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)

RN68 Kohein Gadol may not enter Sanctuary at any but prescribed times
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
P4
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 16:2

RN90 Not to slaughter holy offerings outside the Sanctuary Court
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
H5
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 12:13-14
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 17:3-4

RN351 A man may not lie carnally with his father
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
S1
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 18:7
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 18:22
Related Law of Messiah commandments:

RN353 Not to be intimate with a kinswoman
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
S2
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 18:3
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 18:6
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 18:19
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 18:27
Related Law of Messiah commandments:

RP49 The Service of Yom Kippur
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
D13, D4
  • Scripture used by Maimonides
    Leviticus 16:1-34
  • Scripture used by HaChinuch
    Leviticus 16:3
  • Scripture used by HaChinuch
    Leviticus 16:11

RP75 Offering brought by a zavah (woman with a discharge)
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by Maimonides
    Leviticus 15:3
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 15:28-29
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RP79 Sanctifying the First-born
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
C18
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
E3
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Exodus 13:2
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 14:23
Related Law of Messiah commandments:

RP99 Tumah (ritual impurity) of a menstruant
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
A10
  • Scripture used by HaChinuch
    Leviticus 15:19
  • Scripture used by Maimonides
    Leviticus 15:19-24

RP105 Tumah (ritual impurity) of semen
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
A10
  • Scripture used by HaChinuch
    Leviticus 15:16
  • Scripture used by Maimonides
    Leviticus 15:16-18

RP106 Tumah (ritual impurity) of a zavah (woman with a discharge)
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
A10
  • Scripture used by HaChinuch
    Leviticus 15:25
  • Scripture used by Maimonides
    Leviticus 15:25-30

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
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