The 613 Mitzvot

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The 248 Positive Mitzvot/Commandments: "The Do List"

Relationship to God

• P 1 Exodus 20:2 - To believe in God
• P 2 Deuteronomy 6:4 -To acknowledge the Unity of God
• P 3 Deuteronomy 6:5 - To love God
• P 4 Deuteronomy 6:13 - To fear God
• P 5 Exodus23:25; Deuteronomy11:13; 13:5 - To serve God
• P 6 Deuteronomy10:20 - To cleave to God
• P 7 Deuteronomy10:20 - On taking an oath by God's Name
• P 8 Deuteronomy 28:9 - On walking in God's ways
• P 9 Leviticus22:32 - On Sanctifying God's Name

TORAH

• P 10 Deuteronomy 6:7 - On reciting the Sh'ma each morning and evening
• P 11 Deuteronomy 6:7 - On studying and teaching Torah
• P 12 Deuteronomy 6:8 - On binding Tefillin on the head
• P 13 Deuteronomy 6:8 - On binding Tefillin on the hand
• P 14 Numbers15:38 - On making Tzitzit with thread of blue, garments corners
• P 15 Deuteronomy 6:9 - On affixing a Mezuzah to doorposts and gates
• P 16 Deuteronomy31:12 - On Assembling each 7th year to hear the Torah read
• P 17 Deuteronomy17:18 - On that a king must write a copy of Torah for himself
• P 18 Deuteronomy31:19 - On that everyone should have a Torah scroll
• P 19 Deuteronomy 8:10 - On praising God after eating, Grace after meals

TEMPLE AND THE PRIESTS

• P 20 Exodus 25:8 - On building a Sanctuary/(Tabernacle/Temple) for God
• P 21 Leviticus19:30 - On respecting the Sanctuary
• P 22 Numbers 18:4 - On guarding the Sanctuary
• P 23 Numbers18:23 - On Levitical services in the Tabernacle
• P 24 Exodus30:19 - On Cohanim washing hands & feet before entering Temple
• P 25 Exodus27:21 - On kindling the Menorah by the Cohanim
• P 26 Numbers 6:23 - On the Cohanim blessing Israel
• P 27 Exodus25:30 - On the Showbread before the Ark
• P 28 Exodus 30:7 - On Burning the Incense on the Golden Altar twice daily
• P 29 Leviticus 6:6 - On the perpetual fire on the Altar
• P 30 Leviticus 6:3 - On removing the ashes from the Altar
• P 31 Numbers 5:2 - On removing unclean persons from the camp
• P 32 Leviticus 21:8 - On honoring the Cohanim
• P 33 Exodus 28:2 - On the garments of the Cohanim
• P 34 Numbers 7:9 - On Cohanim bearing the Ark on their shoulders
• P 35 Exodus30:31 - On the holy anointing oil
• P 36 Deuteronomy18:6-8 - On the Cohanim ministering in rotation/watches
• P 37 Leviticus21:2-3 - On the Cohanim being defiled for dead relatives
• P 38 Leviticus21:13 - On that Cohen haGadol may only marry a virgin

SACRIFICES

• P 39 Numbers28:3 - On the twice Daily Burnt, tamid, offerings
• P 40 Leviticus6:13 - On Cohen haGadol's twice daily meal offering
• P 41 Numbers28:9 - On the Shabbat additional, musaf, offering
• P 42 Numbers28:11 - On the New Moon, Rosh Chodesh, additional offering
• P 43 Leviticus23:36 - On the Pesach additional offering
• P 44 Leviticus23:10 - On the second day of Pesach meal offering of the Omer
• P 45 Numbers28:26 - On the Shavuot additional, musaf, offering
• P 46 Leviticus23:17 - On the Two Loaves of bread Wave offering on Shavuot
• P 47 Numbers29:1-2 - On the Rosh HaShannah additional offering
• P 48 Numbers29:7-8 - On the Yom Kippur additional offering
• P 49 Leviticus16 - On the service of Yom Kippur, Avodah
• P 50 Numbers29:13 - On the Sukkot, musaf, offerings
• P 51 Numbers29:36 - On the Shemini Atzeret additional offering
• P 52 Exodus23:14 - On the three annual Festival pilgrimages to the Temple
• P 53 Exodus34:23; - On appearing before YHVH during the Festivals (Deuteronomy16:16)
• P 54 Deuteronomy16:14 - On rejoicing on the Festivals
• P 55 Exodus12:6 - On the 14th of Nisan slaughtering the Pesach lamb
• P 56 Exodus12:8 - On eating the roasted Pesach lamb night of Nisan 15
• P 57 Numbers9:11 - On slaughtering the Pesach Sheini, Iyyar 14, offering
• P 58 Numbers9:11; - On eating the Pesach Sheini lamb with Matzah and Maror
• P 59 Numbers10:9-10 - Trumpets for Feast sacrifices brought & for tribulation
• P 60 Leviticus22:27 - On minimum age of cattle to be offered
• P 61 Leviticus22:21 On offering only unblemished sacrifices
• P 62 Leviticus2:13 On bringing salt with every offering
• P 63 Leviticus1:2 On the Burnt-Offering
• P 64 Leviticus6:18 On the Sin-Offering
• P 65 Leviticus7:1 On the Guilt-Offering
• P 66 Leviticus3:1 On the Peace-Offering
• P 67 Leviticus2:1; On the Meal-Offering
• P 68 Leviticus4:13 On offerings for a Court (Sanhedrin) that has erred
• P 69 Leviticus4:27 Fixed Sin-Offering, by one unknowingly breaking a karet
• P 70 Leviticus5:17 Suspensive Guilt-Offering if doubt of breaking a karet
• P 71 Leviticus5:15; Unconditional Guilt-Offering, for stealing, etc.
• P 72 Leviticus5:1-11 Offering higher or lower value, according to ones means
• P 73 Numbers5:6-7 To confess one's sins before God and repent from them
• P 74 Leviticus15:13 On offering brought by a zav (man with a discharge)
• P 75 Leviticus15:28 Offering brought by a zavah (woman with a discharge)
• P 76 Leviticus12:6 On offering brought by a woman after childbirth
• P 77 Leviticus14:10 On offering brought by a leper after being cleansed
• P 78 Leviticus27:32 On the Tithe of one's cattle
• P 79 Exodus13:2 Sacrificing the First-born of clean (permitted) cattle
• P 80 Exodus22:28; On Redeeming the First-born of man, Pidyon ha-ben
• P 81 Exodus34:20 On Redeeming the firstling of an ass, if not...
• P 82 Exodus13:13 ...breaking the neck of the firstling of an ass
• P 83 Deuteronomy12:5-6 On bringing due offerings to Jerusalem without delay
• P 84 Deuteronomy12:14 All offerings must be brought only to the Sanctuary
• P 85 Deuteronomy12:36 On offerings due from outside Israel to the Sanctuary
• P 86 Deuteronomy12:15 On Redeeming blemished sanctified animal offerings
• P 87 Leviticus27:33 On the holiness of substituted animal offerings
• P 88 Leviticus6:9 On Cohanim eating the remainder of the Meal Offerings
• P 89 Exodus29:33 On Cohanim eating the meat of Sin and Guilt Offerings
• P 90 Leviticus7:19 Burn Consecrated Offerings that've become tameh/unclean
• P 91 Leviticus7:17 Burn remnant of Consecrated Offerings not eaten in time

VOWS

• P 92 Numbers6:5 The Nazir letting his hair grow during his separation
• P 93 Numbers6:18 Nazir completing vow shaves his head & brings sacrifice
• P 94 Deuteronomy23:24 On that a man must honor his oral vows and oaths
• P 95 Numbers30:3 On that a judge can annul vows, only according to Torah

RITUAL PURITY

• P 96 Leviticus11:8, Defilement by touching certain animal carcasses, &...
• P 97 Leviticus11:29 ...by touching carcasses of eight creeping creatures
• P 98 Leviticus11:34 Defilement of food & drink, if contacting unclean thing
• P 99 Leviticus15:19 On Tumah of a menstruant woman
• P100 Leviticus12:2 On Tumah of a woman after childbirth
• P101 Leviticus13:3 On Tumah of a leper
• P102 Leviticus13:51 On garments contaminated by leprosy
• P103 Leviticus14:44 On a leprous house
• P104 Leviticus15:2 On Tumah of a zav (man with a running issue)
• P105 Leviticus15:6 On Tumah of semen
• P106 Leviticus15:19 Tumah of a zavah (woman suffering from a running issue)
• P107 Numbers19:14 On Tumah of a human corpse
• P108 Numbers19:13, Law of the purification water of sprinkling, mei niddah
• P109 Leviticus15:16 On immersing in a mikveh to become ritually clean
• P110 Leviticus14:2 On the specified procedure of cleansing from leprosy
• P111 Leviticus14:9 On that a leper must shave his head
• P112 Leviticus13:45 On that the leper must be made easily distinguishable
• P113 Numbers19:2-9 On Ashes of the Red Heifer, used in ritual purification

DONATIONS TO THE TEMPLE

• P114 Leviticus27:2-8 On the valuation for a person himself to the Temple
• P115 Leviticus27:11 On the valuation for an unclean beast to the Temple
• P116 Leviticus27:14 On the valuation of a house as a donation to the Temple
• P117 Leviticus27:16, On the valuation of a field as a donation to the Temple
• P118 Leviticus5:16 If benefit from Temple property, restitution plus 1/5th
• P119 Leviticus19:24 On the fruits of the trees fourth year's growth
• P120 Leviticus19:9 On leaving the corners (Peah) of fields for the poor
• P121 Leviticus19:9 On leaving gleanings of the field for the poor
• P122 Deuteronomy24:19 On leaving the forgotten sheaf for the poor
• P123 Leviticus19:19 On leaving the misformed grape clusters for the poor
• P124 Leviticus19:10 On leaving grape gleanings for the poor
• P125 Exodus23:19 On separating & bringing First-fruits to the Sanctuary
• P126 Deuteronomy18:4 To separate the great Heave-offering (terumah)
• P127 Leviticus27:30; To set aside the first tithe to the Levites
• P128 Deuteronomy14:22 To set aside the second tithe, eaten only in Jerusalem
• P129 Numbers18:26 On Levites' giving tenth of their tithe to the Cohanim
• P130 Deuteronomy14:28 To set aside the poor-man's tithe in 3rd and 6th year
• P131 Deuteronomy26:13 A declaration made when separating the various tithes
• P132 Deuteronomy26:5 A declaration made bringing First-fruits to the Temple
• P133 Numbers15:20 On the first portion of the Challah given to the Cohen

THE SABBATICAL YEAR

• P134 Exodus23:11 On ownerless produce of the Sabbatical year (shemittah)
• P135 Exodus34:21 On resting the land on the Sabbatical year
• P136 Leviticus25:10 On sanctifying the Jubilee (50th) year
• P137 Leviticus25:9 Blow Shofar on Yom Kippur in the Jubilee & slaves freed
• P138 Leviticus25:24 Reversion of the land to ancestral owners in Jubilee yr
• P139 Leviticus25:24 On the redemption of a house within a year of the sale
• P140 Leviticus25:8 Counting and announcing the years till the Jubilee year
• P141 Deuteronomy15:3 All debts are annulled in the Sabbatical year, but...
• P142 Deuteronomy15:3 ...one may exact a debt owed by a foreigner

CONCERNING ANIMALS FOR CONSUMPTION

• P143 Deuteronomy18:3 The Cohen's due in the slaughter of every clean animal
• P144 Deuteronomy18:4 On the first of the fleece to be given to the Cohen
• P145 Leviticus27:21, (Cherem vow) one devoted thing to God, other to Cohanim
• P146 Deuteronomy 12:21 Slaughtering animals, according to Torah, before eating
• P147 Leviticus17:13 Covering with earth the blood of slain fowl and beast
• P148 Deuteronomy22:7 On setting free the parent bird when taking the nest
• P149 Leviticus11:2 Searching for prescribed signs in beasts, for eating
• P150 Deuteronomy14:11 Searching for the prescribed signs in birds, for eating
• P151 Leviticus11:21 Searching for prescribed signs in locusts, for eating
• P152 Leviticus11:9 Searching for the prescribed signs in fish, for eating

FESTIVALS

• P153 Exodus12:2; Deuteronomy16:1 Sanhedrin to sanctify New Moon, & reckon years & seasons
• P154 Exodus23:12 On resting on the Shabbat
• P155 Exodus20:8 On declaring Shabbat holy at its onset and termination
• P156 Exodus12:15 On removal of chametz, leaven (yeast) on (Nisan 14) Pesach
• P157 Exodus13:8 Tell of Exodus from Egypt 1st night Pesach, (Nisan 15)
• P158 Exodus12:18 On eating Matzah the first night of Pesach, (Nisan 15)
• P159 Exodus12:16 On resting on the first day of Pesach
• P160 Exodus12:16 On resting on the seventh day of Pesach
• P161 Leviticus23:35 Count the Omer 49 days from day of first sheaf (Nisan 16)
• P162 Leviticus23 On resting on Shavuot
• P163 Leviticus23:24 On resting on Rosh HaShannah
• P164 Leviticus16:29 On fasting on Yom Kippur
• P165 Leviticus16:29, On resting on Yom Kippur
• P166 Leviticus23:35 On resting on the first day of Sukkot
• P167 Leviticus23:36 On resting on (the 8th day) Shemini Atzeret
• P168 Leviticus23:42 On dwelling in a Sukkah (booth) for seven days
• P169 Leviticus23:40 On taking a Lulav (the four species) on Sukkot
• P170 Numbers29:1 On hearing the sound of the Shofar on Rosh HaShannah

COMMUNITY

• P171 Exodus30:12 On every male giving half a shekel annually to Temple
• P172 Deuteronomy18:15 On heeding the Prophets
• P173 Deuteronomy17:15 On appointing a king
• P174 Deuteronomy17:11 On obeying the Great Court (Sanhedrin)
• P175 Exodus23:2 On in case of division, abiding by a majority decision
• P176 Deuteronomy16:18 Appointing Judges & Officers of the Court in every town
• P177 Leviticus19:15 Treating litigants equally/impartially before the law
• P178 Leviticus5:1 Anyone aware of evidence must come to court to testify
• P179 Deuteronomy13:15 The testimony of witnesses shall be examined thoroughly
• P180 Deuteronomy19:19 On condemning witnesses who testify falsely
• P180 Deuteronomy19:19 False witnesses punished, as they intended upon accused
• P181 Deuteronomy21:4 On Eglah Arufah, on the heifer when murderer unknown
• P182 Deuteronomy19:3 On establishing Six Cities of Refuge
• P183 Numbers35:2 Give cities to Levites - who've no ancestral land share
• P184 Deuteronomy22:8 Build fence on roof, remove potential hazards from home

IDOLATRY

• P185 Deuteronomy12:2; On destroying all idolatry and its appurtenances
• P186 Deuteronomy13:17 The law about a city that has become apostate/perverted
• P187 Deuteronomy20:17 On the law about destroying the seven Canaanite nations
• P188 Deuteronomy25:19 On the extinction of the seed of Amalek
• P189 Deuteronomy25:17 On remembering the nefarious deeds of Amalek to Israel

WAR

• P190 Deuteronomy20:11 Regulations for wars other than ones commanded in Torah
• P191 Deuteronomy20:2 Cohen for special duties in war; also men unfit return
• P192 Deuteronomy23:14 Prepare place beyond the camp, so to keep sanitary &...
• P193 Deuteronomy23:15 ...so include a digging tool among war implements

SOCIAL

• P194 Leviticus5:23 On a robber to restore the stolen article to its owner
• P195 Deuteronomy15:8; On to give charity to the poor (Leviticus25:35-36)
• P196 Deuteronomy15:14 On giving gifts to a Hebrew bondman upon his freedom
• P197 Exodus22:24 On lending money to the poor without interest
• P198 Deuteronomy23:21 On lending money to the foreigner with interest
• P199 Deuteronomy24:13; Exodus22:25 On restoring a pledge to its owner if he needs it
• P200 Deuteronomy24:15 On paying the worker his wages on time
• P201 Deuteronomy23:25 Employee is allowed to eat the produce he's working in
• P202 Exodus23:5 On helping unload when necessary a tired animal
• P203 Deuteronomy22:4 On assisting a man loading his beast with its burden
• P204 Deuteronomy22:1, Exodus23:4; On that lost property must be returned to its owner
• P205 Leviticus19:17 On being required to reprove the sinner
• P206 Leviticus19:18 On love your neighbor as yourself
• P207 Deuteronomy10:19 On being commanded to love the convert/proselyte
• P208 Leviticus19:36 On the law of accurate weights and measures

FAMILY

• P209 Leviticus 19:32 On honoring the old (and wise)
• P210 Exodus 20:12 On honoring parents
• P211 Leviticus19:3 On fearing parents
• P212 Ge.1:28 On to be fruitful and multiply
• P213 Deuteronomy 24:1 On the law of marriage
• P214 Deuteronomy 24:5 On bridegroom devotes himself to his wife for one year
• P215 Ge.17:10; Leviticus12:3 On circumcising one's son
• P216 Deuteronomy 25:5 If a man dies childless his brother marry widow, or...
• P217 Deuteronomy 25:9 ...release her/the-widow (Chalitzah)
• P218 Deuteronomy 22:29 A violator must marry the virgin/maiden he has violated
• P219 Deuteronomy 22:18 The defamer of his bride is flogged & may never divorce
• P220 Exodus 22:15 On the seducer must be punished according to the law
• P221 Deuteronomy 21:11 Captive women treated according to special regulations
• P222 Deuteronomy 24:1 The law of divorce, only be means of written document
• P223 Numbers 5:15 Suspected adulteress has to submit to the required test

JUDICIAL

• P224 Deuteronomy 25:2 On whipping transgressors of certain commandments
• P225 Numbers 35:25 On exile to city of refuge for unintentional homicide
• P226 Exodus 21:20 On beheading transgressors of certain commandments
• P227 Exodus 21:16 On strangling transgressors of certain commandments
• P228 Leviticus 20:14 On burning transgressors of certain commandments
• P229 Deuteronomy 22:24 On stoning transgressors of certain commandments
• P230 Deuteronomy 21:22 Hang after execution, violators of certain commandments
• P231 Deuteronomy 21:23 On burial on the same day of execution

SLAVES

• P232 Exodus21:2 On the special laws for treating the Hebrew bondman
• P233 Exodus21:8 Hebrew bondmaid married to her master or his son, or...
• P234 Exodus21:8 ...allow the redemption to the Hebrew bondmaid
• P235 Leviticus25:46 On the laws for treating an alien bondman

TORTS

• P236 Exodus21:18 On the penalty for a person inflicting injury
• P237 Exodus21:28 On the law of injuries caused by an animal
• P238 Exodus21:33 On the law of injuries caused by an pit
• P239 Exodus21:37 On the law of punishment of thieves
• P240 Exodus22:4 On the law of a judgement for damage caused by a beast
• P241 Exodus22:5 On the law of a judgement for damage caused by a fire
• P242 Exodus22:6 On the law of an unpaid guardian
• P243 Exodus22:9 On the law of a paid guardian
• P244 Exodus22:13 On the law of a borrower
• P245 Leviticus25:14 On the law of buying and selling
• P246 Exodus22:8 On the law of litigants
• P247 Deuteronomy25:12 Save life of one pursued, even if need - kill oppressor
• P248 Numbers27:8 On the law of inheritance