Classical Commandments

Maimonides' 613 Commandments

Maimonides (Rambam) compiled 613 commandments drawn from the Torah, traditionally categorized as 248 positive ("do") and 365 negative ("do not") commandments. Browse each commandment below, compare it with Meir of Rothenburg, Sefer HaChinuch, and Law of Messiah links, and retrieve the relevant Bible passages only when you need them.

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Showing 11 commandment(s)

RP14 To make Tzitzis
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
E6, G2, W2
  • Scripture used by HaChinuch
    Numbers 5:38
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and Meir
    Numbers 15:38-39

RP140 Counting the years till the Jubilee year
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
D19, G12
  • Scripture used by Maimonides
    Exodus 13:12
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 25:8
  • Scripture used by Maimonides
    Exodus 34:19

RP141 Canceling monetary claims in the Sabbatical year
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
C3, D18, G12
  • Scripture used by Meir
    Deuteronomy 15:2
  • Scripture used by Maimonides
    Deuteronomy 15:2-3
  • Scripture used by HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 15:3

RP142 Exacting debts from idolaters
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
B1, C3, C4, D18, G12
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 15:3

RP143 The Kohein 's due in the slaughter of every clean animal
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 18:3
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RP144 The first of the fleece to be given to the Kohein
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 18:4
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RP145 Devoted thing to God and the Kohein
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by Maimonides
    Leviticus 27:21
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 27:28
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RP146 Slaughtering animals before eating them
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
K6
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 12:21
Related Law of Messiah commandments:

RP147 Covering the blood of slain birds and animals
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
K6
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 17:13
Related Law of Messiah commandments:

RP148 Releasing the mother before taking the nest
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
M8
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 22:7

RP149 Searching for the prescribed signs in cattle and animals
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
K1
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 11:2-3