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)

RN17 Not to love someone who seeks to mislead you to idols
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
I5
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 13:9
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RN18 Not to relax one's aversion to the misleader
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
I5
  • Scripture used by Meir and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 13:9
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Exodus 23:5
  • Scripture used by Maimonides
    Deuteronomy 31:9
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RN19 Not to save the life of a misleader
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
I5
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 13:9
  • Scripture used by Maimonides
    Leviticus 19:16
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RN28 Not to listen to the prophesy made in the name of an idol
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
A6, I7, W4
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 13:4

RN182 Not to eat a limb of a living animal
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
K6
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Genesis 9:4
  • Scripture used by Meir and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 12:23
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Exodus 22:30
Related Law of Messiah commandments:

RN229 Not to forsake the Levites
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 12:19
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RN261 Not selling a Hebrew bondmaid
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
C45
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Exodus 21:8
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RN313 Not to add to the Written or Oral Law
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
J2, W6
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 13:1
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RN314 Not to detract from the Written or Oral Law
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
J2, W6
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 13:1
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RP85 Bring all offerings due from outside Eretz Yisrael to Sanctuary
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 12:26
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RP146 Slaughtering animals before eating them
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
K6
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 12:21
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