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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Meir of Rothenburg and Sefer HaChinuch list medieval Jewish numbering systems that overlap with the same Torah commandment.

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Showing 11 commandment(s)

RN141 Not to eat unredeemed 2nd tithe of corn outside Yerushalayim
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 12:17
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RN142 Not consuming unredeemed 2nd tithe of wine outside Yerushalayim
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 12:17
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RN143 Not consuming unredeemed 2nd tithe of oil outside Yerushalayim
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 12:17
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 14:23
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RN144 Not eating an unblemished firstling outside Yerushalayim
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 12:17
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RN145 Not eat sin-offering and guilt-offering outside Sanctuary court
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 12:17
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RN146 Not to eat the meat of a burnt offering
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 12:17
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RN147 Not eat lesser holy offerings before blood dashed on Altar
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 12:17
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RN148 A zar (person not descended from Aaron) not to eat the most holy offerings
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 12:17
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RP84 All offerings to be brought to the Sanctuary
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 12:13-14
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RP86 Redeeming blemished offerings
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 12:15
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RP234 Redemption of a Hebrew bondmaid
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
C44
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Exodus 21:8
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.