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)

RN47 Not to follow one's heart or eyes
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
W7
  • Scripture used by HaChinuch
    Numbers 5:39
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and Meir
    Numbers 15:39

RN72 Levites and Kohanim not perform each other's allotted services
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Numbers 4:19
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Numbers 18:3
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RN119 Not allow meat of Passover Sheini (second day) offering to remain till morning
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Numbers 9:12
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RN122 Not to break any bones of Passover Sheini (second day) offering
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Numbers 9:12
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RN265 Not planning to acquire someone else's property
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
C38
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
M9
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 7:25
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Exodus 20:14

RP14 To make Tzitzis
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
E6, G2, W2
  • Scripture used by HaChinuch
    Numbers 5:38
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and Meir
    Numbers 15:38-39

RP22 Guarding the Mikdash (sanctuary)
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by HaChinuch
    Numbers 8:2
  • Scripture used by HaChinuch
    Numbers 8:4
  • Scripture used by Maimonides
    Numbers 18:2
  • Scripture used by Maimonides
    Numbers 18:4
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RP57 Slaughtering the Passover Sheini (second day) Offering
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Numbers 9:11
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RP58 Eating the Passover Sheini (second day) Offering
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Numbers 9:11
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RP59 Blowing the trumpets in the Sanctuary
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
D12
  • Scripture used by HaChinuch
    Numbers 10:9
  • Scripture used by Maimonides
    Numbers 10:9-10

RP133 To set aside the Challah for the Kohein
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Numbers 15:20
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.