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)

RN73 Not to be intoxicated when entering Sanctuary; and not to be intoxicated when giving a decision on Torah law
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
A11
  • Scripture used by Maimonides
    Leviticus 10:8-11
  • Scripture used by HaChinuch
    Leviticus 10:9
Related Law of Messiah commandments:

RN123 Not to remove Passover offering from where it is eaten
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
C15
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
D4
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Exodus 12:46
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RN164 Kohein wearing rent garments may not enter Sanctuary
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
H2, G12
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 10:6
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RN165 Ministering Kohanim may not leave the Sanctuary
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by Maimonides
    Leviticus 10:6-7
  • Scripture used by HaChinuch
    Leviticus 10:7
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 21:12
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RN172 Not to eat any unclean animal
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
K1
  • Scripture used by Meir
    Leviticus 11:4
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 11:4-7
  • Scripture used by Maimonides
    Deuteronomy 14:7-8

RN173 Not to eat any unclean fish
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
K1
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 11:11
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RN174 Not to eat any unclean fowl
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
K1
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 11:13

RP97 Defilement through carcasses of eight creeping creatures
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
A10
  • Scripture used by HaChinuch
    Leviticus 11:29
  • Scripture used by Maimonides
    Leviticus 11:29-30

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

RP151 Searching for the prescribed signs in grasshoppers
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
K1
  • Scripture used by HaChinuch
    Leviticus 11:21
  • Scripture used by Maimonides
    Leviticus 11:21-22

RP152 Searching for the prescribed signs in fishes
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
K1
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 11:9
  • Scripture used by Maimonides
    Leviticus 20:25