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)

RN100 Not to offer on Altar the "hire of a harlot" or "price of a dog"
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
S6
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 23:19
Related Law of Messiah commandments:

RN155 Not to delay payment of vows
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
A4
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 23:22
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RN236 Not borrowing at interest
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
B1
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 19:14
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 23:20

RN267 A hired laborer not eating growing crops
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
B3
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 23:26
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RN268 A hired laborer not putting of the harvest in his own vessel
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
B3
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 23:25
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RN355 Not having relations with a woman without marriage
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
S4, S6
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 19:29
  • Scripture used by Maimonides
    Exodus 22:15-16
  • Scripture used by Maimonides
    Exodus 22:28-29
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 23:18

RP94 All oral submissions to be fulfilled
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
A4, M2
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 23:24
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Numbers 30:3

RP198 Lending money to the heathen with interest
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
B1, C4
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 23:21

RP201 An employee is allowed to eat the produce he's working in
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
B3
  • Scripture used by HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 23:25
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and Meir
    Deuteronomy 23:25-26

RP222 The law of divorce
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
F3
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 24:1
Related Law of Messiah commandments:

RP242 The law of an unpaid bailee
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
C57
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
J3
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Exodus 22:6
Related Law of Messiah commandments: