I would like to devote a thread to the discussion of one or more of the 613 Mitzvot commandments as outlined of Mishneh Torah. The discussion I am looking forward to is to pick a particular commandment and in your opinion tell me why you agree/disagree with it or why you think it is old fashioned or perhaps outrageous.
Here is a complete list:
Here is a complete list:
1. To know there is a G-d--Exodus 20:2
2. Not to entertain thoughts of other gods besides Him--Exodus 20:3
3. To know that He is one--Deuteronomy 6:4
4. To love Him--Deuteronomy 6:5
5. To fear Him--Deuteronomy 10:20
6. To sanctify His Name--Leviticus 22:32
7. Not to profane His Name--Leviticus 22:32
8. Not to destroy objects associated with His Name--Deuteronomy 12:4
9. To listen to the prophet speaking in His Name--Deuteronomy 18:15
10. Not to test the prophet unduly--Deuteronomy 6:16
11. To emulate His ways--Deuteronomy 28:9
12. To cleave to those who know Him--Deuteronomy 10:20
13. To love other Jews--Leviticus 19:18
14. To love converts--Deuteronomy 10:19
15. Not to hate fellow Jews--Leviticus 19:17
16. To reprove wrongdoers--Leviticus 19:17
17. Not to embarrass others--Leviticus 19:17
18. Not to oppress the weak--Exodus 22:21
19. Not to gossip about others--Leviticus 19:16
20. Not to take revenge--Leviticus 19:18
21. Not to bear a grudge--Leviticus 19:18
22. To learn Torah and teach it--Deuteronomy 6:7
23. To honor those who teach and know Torah--Leviticus 19:32
24. Not to inquire into idolatry--Leviticus 19:4
25. Not to follow the whims of your heart or what your eyes see--Numbers 15:39
26. Not to blaspheme--Exodus 22:27
27. Not to worship idols in the manner they are worshiped--Exodus 20:5
28. Not to bow down to idols--Exodus 20:5
29. Not to make an idol for yourself--Exodus 20:4
30. Not to make an idol for others--Leviticus 19:4
31. Not to make human forms even for decorative purposes--Exodus 20:20
32. Not to turn a city to idolatry--Exodus 23:13
33. To burn a city that has turned to idol worship--Deuteronomy 13:17
34. Not to rebuild it as a city--Deuteronomy 13:17
35. Not to derive benefit from it--Deuteronomy 13:18
36. Not to missionize an individual to idol worship--Deuteronomy 13:12
37. Not to love the missionary--Deuteronomy 13:9
38. Not to cease hating the missionary--Deuteronomy 13:9
39. Not to save the missionary--Deuteronomy 13:9
40. Not to say anything in his defense--Deuteronomy 13:9
41. Not to refrain from incriminating him--Deuteronomy 13:9
42. Not to prophesize in the name of idolatry--Deuteronomy 18:20
43. Not to listen to a false prophet--Deuteronomy 13:4
44. Not to prophesize falsely in the name of God--Deuteronomy 18:20
45. Not to be afraid of killing the false prophet--Deuteronomy 18:22
46. Not to swear in the name of an idol--Exodus 23:13
47. Not to perform Ov (medium)--Leviticus 19:31
48. Not to perform Yidoni (magical seer)--Leviticus 19:31
49. Not to pass your children through the fire to Molech--Leviticus 18:21
50. Not to erect a column in a public place of worship--Deuteronomy 16:22
51. Not to bow down on smooth stone--Leviticus 26:1
52. Not to plant a tree in the Temple courtyard--Deuteronomy 16:21
53. To destroy idols and their accessories--Deuteronomy 12:2
54. Not to derive benefit from idols and their accessories--Deuteronomy 7:26
55. Not to derive benefit from ornaments of idols--Deuteronomy 7:25
56. Not to make a covenant with idolaters--Deuteronomy 7:2
57. Not to show favor to them--Deuteronomy 7:2
58. Not to let them dwell in our land--Exodus 23:33
59. Not to imitate them in customs and clothing--Leviticus 20:23
60. Not to be superstitious--Leviticus 19:26
61. Not to go into a trance to foresee events, etc.--Deuteronomy 18:10
62. Not to engage in astrology--Leviticus 19:26
63. Not to mutter incantations--Deuteronomy 18:11
64. Not to attempt to engage the dead in conversation--Deuteronomy 18:11
65. Not to consult the Ov--Deuteronomy 18:11
66. Not to consult the Yidoni--Deuteronomy 18:11
67. Not to perform acts of magic--Deuteronomy 18:10
68. Men must not shave the hair off the sides of their head--Leviticus 19:27
69. Men must not shave their beards with a razor--Leviticus 19:27
70. Men must not wear women's clothing--Deuteronomy 22:5
71. Women must not wear men's clothing--Deuteronomy 22:5
72. Not to tattoo the skin--Leviticus 19:28
73. Not to tear the skin in mourning--Deuteronomy 14:1
74. Not to make a bald spot in mourning--Deuteronomy 14:1
75. To repent and confess wrongdoings--Numbers 5:7
76. To say the Shema twice daily--Deuteronomy 6:7
77. To serve the Almighty with prayer daily--Exodus 23:25
78. The Kohanim must bless the Jewish nation daily--Numbers 6:23
79. To wear Tefillin on the head--Deuteronomy 6:8
80. To bind tefillin on the arm--Deuteronomy 6:8
81. To put a Mezuzah on each door post--Deuteronomy 6:9
82. To write a Sefer Torah--Deuteronomy 31:19
83. The king must have a separate Sefer Torah for himself--Deuteronomy 17:18
84. To have Tzitzit on four-cornered garments--Numbers 15:38
85. To bless the Almighty after eating--Deuteronomy 8:10
86. To circumcise all males on the eighth day after their birth--Leviticus 12:3
87. To rest on the seventh day--Exodus 23:12
88. Not to do prohibited labor on the seventh day--Exodus 20:10
89. The court must not inflict punishment on Shabbat--Exodus 35:3
90. Not to walk more than 2000 cubits outside the city boundary on Shabbat--Exodus 16:29
91. To sanctify the day with Kiddush and Havdalah--Exodus 20:8
92. To rest from prohibited labor on Yom Kippur--Leviticus 23:32
93. Not to do prohibited labor on Yom Kippur--Leviticus 23:31
94. To afflict yourself on Yom Kippur--Leviticus 16:29
95. Not to eat or drink on Yom Kippur--Leviticus 23:29
96. To rest on the first day of Passover--Leviticus 23:8
97. Not to do prohibited labor on the first day of Passover--Leviticus 23:8
98. To rest on the seventh day of Passover--Leviticus 23:8
99. Not to do prohibited labor on the seventh day of Passover--Leviticus 23:8
100. To rest on Shavuot--Leviticus 23:21
101. Not to do prohibited labor on Shavuot--Leviticus 23:21
102. To rest on Rosh Hashanah--Leviticus 23:24
103. Not to do prohibited labor on Rosh Hashanah--Leviticus 23:25
104. To rest on Sukkot--Leviticus 23:35
105. Not to do prohibited labor on Sukkot--Leviticus 23:35
106. To rest on Shemini Atzeret--Leviticus 23:36
107. Not to do prohibited labor on Shemini Atzeret--Leviticus 23:36
108. Not to eat Chametz on the afternoon of the 14th day of Nissan--Deuteronomy 16:3
109. To destroy all Chametz on 14th day of Nissan--Exodus 12:15
110. Not to eat Chametz all seven days of Passover--Exodus 13:3
111. Not to eat mixtures containing Chametz all seven days of Passover--Exodus 12:20
112. Chametz should not be seen in your domain seven days--Exodus 13:7
113. Chametz should not be found in your domain seven days--Exodus 12:19
114. To eat Matzah on the first night of Passover--Exodus 12:18
115. To relate the Exodus from Egypt on that night--Exodus 13:8
116. To hear the Shofar on the first day of Tishrei (Rosh Hashanah)--Numbers 29:1
117. To dwell in a Sukkah for the seven days of Sukkot--Leviticus 23:42
118. To take up a Lulav and Etrog all seven days of Sukkot--Leviticus 23:40
119. Each man must give a half shekel annually--Exodus 30:13
120. Courts must calculate to determine when a new month begins--Exodus 12:2
121. To afflict and cry out before God in times of catastrophe--Numbers 10:9
122. To marry a wife by the means prescribed in the Torah (kiddushin)--Deuteronomy 24:1
123. Not to have relations with women not thus married--Deuteronomy 23:18
124. Not to withhold food, clothing, and sexual relations from your wife--Exodus 21:10
125. To have children with one's wife--Genesis 1:28
126. To issue a divorce by means of a Get document--Deuteronomy 24:1
127. A man must not remarry his wife after she has married someone else--Deuteronomy 24:4
128. To do Yibum (marry childless brother's widow)--Deuteronomy 25:5
129. To do Chalitzah (freeing a widow from yibum)--Deuteronomy 25:9
130. The widow must not remarry until the ties with her brother-in-law are removed--Deuteronomy 25:5
131. The court must fine one who seduces a maiden--Exodus 22:15-16
132. The rapist must marry the maiden (if she chooses)--Deuteronomy 22:29
133. He is not allowed to divorce her--Deuteronomy 22:29
134. The slanderer must remain married to the wife he slandered--Deuteronomy 22:19
135. He must not divorce her--Deuteronomy 22:19
136. To fulfill the laws of the woman suspected of adultery (Sotah)--Numbers 5:30
137. Not to put oil on her meal offering--Numbers 5:15
138. Not to put frankincense on her Meal Offering--Numbers 5:15
139. Not to have sexual relations with your mother--Leviticus 18:7
140. Not to have sexual relations with your father's wife--Leviticus 18:8
141. Not to have sexual relations with your sister--Leviticus 18:9
142. Not to have sexual relations with your father's wife's daughter (from your father)--Leviticus 18:11
143. Not to have sexual relations with your son's daughter--Leviticus 18:10
144. Not to have sexual relations with your daughter--Leviticus 18:10
145. Not to have sexual relations with your daughter's daughter--Leviticus 18:10
146. Not to marry a woman and her daughter--Leviticus 18:17
147. Not to marry a woman and her son's daughter--Leviticus 18:17
148. Not to marry a with a woman and her daughter's daughter--Leviticus 18:17
149. Not to have sexual relations with your father's sister--Leviticus 18:12
150. Not to have sexual relations with your mother's sister--Leviticus 18:13
151. Not to have sexual relations with your father's brother's wife--Leviticus 18:14
152. Not to have sexual relations with your son's wife--Leviticus 18:15
153. Not to have sexual relations with your brother's wife--Leviticus 18:16
154. Not to have sexual relations with your wife's sister--Leviticus 18:18
155. A man must not have sexual relations with a beast--Leviticus 18:23
156. A woman must not have sexual relations with a beast--Leviticus 18:23
157. Not to have homosexual sexual relations--Leviticus 18:22
158. Not to have homosexual sexual relations with your father--Leviticus 18:7
159. Not to have homosexual sexual relations with your father's brother--Leviticus 18:14
160. Not to have sexual relations with a married woman--Leviticus 18:20
161. Not to have sexual relations with a menstrually impure woman--Leviticus 18:19
162. Not to marry non-Jews--Deuteronomy 7:3
163. Not to let Moabite and Ammonite males marry into the Jewish people--Deuteronomy 23:4
164. Don't keep a third generation Egyptian convert from marrying into the Jewish
people--Deuteronomy 23:8-9
165. Not to refrain from marrying a third generation Edomite convert--Deuteronomy 23:8-9
166. Not to let a Mamzer ("bastard") marry into the Jewish people--Deuteronomy 23:3
167. Not to let a eunuch marry into the Jewish people--Deuteronomy 23:2
168. Not to castrate any male (including animals)--Leviticus 22:24
169. The High Priest must not marry a widow--Leviticus 21:14
170. The High Priest must not have sexual relations with a widow even outside of marriage--Leviticus 21:14
171. The High Priest must marry a virgin maiden--Leviticus 21:13
172. A Kohen must not marry a divorcee--Leviticus 21:7
173. A Kohen must not marry a zonah (a woman who had forbidden relations)--Leviticus 21:7
174. A Kohen must not marry a chalalah (party to or product of 169-172)--Leviticus 21:7
175. Not to make pleasurable (sexual) contact with any forbidden woman--Leviticus 18:6
176. To examine the signs of animals to distinguish between Kosher and non-kosher--Leviticus 11:2
177. To examine the signs of fowl to distinguish between kosher and non-kosher--Deuteronomy 14:11
178. To examine the signs of fish to distinguish between kosher and non-kosher--Leviticus 11:9
179. To examine the signs of locusts to distinguish between kosher and non-kosher--Leviticus 11:21
180. Not to eat non-kosher animals--Leviticus 11:4
181. Not to eat non-kosher fowl--Leviticus 11:13
182. Not to eat non-kosher fish--Leviticus 11:11
183. Not to eat non-kosher flying insects--Deuteronomy 14:19
184. Not to eat non-kosher creatures that crawl on land--Leviticus 11:41
185. Not to eat non-kosher maggots--Leviticus 11:44
186. Not to eat worms found in fruit once they have left the fruit--Leviticus 11:42
187. Not to eat creatures that live in water other than fish--Leviticus 11:43
188. Not to eat the meat of an animal that died without ritual slaughter--Deuteronomy 14:21
189. Not to benefit from an beast condemned to be stoned--Exodus 21:28
190. Not to eat meat of an animal that was mortally wounded--Exodus 22:30
191. Not to eat a limb torn off a living creature--Deuteronomy 12:23
192. Not to eat blood--Leviticus 3:17
193. Not to eat certain fats of kosher animals--Leviticus 3:17
194. Not to eat the sinew of the thigh--Genesis. 32:33
195. Not to eat meat and milk cooked together--Exodus 23:19
196. Not to cook meat and milk together--Exodus 34:26
197. Not to eat bread from new grain before the Omer--Leviticus 23:14
198. Not to eat parched grains from new grain before the Omer--Leviticus 23:14
199. Not to eat ripened grains from new grain before the Omer--Leviticus 23:14
200. Not to eat fruit of a tree during its first three years--Leviticus 19:23
201. Not to eat diverse seeds planted in a vineyard--Deuteronomy 22:9
202. Not to eat untithed fruits--Leviticus 22:15
203. Not to drink wine poured in service to idols--Deuteronomy 32:38
204. To ritually slaughter an animal before eating it--Deuteronomy 12:21
205. Not to slaughter an animal and its offspring on the same day--Leviticus 22:28
206. To cover the blood (of a slaughtered beast or fowl) with earth--Leviticus 17:13
207. Not to take the mother bird from her children--Deuteronomy 22:6
208. To release the mother bird before taking the children--Deuteronomy 22:7
209. Not to swear falsely in G-d's Name--Leviticus 19:12
210. Not to take G-d's Name in vain--Exodus 20:7
211. Not to deny possession of something entrusted to you--Leviticus 19:11
212. Not to swear falsely in denial of a monetary claim--Leviticus 19:11
213. To swear in G-d's Name to confirm the truth when deemed necessary by court--Deuteronomy 10:20
214. To fulfill what was uttered and to do what was avowed--Deuteronomy 23:24
215. Not to break oaths or vows--Numbers 30:3
216. For oaths and vows annulled, there are the laws of annulling vows explicit in the Torah--Numbers 30:3
217. The Nazir must let his hair grow--Numbers 6:5
218. He must not cut his hair--Numbers 6:5
219. He must not drink wine, wine mixtures, or wine vinegar--Numbers 6:3
220. He must not eat fresh grapes--Numbers 6:3
221. He must not eat raisins--Numbers 6:3
222. He must not eat grape seeds--Numbers 6:4
223. He must not eat grape skins--Numbers 6:4
224. He must not be under the same roof as a corpse--Numbers 6:6
225. He must not come into contact with the dead--Numbers 6:7
226. He must shave after bringing sacrifices upon completion of his Nazirite period--Numbers 6:18
227. To estimate the value of people (when someone pledges a person's worth) as determined by the Torah--Leviticus 27:2
228. To estimate the value of consecrated animals--Leviticus 27:12-13
229. To estimate the value of consecrated houses--Leviticus 27:14
230. To estimate the value of consecrated fields--Leviticus 27:16
231. Carry out the laws of interdicting possessions (cherem)--Leviticus 27:28
232. Not to sell the cherem--Leviticus 27:28
233. Not to redeem the cherem--Leviticus 27:28
234. Not to plant diverse seeds together--Leviticus 19:19
235. Not to plant grains or greens in a vineyard--Deuteronomy 22:9
236. Not to crossbreed animals--Leviticus 19:19
237. Not to work different animals together--Deuteronomy 22:10
238. Not to wear Shatnez, a cloth woven of wool and linen--Deuteronomy 22:11
239. To leave a corner of the field uncut for the poor--Leviticus 19:10
240. Not to reap that corner--Leviticus 19:9
241. To leave gleanings for The poor--Leviticus 19:9
242. Not to gather the gleanings--Leviticus 19:9
243. To leave the gleanings of a vineyard--Leviticus 19:10
244. Not to gather the gleanings of a vineyard--Leviticus 19:10
245. To leave the unformed clusters of grapes for the poor--Leviticus 19:10
246. Not to pick the unformed clusters of grapes--Leviticus 19:10
247. To leave the forgotten sheaves in the field for the poor--Deuteronomy 24:19
248. Not to retrieve them--Deuteronomy 24:19
249. To separate the tithe for the poor--Deuteronomy 14:28
250. To give charity--Deuteronomy 15:11
251. Not to withhold charity from the poor--Deuteronomy 15:7
252. To set aside Terumah Gedolah (tithe for the Kohen)--Deuteronomy 18:4
253. The Levite must set aside a tenth of his tithe for the Kohen--Numbers 18:26
254. Not to improperly preface one tithe to the next, but separate them in their proper order--Exodus 22:28
255. A non-Kohen must not eat Terumah--Leviticus 22:10
256. A hired worker or a Jewish bondsman of a Kohen must not eat Terumah--Leviticus 22:10
257. An uncircumcised Kohen must not eat Terumah--Exodus 12:48
258. An impure Kohen must not eat Terumah--Leviticus 22:4
259. A chalalah [see Mitzvah 174] must not eat Terumah--Leviticus 22:12
260. To set aside Ma'aser (tithe) each planting year and give it to a Levite--Numbers 18:24
261. To set aside the Second Tithe (which is to be eaten in Jerusalem)--Deuteronomy 14:22
262. Not to spend its redemption money on anything but food, drink, or ointment--Deuteronomy 26:14
263. Not to eat the Second Tithe while impure--Deuteronomy 26:14
264. A mourner on the first day after death must not eat the Second Tithe --Deuteronomy 26:14
265. Not to eat Second Tithe grains outside Jerusalem--Deuteronomy 12:17
266. Not to eat Second Tithe wine products outside Jerusalem--Deuteronomy 12:17
267. Not to eat Second Tithe oil outside Jerusalem--Deuteronomy 12:17
268. The fourth year crops must be totally for holy purposes like the Second Tithe--Leviticus 19:24
269. To read the confession of tithes every fourth and seventh year--Deuteronomy 26:13
270. To set aside the first fruits and bring them to the Temple--Exodus 23:19
271. The Kohanim must not eat the first fruits outside Jerusalem--Deuteronomy 12:17
272. To read the Torah Portion pertaining to their presentation--Deuteronomy 26:5
273. To set aside a portion of dough for a Kohen--Numbers 15:20
274. To give the shoulder, two cheeks, and stomach of slaughtered animals to a Kohen--Deuteronomy 18:3
275. To give the first sheering of sheep to a Kohen--Deuteronomy 18:4
276. To redeem the firstborn sons and give the money to a Kohen--Numbers 18:15
277. To redeem the firstborn donkey by giving a lamb to a Kohen--Exodus 13:13
278. To break the neck of the donkey if the owner does not intend to redeem it--Exodus 13:13
279. To rest the land during the seventh year by not doing any work which enhances growth--Exodus 34:21
280. Not to work the land during the seventh year--Leviticus 25:4
281. Not to work with trees to produce fruit during that year--Leviticus 25:4
282. Not to reap crops that grow wild that year in the normal manner--Leviticus 25:5
283. Not to gather grapes which grow wild that year in the normal way--Leviticus 25:5
284. To leave free all produce which grew in that year--Exodus 23:11
285. To release all loans during the seventh year--Deuteronomy 15:3
286. Not to pressure or claim from the borrower--Deuteronomy 15:2
287. Not to refrain from lending immediately before the release of the loans for fear of monetary loss--Deuteronomy 15:9
288. The Sanhedrin must count seven groups of seven years--Leviticus 25:8
289. The Sanhedrin must sanctify the fiftieth (Jubilee) year--Leviticus 25:10
290. To blow the Shofar on the tenth of Tishrei (Yom Kippur of the Jubilee year) to free the slaves--Leviticus 25:9
291. Not to work the soil during the fiftieth year--Leviticus 25:11
292. Not to reap in the normal manner that which grows wild in the fiftieth year--Leviticus 25:11
293. Not to pick grapes which grew wild in the normal manner in the fiftieth year--Leviticus 25:11
294. Carry out the laws of sold family properties--Leviticus 25:24
295. Not to sell the land in Israel indefinitely--Leviticus 25:23
296. Carry out the laws of houses in walled cities--Leviticus 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--Deuteronomy 18:2
298. The Levites must not take a share in the spoils of war--Deuteronomy 18:1
299. To give the Levites cities to inhabit and their surrounding fields--Numbers 35:2
300. Not to sell the fields but they shall remain the Levites' before and after the Jubilee year--Leviticus 25:34
301. To build a Sanctuary (Holy Temple)--Exodus 25:8
302. Not to build the altar with stones hewn by metal--Exodus 20:22
303. Not to climb steps to the altar--Exodus 20:23
304. To show reverence for the Temple--Leviticus 19:30
305. To guard the Temple area--Numbers 18:3
306. Not to leave the Temple unguarded--Numbers 18:5
307. To prepare the anointing oil--Exodus 30:31
308. Not to reproduce the anointing oil (for personal use)--Exodus 30:32
309. Not to anoint with anointing oil (a non-Kohen or non-king)--Exodus 30:32
310. Not to reproduce the incense formula (for personal use)--Exodus 30:37
311. Not to burn anything on the Golden Altar besides incense--Exodus 30:9
312. The Levites must transport the ark on their shoulders--Numbers 7:9
313. Not to remove the staves from the ark--Exodus 25:15
314. The Levites must work in the Temple--Numbers 18:23
315. No Levite must do another's work of either a Kohen or a Levite--Numbers 18:3
316. To dedicate the Kohen for service--Leviticus 21:8
317. The Kohen work shifts must be equal during holidays--Deuteronomy 18:6-8
318. The Kohanim must wear their priestly garments during service--Exodus 28:2
319. Not to tear the priestly garments--Exodus 28:32
320. The High Priest's breastplate must not be loosened from the Efod (priestly apron)--Exodus 28:28
321. A Kohen must not enter the Temple intoxicated--Leviticus 10:9
322. A Kohen must not enter the Temple with long hair--Leviticus 10:6
323. A Kohen must not enter the Temple with torn clothes--Leviticus 10:6
324. A Kohen must not enter the sanctuary of the Temple indiscriminately--Leviticus 16:2
325. A Kohen must not leave the Temple during service--Leviticus 10:7
326. To send the impure from the Temple--Numbers 5:2
327. Impure people must not enter the Temple--Numbers 5:3
328. [Certain] impure people must not enter [even] the Temple Mount area--Deuteronomy 23:11
329. Impure Kohanim must not do service in the temple--Leviticus 22:2
330. An impure Kohen, following immersion, must wait until after sundown before returning to service--Leviticus 21:6
331. A Kohen must wash his hands and feet before service--Exodus 30:19
332. A Kohen with a physical blemish must not enter the sanctuary or approach the altar--Leviticus 21:23
333. A Kohen with a physical blemish must not serve--Leviticus 21:17
334. A Kohen with a temporary blemish must not serve--Leviticus 21:18
335. One who is not a Kohen must not serve--Numbers 18:4
336. To offer only unblemished animals--Leviticus 22:21
337. Not to dedicate a blemished animal for the altar--Leviticus 22:20
338. Not to slaughter it--Leviticus 22:22
339. Not to sprinkle its blood--Leviticus 22:24
340. Not to burn its fat--Leviticus 22:22
341. Not to offer a temporarily blemished animal--Deuteronomy 17:1
342. Not to sacrifice blemished animals even if offered by non-Jews--Leviticus 22:25
343. Not to inflict wounds upon dedicated animals--Leviticus 22:21
344. To redeem dedicated animals which have become disqualified--Deuteronomy 12:15
345. To offer only animals which are at least eight days old--Leviticus 22:27
346. Not to offer animals bought with the wages of a harlot or the animal exchanged for a dog--Deuteronomy 23:19
347. Not to burn honey or yeast on the altar--Leviticus 2:11
348. To salt all sacrifices--Leviticus 2:13
349. Not to omit the salt from sacrifices--Leviticus 2:13
350. Carry out the procedure of the burnt offering as prescribed in the Torah--Leviticus 1:3
351. Not to eat its meat--Deuteronomy 12:17
352. Carry out the procedure of the sin offering--Leviticus 6:18
353. Not to eat the meat of the inner sin offering--Leviticus 6:23
354. Not to decapitate a fowl brought as a sin offering--Leviticus 5:8
355. Carry out the procedure of the guilt offering--Leviticus 7:1
356. The Kohanim must eat the sacrificial meat in the Temple--Exodus 29:33
357. The Kohanim must not eat the meat outside the Temple courtyard--Deuteronomy 12:17
358. A non-Kohen must not eat [certain] sacrificial meats--Exodus 29:33
359. To follow the procedure of the peace offering--Leviticus 7:11
360. Not to eat the meat of minor sacrifices before sprinkling the blood--Deuteronomy 12:17
361. To bring meal offerings as prescribed in the Torah--Leviticus 2:1
362. Not to put oil on the meal offerings of wrongdoers--Leviticus 5:11
363. Not to put frankincense on the meal offerings of wrongdoers--Leviticus 5:11
364. The meal offering of a Priest should not be eaten--Leviticus 6:16
365. Not to bake a meal offering as leavened bread--Leviticus 6:10
366. The Kohanim must eat the remains of the meal offerings--Leviticus 6:9
367. To bring all avowed and freewill offerings to the Temple on the first subsequent festival--Deuteronomy 12:5-6
368. Not to withhold payment incurred by any vow--Deuteronomy 23:22
369. To offer all sacrifices in the Temple--Deuteronomy 12:11
370. To bring all sacrifices from outside Israel to the Temple--Deuteronomy 12:26
371. Not to slaughter sacrifices outside the courtyard--Leviticus 17:4
372. Not to offer any sacrifices outside the courtyard--Deuteronomy 12:13
373. To offer two lambs every day--Numbers 28:3
374. To light a fire on the altar every day--Leviticus 6:5
375. Not to extinguish this fire--Leviticus 6:5
376. To remove the ashes from the altar every day--Leviticus 6:3
377. To burn incense every day--Exodus 30:7
378. To light the Menorah every day--Exodus 27:21
379. The High Priest must bring a meal offering every day--Leviticus 6:13
380. To bring two additional lambs as burnt offerings on Shabbat--Numbers 28:9
381. To make the show bread--Exodus 25:30
382. To bring additional offerings on the New Month (Rosh Chodesh)--Numbers 28:11
383. To bring additional offerings on Passover--Numbers 28:19
384. To offer the wave offering from the meal of the new wheat (on the 2nd day of Passover)--Leviticus 23:10
385. Each man must count the Omer -- seven weeks from the day the new wheat offering was brought--Leviticus 23:15
386. To bring additional offerings on Shavuot--Numbers 28:26
387. To bring two loaves to accompany the above sacrifice--Leviticus 23:18
388. To bring additional offerings on Rosh Hashanah--Numbers 29:2
389. To bring additional offerings on Yom Kippur--Numbers 29:8
390. To bring additional offerings on Sukkot--Numbers 29:13
391. To bring additional offerings on Shmini Atzeret--Numbers 29:35
392. Not to eat sacrifices which have become unfit or blemished--Deuteronomy 14:3
393. Not to eat from sacrifices offered with improper intentions--Leviticus 7:18
394. Not to leave sacrifices past the time allowed for eating them--Leviticus 22:30
395. Not to eat from that which was left over--Leviticus 19:8
396. Not to eat from sacrifices which became impure--Leviticus 7:19
397. An impure person must not eat from sacrifices--Leviticus 7:20
398. To burn the leftover sacrifices--Leviticus 7:17
399. To burn all impure sacrifices--Leviticus 7:19
400. To follow the procedure of Yom Kippur in the sequence prescribed in the Torah--Leviticus 16:3
401. One who profaned holy property must repay what he profaned plus a fifth and bring a sacrifice--Leviticus 5:16
402. Not to work consecrated animals--Deuteronomy 15:19
403. Not to shear the fleece of consecrated animals--Deuteronomy 15:19
404. To slaughter the Paschal sacrifice at the specified time--Exodus 12:6
405. Not to slaughter it while in possession of leaven--Exodus 23:18
406. Not to leave the fat overnight--Exodus 23:18
407. To slaughter the second Paschal Lamb--Numbers 9:11
408. To eat the Paschal Lamb with Matzah and Maror on the night of the 15th of Nissan--Exodus 12:8
409. To eat the second Paschal Lamb on the night of the 15th of Iyar--Numbers 9:11
410. Not to eat the Paschal meat raw or boiled--Exodus 12:9
411. Not to take the Paschal meat from the confines of its group--Exodus 12:46
412. An apostate must not eat from it--Exodus 12:43
413. A permanent or temporary [non-Jewish] hired worker must not eat from it--Exodus 12:45
414. An uncircumcised male must not eat from it--Exodus 12:48
415. Not to break any bones from the Paschal offering--Exodus 12:46
416. Not to break any bones from the second Paschal offering--Numbers 9:12
417. Not to leave any meat from the Paschal offering over until morning--Exodus 12:10
418. Not to leave the second Paschal meat over until morning--Numbers 9:12
419. Not to leave the meat of the holiday offering of the 14th until the 16th--Deuteronomy 16:4
420. To be seen at the Temple on Passover, Shavuot, and Sukkot--Deuteronomy 16:16
421. To celebrate on these three Festivals (by bringing a offering)--Exodus 23:14
422. To rejoice on these three Festivals--Deuteronomy 16:14
423. Not to appear at the Temple without offerings--Deuteronomy 16:16
424. Not to refrain from rejoicing with, and giving gifts to, the Levites--Deuteronomy 12:19
425. To assemble all the people on the Sukkot following the seventh year [the king publicly reads portions of the Torah]--Deuteronomy 31:12
426. To set aside the firstborn animals [to be eaten by the Kohanim, and sacrificed unless they are blemished]--Exodus 13:12
427. The Kohanim must not eat unblemished firstborn animals outside Jerusalem--Deuteronomy 12:17
428. Not to redeem the firstborn--Numbers 18:17
429. Separate the tithe from animals [to be eaten by the Kohanim, and sacrificed unless they are blemished]--Leviticus 27:32
430. Not to redeem the tithe--Leviticus 27:33
431. Every person must bring a sin offering for his transgression--Leviticus 4:27
432. Bring an asham talui offering when uncertain of guilt--Leviticus 5:17-18
433. Bring an asham vadai offering [for certain sins] when guilt is ascertained--Leviticus 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]--Leviticus 5:7-11
435. The Sanhedrin must bring an offering when it rules in error--Leviticus 4:13
436. A woman who had a running issue must bring an offering after she goes to the Mikvah--Leviticus 15:28-29
437. A woman who gave birth must bring an offering after she goes to the Mikvah--Leviticus 12:6
438. A man who had a running issue must bring an offering after he goes to the Mikvah--Leviticus 15:13-14
439. A metzora ("leprous" person -- see According to the Torah is Leprosy a hygienic problem or is it something spiritual and miraculous?) must bring an offering after going to the Mikvah--Leviticus 14:10
440. Not to substitute another beast for one set apart for sacrifice--Leviticus 27:10
441. The new animal, in addition to the substituted one, retains consecration--Leviticus 27:10
442. Not to change consecrated animals from one type of offering to another--Leviticus 27:26
443. Carry out the laws of impurity of the dead--Numbers 19:14
444. Carry out the procedure of the Red Heifer--Numbers 19:9
445. Carry out the laws of the sprinkling water [of the Red Heifer]--Numbers 19:21
446. Rule the laws of human tzara'at (Leprosy, see Mitzvah 439) as prescribed in the Torah--Leviticus 13:12
447. The metzora (leper) must not remove his signs of impurity--Deuteronomy 24:8
448. The metzora must not shave signs of impurity in his hair--Leviticus 13:33
449. The metzora must publicize his condition by tearing his garments, allowing his hair to grow and covering his mustache--Leviticus 13:45
450. Carry out the prescribed rules for purifying the metzora--Leviticus 14:2
451. The metzora must shave off all his hair prior to purification--Leviticus 14:9
452. Carry out the laws of "leprous" clothing--Leviticus 13:47
453. Carry out the laws of leprous houses--Leviticus 14:35
454. Observe the laws of menstrual impurity--Leviticus 15:19
455. Observe the laws of impurity caused by childbirth--Leviticus 12:2
456. Observe the laws of impurity caused by a woman's running issue--Leviticus 15:25
457. Observe the laws of impurity caused by a man's running issue (irregular ejaculation of infected semen)--Leviticus 15:3
458. Observe the laws of impurity caused by a dead beast--Leviticus 11:39
459. Observe the laws of impurity caused by the eight shratzim (rodents, amphibious creatures, and lizards) [specified in the Torah]--Leviticus 11:29
460. Observe the laws of impurity of a seminal emission (regular ejaculation, with normal semen)--Leviticus 15:16
461. Observe the laws of impurity concerning liquid and solid foods--Leviticus 11:34
462. Every impure person must immerse himself in a Mikvah to become pure--Leviticus 15:16
463. The court must judge the damages incurred by a goring beast--Exodus 21:28
464. The court must judge the damages incurred by an animal eating--Exodus 22:4
465. The court must judge the damages incurred by a pit--Exodus 21:33
466. The court must judge the damages incurred by fire--Exodus 22:5
467. Not to steal money stealthily--Leviticus 19:11
468. The court must implement punitive measures against the thief--Exodus 21:37
469. Each individual must ensure that his scales and weights are accurate--Leviticus 19:36
470. Not to commit injustice with scales and weights--Leviticus 19:35
471. Not to possess inaccurate scales and weights even if they are not for use--Deuteronomy 25:13
472. Not to move a boundary marker to steal someone's property--Deuteronomy 19:14
473. Not to kidnap--Exodus 20:13
474. Not to rob openly--Leviticus 19:13
475. Not to withhold wages or fail to repay a debt--Leviticus 19:13
476. Not to covet and scheme to acquire another's possession--Exodus 20:14
477. Not to desire another's possession--Deuteronomy 5:18
478. Return the robbed object or its value--Leviticus 5:23
479. Not to ignore a lost object--Deuteronomy 22:3
480. Return the lost object--Deuteronomy 22:1
481. The court must implement laws against the one who assaults another or damages another's property--Exodus 21:18
482. Not to murder--Exodus 20:13
483. Not to accept monetary restitution to atone for the murderer--Numbers 35:31
484. The court must send the accidental murderer to a city of refuge--Numbers 35:25
485. Not to accept monetary restitution instead of being sent to a city of refuge--Numbers 35:32
486. Not to kill the murderer before he stands trial--Numbers 35:12
487. Save someone being pursued even by taking the life of the pursuer--Deuteronomy 25:12
488. Not to pity the pursuer--Numbers 35:12
489. Not to stand idly by if someone's life is in danger--Leviticus 19:16
490. Designate cities of refuge and prepare routes of access--Deuteronomy 19:3
491. Break the neck of a calf by a stream following an unsolved murder--Deuteronomy 21:4
492. To neither work nor plant that river valley--Deuteronomy 21:4
493. Not to allow pitfalls and obstacles to remain on your property--Deuteronomy 22:8
494. Make a guard rail around flat roofs--Deuteronomy 22:8
495. Not to put a stumbling block before a blind man (nor give harmful advice)--Leviticus 19:14
496. Help another remove the load from a beast which can no longer carry it--Exodus 23:5
497. Help others load their beast--Deuteronomy 22:4
498. Not to leave others distraught with their burdens (but to help either load or unload)--Deuteronomy 22:4
499. Buy and sell according to Torah law--Leviticus 25:14
500. Not to overcharge or underpay for an article--Leviticus 25:14
501. Not to insult or harm anybody with words--Leviticus 25:17
502. Not to cheat a sincere convert monetarily--Exodus 22:20
503. Not to insult or harm a sincere convert with words--Exodus 22:20
504. Purchase a Hebrew slave in accordance with the prescribed laws--Exodus 21:2
505. Not to sell him as a slave is sold--Leviticus 25:42
506. Not to work him oppressively--Leviticus 25:43
507. Not to allow a non-Jew to work him oppressively--Leviticus 25:53
508. Not to have him do menial slave labor--Leviticus 25:39
509. Give him gifts when he goes free--Deuteronomy 15:14
510. Not to send him away empty-handed--Deuteronomy 15:13
511. Redeem Jewish maidservants--Exodus 21:8
512. Betroth the Jewish maidservant--Exodus 21:8
513. The master must not sell his maidservant--Exodus 21:8
514. Canaanite slaves must work forever unless the owner amputates one of their limbs--Leviticus 25:46
515. Not to extradite a slave who fled to (Biblical) Israel--Deuteronomy 23:16
516. Not to wrong a slave who has come to Israel for refuge--Deuteronomy 23:17
517. The courts must carry out the laws of a hired worker and hired guard--Exodus 22:9
518. Pay wages on the day they were earned--Deuteronomy 24:15
519. Not to delay payment of wages past the agreed time--Leviticus 19:13
520. The hired worker may eat from the unharvested crops where he works--Deuteronomy 23:25
521. The worker must not eat while on hired time--Deuteronomy 23:26
522. The worker must not take more than he can eat--Deuteronomy 23:25
523. Not to muzzle an ox while plowing--Deuteronomy 25:4
524. The courts must carry out the laws of a borrower--Exodus 22:13
525. The courts must carry out the laws of an unpaid guard--Exodus 22:6
526. Lend to the poor and destitute--Exodus 22:24
527. Not to press them for payment if you know they don't have it--Exodus 22:24
528. Press the idolater for payment--Deuteronomy 15:3
529. The creditor must not forcibly take collateral--Deuteronomy 24:10
530. Return the collateral to the debtor when needed--Deuteronomy 24:13
531. Not to delay its return when needed--Deuteronomy 24:12
532. Not to demand collateral from a widow--Deuteronomy 24:17
533. Not to demand as collateral utensils needed for preparing food--Deuteronomy 24:6
534. Not to lend with interest--Leviticus 25:37
535. Not to borrow with interest--Deuteronomy 23:20
536. Not to intermediate in an interest loan, guarantee, witness, or write the promissory note--Exodus 22:24
537. Lend to and borrow from idolaters with interest--Deuteronomy 23:21
538. The courts must carry out the laws of the plaintiff, admitter, or denier--Exodus 22:8
539. Carry out the laws of the order of inheritance--Numbers 27:8
540. Appoint judges--Deuteronomy 16:18
541. Not to appoint judges who are not familiar with judicial procedure--Deuteronomy 1:17
542. Decide by majority in case of disagreement--Exodus 23:2
543. [In capital cases] the court must not execute through a majority of one; at least a majority of two is required--Exodus 23:2
544. A judge who presented an acquittal plea must not present an argument for conviction in capital cases--Exodus 23:2
545. The courts must carry out the death penalty of stoning--Deuteronomy 22:24
546. The courts must carry out the death penalty of burning--Leviticus 20:14
547. The courts must carry out the death penalty of the sword--Exodus 21:20
548. The courts must carry out the death penalty of strangulation--Leviticus 20:10
549. The courts must hang those stoned for blasphemy or idolatry--Deuteronomy 21:22
550. Bury the executed [as well as all deceased] on the day they are killed--Deuteronomy 21:23
551. Not to delay burial overnight--Deuteronomy 21:23
552. The court must not let the sorcerer live--Exodus 22:17
553. The court must give lashes to the wrongdoer--Deuteronomy 25:2
554. The court must not exceed the prescribed number of lashes--Deuteronomy 25:3
555. The court must not kill anybody on circumstantial evidence--Exodus 23:7
556. The court must not punish anybody who was forced to do a crime--Deuteronomy 22:26
557. A judge must not pity the murderer or assaulter at the trial--Deuteronomy 19:13
558. A judge must not have mercy on the poor man at the trial--Leviticus 19:15
559. A judge must not respect the great man at the trial--Leviticus 19:15
560. A judge must not decide unjustly the case of the habitual transgressor--Exodus 23:6
561. A judge must not pervert justice--Leviticus 19:15
562. A judge must not pervert a case involving a convert or orphan--Deuteronomy 24:17
563. Judge righteously--Leviticus 19:15
564. The judge must not fear a violent man in judgment--Deuteronomy 1:17
565. Judges must not accept bribes--Exodus 23:8
566. Judges must not accept testimony unless both parties are present--Exodus 23:1
567. Not to curse judges--Exodus 22:27
568. Not to curse the head of state or leader of the Sanhedrin--Exodus 22:27
569. Not to curse any upstanding Jew--Leviticus 19:14
570. Anybody who knows evidence must testify in court--Leviticus 5:1
571. Carefully interrogate the witness--Deuteronomy 13:15
572. A witness must not serve as a judge in capital crimes--Numbers 35:30
573. Not to accept testimony from a lone witness--Deuteronomy 19:15
574. Transgressors must not testify--Exodus 23:1
575. Relatives of the litigants must not testify--Deuteronomy 24:16
576. Not to testify falsely--Exodus 20:13
577. Punish the false witnesses with the same punishment they were seeking for the defendant--Deuteronomy 19:19
578. Act according to the ruling of the Sanhedrin--Deuteronomy 17:11
579. Not to deviate from the word of the Sanhedrin--Deuteronomy 17:11
580. Not to add to the Torah commandments or their oral explanations--Deuteronomy 13:1
581. Not to diminish from the Torah any commandments, in whole or in part--Deuteronomy 13:1
582. Not to curse your father or mother--Exodus 21:17
583. Not to strike your father or mother--Exodus 21:15
584. Respect your father and mother--Exodus 20:12
585. Fear your father and mother--Leviticus 19:3
586. Not to be a rebellious son--Deuteronomy 21:20
587. Mourn for relatives--Leviticus 10:19
588. The High Priest must not defile himself through contact with a relative--Leviticus 21:11
589. The High Priest must not enter under the same roof as a corpse--Leviticus 21:11
590. A Kohen must not defile himself for anyone except relatives--Leviticus 21:1
591. Appoint a king from Israel--Deuteronomy 17:15
592. Not to appoint a convert--Deuteronomy 17:15
593. The king must not have too many wives--Deuteronomy 17:17
594. The king must not have too many horses--Deuteronomy 17:16
595. The king must not have too much silver and gold--Deuteronomy 17:17
596. Destroy the seven Canaanite nations--Deuteronomy 20:17
597. Not to let any of them remain alive--Deuteronomy 20:16
598. Wipe out the descendants of Amalek--Deuteronomy 25:19
599. Remember what Amalek did to the Jewish people--Deuteronomy 25:17
600. Not to forget Amalek's atrocities and ambush on our journey from Egypt in the desert--Deuteronomy 25:19
601. Not to dwell permanently in Egypt--Deuteronomy 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--Deuteronomy 20:10
603. Not to offer peace to Ammon and Moab while besieging them--Deuteronomy 23:7
604. Not to destroy fruit trees even during the siege--Deuteronomy 20:19
605. Prepare latrines outside the army camps--Deuteronomy 23:13
606. Prepare a shovel for each soldier to dig with--Deuteronomy 23:14
607. Appoint a priest to speak with the soldiers during the war--Deuteronomy 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--Deuteronomy 24:5
609. Not to demand from the above any involvement, communal or military--Deuteronomy 24:5
610. Not to panic and retreat during battle--Deuteronomy 20:3
611. Keep the laws of the captive woman--Deuteronomy 21:11
612. Not to sell her into slavery--Deuteronomy 21:14
613. Not to retain her for servitude after having relations with her--Deuteronomy 21:14
