the siege–Devarim 20:19

605. Prepare latrines outside the army camps–Devarim 23:13

606. Prepare a shovel for each soldier to dig with–Devarim 23:14

607. Appoint a priest to speak with the soldiers during the war–Devarim 20:2

608. He who has taken a wife, built a new home, or planted a vineyard is given a year to rejoice with his possessions–Devarim 24:5

609. Not to demand from the above any involvement, communal or military–Devarim 24:5

610. Not to panic and retreat during battle–Devarim 20:3

611. Keep the laws of the captive woman–Devarim 21:11

612. Not to sell her into slavery–Devarim 21:14

613. Not to retain her for servitude after having relations with her–Devarim 21:14