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| | Mitzvah - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Mitzvah (Hebrew: מצווה, "commandment"; plural, mitzvot; from צוה, tzavah, "command") is a word used in Judaism to refer to (a) the commandments, of which there are believed to be 613, given in the Torah (the first five books of the Hebrew Bible) or (b) any Jewish law at all. | | | Consequently, while Judaism regards the violation of the mitzvot to be a sin, Jewish ideas concerning sin differ from those of other religions. | | | According to the teachings of Judaism, all moral laws are, or are derived from, divine commandments. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitzvot
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| | The 613 Mitzvot |
| | What follows is a complete list of the 613 mitzvot (commandments) as they are laid down in the bible - they are presented here primarily for scholarly interest, as only orthodox Jews today attempt to follow the complete list. | | | Observant reform and conservative Jews follow the more "universal" mitzvot, but practice their faith based on a modern framework and interpretation of these commandments, rather than the specifics of the biblical text. | | | 6:13) (according to the Talmud, the word "serve" in these verses refers to prayer) (CCA7). |
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http://www.templesanjose.org/JudaismInfo/Torah/613mitzvot.htm
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| | Mitzvot: Jewish Law - ReligionFacts |
| | The number 613 was first given in the third century AD by Rabbi Simlai, who divided the 613 mitzvot into 248 positive commandments (what to do) and 365 negative commandments (what not to do). | | | Mitzvot, on the other hand, are expressions or interpretations of the will of God. | | | The mitzvot are inextricably linked to the concept of the Jews as God's chosen people. |
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http://www.religionfacts.com/judaism/practices/mitzvot.htm
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| | 613 Mitzvot |
| | Notice he says that His mitzvot (commandments) are burdensome. | | | For loving Elohim means obeying his mitzvot (commandments). | | | First, we see that Yochanan says that loving Elohim means to obey His commands (mitzvot). |
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http://www.frontiernet.net/~toddlerville/613mitzvot/P10.htm
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| | Aish.com |
| | All the 613 mitzvot are in fact expressions of faith in God (see Maharsha to Makkos 23b). | | | But when the Jewish people observe mitzvot perfunctorily, without the intention to live a complete Torah life, then the need for the land is negated, and its physical destruction follows. | | | Failure to see the mitzvot as an expression of the totality of God's will, and not as just disjointed commands, leads to the distortion of mitzvot themselves. |
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http://www.aish.com/Avantgo/articles/torahportion/outlooksandinsights/Torah_as_the_Totality_of_Gods_Will.asp
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| | Barmitzvahs.org - Halakhah: Jewish Law |
| | At the heart of halakhah is the unchangeable 613 mitzvot that G-d gave to the Jewish people in the Torah (the first five books of the Bible). | | | For example, the second, extra day of holidays was originally instituted as a gezeirah, so that people outside of Israel, not certain of the day of a holiday, would not accidentally violate the holiday's mitzvot. | | | The modern scholar Rabbi Israel Meir of Radin, commonly known as the Chafetz Chayim, has identified 77 positive mitzvot and 194 negative mitzvot which can be observed outside of Israel today. |
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http://www.barmitzvahs.org/judaism/halakhah.php
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| | Celebrating the Jewish holidays, which in themselves are highly acclaimed mitzvot, entice the soul to travel in harmony with the seasons of the year. | | | Mitzvot like observing Shabbat taught primarily the “setting apart” of holy time from secular time. | | | Much to the dismay of those who consider themselves god-fearing, mitzvot address the soul, not the intellect. |
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http://www.jewishealing.com/spiritualside.html
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| | Ohr Somayach :: Shavuot :: Taryag |
| | The tradition of taryag mitzvot was developed by Rabbi Simlai of the Talmud, reasoning as follows: Scripture tells us that Moses commanded the Torah (Pentateuch) to the Children of Israel. | | | Rabbi Shabtai considered a daily review of all the mitzvot as the ideal fulfillment of the prophetic command: "This book of the Torah shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall study therein day and night." He submitted his weekly plan only as a concession to those who couldn't keep the daily pace. | | | But on one thing there was consensus: the usefulness of the listing of the mitzvot as a medium for gaining a perspective of all the divine commandments included in the Torah's message to Jewry. |
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http://www.ohr.org.il/judaism/articles/taryag.htm
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| | For the 613 mitzvot (plural of mitzvah) there is generally a verse given from the Torah as its source. | | | So the answer to your question is, the 613 mitzvot are claimed (by the Rabbinic tradition) to be derived from the Bible. | | | However if you look up these sources, most of them do not at all say what they are claimed to say. |
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http://www.newdaynews.com/openhouse/index.cgi/noframes/read/1255
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| | mitzvot were given to be fulfilled as part of a totality. | | | mitzvot were primarily commanded to those living in the land of Israel. | | | mitzvot so that they will not be new to us when we return to the land of Israel. |
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http://www.mesora.org/RabbiFox/Shelach64.htm
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| | The First Creation Chabad.org > Parsha > Bereishit |
| | In this way, the 613 mitzvot of the Torah transform the physical world into what the Midrash calls "a dwelling for G-d" -- an abode which houses and serves the divine truth. | | | Torah means "law" and "instruction"; the function of the Torah is to instruct us on the laws of life, which it does via the 613 mitzvot (divine commandments) it addresses to the people of Israel. | | | As stated in the first chapter of Genesis (verses 5 and 14) and other places, the cycles and divisions by which we measure and categorize time -- the year, week, day, etc. -- are not artificial impositions, but were woven into the very fabric of time by its Creator. |
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http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=2857
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| | National Jewish Outreach Program |
| | At that point, retracing their steps, they returned to Israel, and declared forcefully that living in Israel is equal to all the other mitzvot in the Torah. | | | That is why, according to Nachmanides, the Jews are specifically commanded to take possession of the land of Israel and to live there in order to fulfill this religious mission. | | | Hence it is known as the "Fourth Mitzvah." This mitzvah incorporates the command to accept G-d's offer of the land and to live in it. |
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http://www.njop.org/html/MATOT-MASEI5764-2004.html
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| | Mankind was commanded to keep six Mitzvot (laws) from the time of Adam and seven from the time of Noah, before Abraham and the Jewish nation were born. | | | In the Talmud Non-Jews are referred to as Benei Noach (since all mankind are descended from the Biblical Patriarch Noah). | | | Therefore on Judgment Day, G-d will judge all gentiles according to these 7 laws, and not the 10 commandments (which were commanded to the House of Israel only), to see whether they merit a place in the world to come. |
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http://www.noachide.co.uk/sheva_mitzvot.htm
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| | Long Life |
| | The Torah says that by properly performing these mitzvot, we will be blessed with much good and long years (Exodus 20:12, Deuteronomy 22:7). | | | The Talmud points out the oddity that the son, who was simultaneously fulfilling both the mitzvah of honoring one's father and sending away the mother bird, received neither goodness nor long life, the specified reward for both of these mitzvot. | | | Therefore, the sages explain that the blessings of long life and goodness mainly refer to what one earns for the World to Come. |
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http://www.tfdixie.com/parshat/kiteitzei/010.htm
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| | 613 Mitzvot |
| | There are those who in ignorance teach things that are idolatrous and contrary to the Torah. | | | On the other hand, if they have heard the truth and adamantly reject and refuse to repent, we are to apply this mitzvah. | | | Judaism regards them as ultimately destined to embrace fully the 'Yoke of the Kingdom of Heaven and of the Mitzvot" (Responsa of Maimonides, Peor ha-Dor, No. 50; Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim, 156:1; Chosen Mishpat, 266:1, Be'er ha-Golah; ibid. |
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http://www.frontiernet.net/~toddlerville/613mitzvot/N50.htm
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| | Between The Fish & The Soup |
| | A well-known reason refers to the principle expounded by Saadia Gaon: each one of the 613 Mitzvot belongs to one of the Ten Commandments. | | | Another individual observes the laws of Shabbat, Kashrut, and sexual modesty to the last detail in the Shulchan Aruch, but he shuns and shows open contempt for those who are not in his specific religious or political circle - violating the mitzvah of loving one's neighbor as oneself (Lev. | | | The Ramban explains that even where they do not understand, they will still ask, and want to know more. |
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http://www.shemayisrael.co.il/parsha/solomon/archives/yisro64.htm
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| | A.R.E. Publishing, Inc. - Teaching Mitzvot |
| | From Tzedakah to Kashrut to Talmud Torah, there are 613 mitzvot that form the foundation of Jewish life and practice. | | | These commandments &; in essence, guidelines for living a healthy, spiritual life — can be complex and overwhelming for both students and teachers. | | | Veteran educators and novice teachers alike will find Teaching Mitzvot to be an indispensable resource for teaching about the core values of Judaism. |
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http://www.arepublish.com/BTM.html
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| | L'Chaim: 613: Shmini |
| | Even when we cannot actually observe certain mitzvot, such as mitzvot that are performed only when the Holy Temple is standing, we can access the connection they produce by reading aloud and studying Torah about them. | | | It was very important for me when I learned Rabbi Yochanan's words to his students when they asked him to bless them before he died. | | | Still others can only be performed in specified places or at certain times. |
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http://www.lchaimweekly.org/lchaim/5760/613.htm
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| | Parshat Matot-Masei 5763 - Feature Tidbit - OU.ORG |
| | In addition to the mitzva to live in Israel, there is also the fact that many mitzvot apply only in Israel. | | | What has become known as “The fourth mitzva”, because of its position on the Ramban’s list, is Mitzvat Yishuv Eretz Yisrael, the command to accept G-d’s offer of the Land and to live in it (having done what it takes to accomplish that goal). | | | It is not sufficient for Ramban to claim that a particular mitzva on Rambam’s list should not be counted, separately or at all. |
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http://www.ou.org/TORAH/tt/5763/matmas63/featuretidbit.htm
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| | Mail-Jewish Volume 24 Number 27 |
| | It seems clear to me that 613 mitzvot in the Torah is an oral tradition, and is derived only homiletically, not literally, from the Biblical verse. | | | This is derived from the verse "Torah tziva lanu Moshe"; the numerical value of Torah is 611, and the verse is taken to mean that 611 mitzvot were told to us by Moshe, and 2 (the first 2 commandments) were received directly from the Almighty. | | | Different rabbis have * come up with their own lists of the mitzvot in the Torah. |
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http://www.ottmall.com/mj_ht_arch/v24/mj_v24i27.html
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| | KBY.org: Torat Yavneh |
| | Based on this we can understand why G-d's command about the 613 mitzvot is prefaced with the phrase, "and now, if you hearken well to me." Here, a prior commitment was demanded of Israel to observe the mitzvot in their entirety. | | | Thus, the question can be asked, what is the meaning of the introduction, "if you hearken well to Me?" Why is there a need for a prior commitment to accept all of the Torah, if anyway this is followed by a command to observe the 613 mitzvot? | | | Through this, Israel merited absolute submission, which enabled them to receive the Torah in a complete manner! |
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http://www.kby.org/torah/article.cfm?articleID=2179
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| | MessianicDirectory.com 613 Mitzvot |
| | M, 613, Congregations, Messianic Version Bibles, Teaching, Torah, Youth - We are a small homegroup (there isn't an assembly close to us - in | | | Nazarene Yisraelite Congregations and claim Rabbi Nydle as our Rabbi. | | | Yisraelite teaching and praise n worship website that seeks to unify the |
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http://www.messianicdirectory.com/613/613.html
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| | 613 MITZVOT OF THE TORAH |
| | We can see that Messiah Yeshua is all in all the Great High Priest (order of Malkitzedek), the Prophet and the King all these you can read in the book of Hebrews of the Apostolic writings. | | | In this website I have cross reference with the Brit Hadashah, attached with some keynotes and link scripture references. | | | Our Master gives us His Ruach HaKodesh ability to fulfill the Ten Mitzvot agreements. |
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http://www.messianic-torat-chayim-sg.org/Torah/613-Mitzvot-idx.html
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| | MyJewishLearning.com - Daily Life: Mitzvot (Commandments) |
| | And some thinkers even reject the importance of asking this question entirely, arguing that the only legitimate reason for the performance of mitzvot is in order to obey God’s commandments and fulfill our part in the covenant between God and the Jewish people. | | | Still others claim that the commandments actually improve us as human beings, refining us as upright and just people, or that doing God’s commandments actually has a cosmic effect upon the spiritual fabric of all creation. | | | Some people observe the mitzvot because it helps them to identify and feel a part of the larger Jewish community, others because they believe themselves to be commanded to do so, and still others simply because it is pleasurable, a joy, to celebrate the Jewish holidays and home rituals. |
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http://www.myjewishlearning.com/daily_life/About_Jewish_Daily_Life/Mitzvot.htm
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| | A: No. Those of us who live outside the land of Israel are exempt from the tithing obligatons; without the Temple in Jerusalem, we are exempt from all the sacrificial laws -- our reading of the verses pertaining to them in the traditional Siddur allows us to "fulfill" them. | | | Q: Are all 613 mitzvot possible to follow? | | | We try to do as many as we can as we gradually work to perfect ourselves. |
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http://www.jewish.com/askarabbi/askarabbi/askr4748.htm
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| | 613 Mitzvot |
| | According to my new book on the mitzvotim (which is enormously helpful in these circumstances where there are mitzvot that have the same source in the Torah), there were two general types of "devoted things." "One was designated for the Temple treasury, to be used exclusively for maintenance and other Temple needs. | | | He went back and reviewed his notes and couldn't find the missing ones and so he said, I know, let's split Deuteronomy 15.19, into two: one for the ox and one for the sheep? | | | I found a book on the 613 Mitzvot, titled, The 613 Mitzvot. |
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| | Ancient Paths - Articles - The Bible Code |
| | Rabbi Weissmandle discovered that if you began with the letter M (Mem), of this acrostic, the words Mishnah and Torah were spelled out at a 50 letter sequence—but with the two words separated by 613 letters. | | | I first heard of the Torah Bible Code on various visits to the Jewish Quarter of the Old City in the early 1990s. | | | Those familiar with Jewish tradition will recall that Maimonides&; greatest work was titledMishnah Torah and it is the most authoritative commentary on the 613 Mitzvot (Commandments) in Judaism. |
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http://www.ancientpaths.org/APJTbiblecode.html
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| | Akhlah: 613 Mitzvot (Commandments) in the Torah |
| | There are 248 Positive Mitzvot (Mitzvot Aseh) or things that you should do. | | | These are called Taryag Mitzvot because the Hebrew letters that stand for the number spell out the word. | | | It is interesting that the "10 commandments" are just a small part of the Mitzvot that G-d commanded us to follow. |
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http://www.akhlah.com/history_tradition/613/613.php
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| | The nation of Israel, on the other hand, has 613 mitzvot to fulfill, including some which have no apparent logical explanation, the classic example of which is the red heifer. | | | The mitzvot which characterize the nation of Israel, on the other hand, and those in which they excel, come from their innermost nature - whether they have an explanation or not, and under any conditions. | | | For this reason, Esav changes his clothes - since clothes are man's outermost manifestation. |
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http://www.vbm-torah.org/archive/sichot/bereishit/06-60toldot.htm
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| | Judaism 101 - Rabbi Elazar Azikri - A Glossary of Basic Jewish Terms and Concepts - OU.ORG |
| | The Chareidim is organized around the 613 mitzvot which he divides according to the limbs of the body based on the verse “all my limbs proclaim ‘G-d- who is compared to Thee’”. | | | He answers that all Israel is one soul and those who encourage those upon whom it is incumbent to perform certain mitzvot are themselves credited with the mitzvot. | | | Rabbi Elazar states that a person is complete when he performs all 613 mitzvot. |
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http://www.ou.org/about/judaism/rabbis/azikri.htm
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| | Medieval Sourcebook: Maimonides: The 613 Mitzvot |
| | 613 Mitzvos according to Sefer Hamitzvos of Rambam | | | This text is part of the Internet Medieval Source Book. | | | If you do reduplicate the document, indicate the source. |
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http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/rambam613.html
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| | Parashat Vayishlach - 5761 - OU Torah Insights Project |
| | This, says the Ramban, is the message implicit in his wrestling with the angel, the SARO SHEL ESAV, which will leave him limping: he will survive the clash of ideologies, but it will bring him to the brink of destruction. | | | Mitzvot I observed, and I did not learn from his wicked ways.” | | | This means, “IM LAVAN GARTI, V’TARYAG MITZVOT SHAMARTI – With Lavan have I lived, and 613 |
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http://www.ou.org/torah/ti/5761/vayishlach61.htm
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| | Las 613 Mitzvot |
| | Las mitzvot comprenden también cuatro categorías distintas según la terminología bíblica que son torot instrucciones, jukim reglamentos, mishpatim juicios, edot testimonios. | | | Las mitzvot son preceptos o mandamientos que el judío está obligado a cumplir. | | | De esta manera la Torá quiso hacer participe a cada miembro de nuestro cuerpo con una acción ordenada por D-s y cada día del año debemos guardarnos de transgredir lo que D-s nos prohibió. |
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http://www.sefarad.as/mitzvot/mitzvot.htm
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| | The 613th commandment is that every person write a Torah scroll for himself, and many commentators are at a loss to explain why the fulfillment of this Mitzvah has fallen into disregard. | | | Rambam begins his Sefer HaMitzvot with an exposition of 14 "Shorashim" (roots) which served him in searching for the 613 commandments among all of the laws of the Torah. | | | Both of these scholars lived in 13th century France, and were among the "Ba'alei Tosfot." A popular work of unknown authorship is the Sefer HaChinuch, a Parasha-by-Parasha list of Mitzvot. |
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http://www.acoast.com/pub/sehc/hamaayan/9293/nitzvay.923
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| | Hanefesh: The 613 Mitzvot - Jewish Good-deeds |
| | Maimonides indicates that the reason why God gave the Jewish people the 613 mitzvots is that it gives them better odds over the course of a lifetime to at least perform one mitzvot to perfection! | | | Every mitzvot is an individual path to connect oneself closer to God. | | | 613 Not to retain her for servitude after having relations with her Deut. |
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| | Minimal Observance Of The Commandments - Hashkafah.com |
| | But the convenient thing for you is that only 3 are in the entire Book of Genesis which we will finish shortly. | | | If you're going to go through all 613 mitzvot (as opposed to just the ones that are applicable today like saying Shema and being nice to people), then what a lot of people do is study the mitzvot each week that are derived from each of the 54 weekly parshas. | | | So it's very easy to catch up now and read the first three mitzvot from Genesis this coming week and then you're up to speed and just have to do each weekly portion in order once they start Exodus. |
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http://www.hashkafah.com/index.php?showtopic=6454
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| | Mail-Jewish Volume 24 Number 39 |
| | This is true if we do not count the last two words (asher l'reehcha); various explanations have been offered for the 'discepancy' (the seven letters in these words may correspond to the seven Noachide commandments). | | | Simlai does not cite any source for his statement that there are 613 mitzvot, and the "derivation" is attributed to R. Hamnuna, is correct. | | | 3) An interesting (and fanciful) source of the number 613 appears in Bamidbar Rabba chapter 18, where it is pointed out that there are 613 letters in the Ten Commandments. |
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| | What are the 613 Mitzvot? |
| | thank you for the 613 commandments- i had yet 2 c them all on one page in one language (you may say i visit the wrong bookshops but oxford is no jewish hotspot!!) Hazak ou baruch to you for typing them up - surely that shld b added as mitzvah 614??? | | | Torah is G—d’s teaching to man. In general terms, we refer to the Five Books of Moses as “The Torah.” But in truth, all Jewish beliefs and laws are part of the Torah. | | | This book deals with the service (of the Levite Tribe) in the Tabernacle, and contains many of the 613 commandments. |
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| | Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies - SIJS |
| | According to one source, if the prospective convert rejects even one rabbinic rule, he/she is not accepted. | | | I've been studying Judaism for four years now, and if I were to convert, there is no way I would be able to say "'yes, from this day forward I will follow all 613 mitzvot." In all honesty, I could commit to telling the rabbi I would try, but more than that would be impossible. | | | I read in this website's "Ask the Rabbi" column that in order to convert to Judaism, a convert must agree to adhere to all 613 mitzvot at the time of his conversion. |
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| | Ohr Somayach - Ask The Rabbi / The Ninth Night of Chanukah |
| | On the other hand, the blessing we say when we light the Chanukah candles - V'tzivanu L'hadlik Ner Shel Chanukah - means that Hashem commanded us to light them! | | | The answer is this: Since one of the 613 mitzvot is the commandment to obey the Sanhedrin (Deuteronomy 17:11), and since the Sanhedrin enacted the lighting of Chanukah candles, therefore lighting the candles is indeed like a commandment from Hashem. | | | Rather, it is a Rabbinic mitzvah that was enacted by the Sanhedrin (Supreme Torah Court) during the Second Temple period. |
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