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)

RN16 Not to try to persuade an Israelite to worship idols
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
I4
  • Scripture used by Meir
    Deuteronomy 13:7
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 13:10
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 13:12
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RN20 Not to plead for the misleader
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
I5
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 13:9
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RN21 Not to oppress evidence unfavorable to the misleader
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
I5
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 13:9
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RN23 Not rebuilding an apostate city
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
I5
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 13:17
Related Law of Messiah commandments:

RN24 Not deriving benefit from property of an apostate city
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
I3
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 13:18
Related Law of Messiah commandments:

RN45 Not making cuttings in our flesh
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
H2, I9
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 14:1
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 19:28

RN140 Not to eat the invalidated consecrated offerings
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 14:3
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RN171 Not to tear out hair for the dead
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
H2
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 14:1
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 21:5

RN262 Not to afflict one's wife or espoused Hebrew bondmaid by diminishing food, raiment or conjugal rights
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
C46
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
E8, F4
  • Scripture used by HaChinuch
    Exodus 21:9
  • Scripture used by Maimonides
    Exodus 21:9-10
  • Scripture used by Meir
    Exodus 21:10

RP179 Inquiring into the testimony of witnesses
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
J2
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 13:15
Related Law of Messiah commandments:

RP186 The law of the apostate city
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
I6
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 13:17
Related Law of Messiah commandments: