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)

RN121 Not to break any bones of Passover offering
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
C16
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Exodus 12:46
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RN129 Tameh (unclean) person may not eat hallowed food
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 12:4
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RN176 Not to eat anything which swarms on the earth
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
K1
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 11:41

RN177 Not to eat any creeping thing that breeds in decayed matter
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
K1
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 11:44

RN178 Not to eat living creatures that breed in seeds or fruit
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
K1
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 11:42

RN179 Not to eat any swarming thing
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
K1
  • Scripture used by Maimonides
    Leviticus 11:41
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 11:43

RP76 Offering of a woman after childbirth
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 12:6
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RP96 Defilement through carcasses of animals
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
A10
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 11:8
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 11:24
  • Scripture used by HaChinuch
    Leviticus 11:39

RP98 Defilement of food and drink
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
A10
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 11:34
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RP100 Tumah (ritual impurity) of a woman after childbirth
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
A10
  • Scripture used by HaChinuch
    Leviticus 12:2
  • Scripture used by Maimonides
    Leviticus 12:2-5
  • Scripture used by HaChinuch
    Leviticus 12:5

RP101 Tumah (ritual impurity) of a leper
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
A10
  • Scripture used by Maimonides
    Leviticus 13:1-59
  • Scripture used by HaChinuch
    Leviticus 13:2