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)

RN33 Not practicing the art of the soothsayer
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
I2
  • Scripture used by HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 8:10
  • Scripture used by Maimonides
    Deuteronomy 18:10
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 19:26
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RN192 Not to eat orlah (fruit of trees less than three years old)
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 19:23
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RN195 No eating or drinking to excess
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
K4
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 19:26
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RN215 Not to sow kilayim (diverse kinds of seed in one field)
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
C245, C2
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
A1, H2
  • Scripture used by Meir
    Leviticus 12:3
  • Scripture used by Meir
    Genesis 17:12
  • Scripture used by Meir
    Genesis 17:14
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 19:19

RN217 Not to mate animals of different species
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
A1, H2, M6
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 19:19
  • Scripture used by Meir
    Deuteronomy 25:7
  • Scripture used by Meir
    Deuteronomy 25:9
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RN303 Not to put another to shame
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
N2
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 19:17
Related Law of Messiah commandments:

RN304 Not to take vengeance on another
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
N1, N3
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 19:18
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RN305 Not to bear a grudge
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
N1, N3
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 19:18
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RN321 Not to go beyond city limits on Shabbat
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
MN7
Sefer HaChinuch
C24
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
D2
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Exodus 16:29
Related Law of Messiah commandments:

RP119 The fruits of the fourth-year planting
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Numbers 5:10
  • Scripture used by HaChinuch
    Leviticus 19:23-24
  • Scripture used by Meir
    Leviticus 19:24
  • Scripture used by Maimonides
    Leviticus 19:25
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RP206 Loving our Fellow Jew
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
A4, G13, N1, N16, N3
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 19:18