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)

RN60 Not blaspheming the Great Name
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
G15, G7
  • Scripture used by Maimonides
    Exodus 22:27
  • Scripture used by HaChinuch
    Leviticus 22:27
  • Scripture used by HaChinuch
    Exodus 24:14
  • Scripture used by Maimonides
    Leviticus 24:16

RN125 Not to eat the Passover offering boiled or raw
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
C7
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Exodus 12:9
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RN154 Not altering the prescribed order of harvest tithing
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
C72
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Exodus 22:28
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RN181 Not to eat an animal which is a treifah (animal torn by wild beast)
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
C73
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
K6
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Exodus 22:30
Related Law of Messiah commandments:

RN277 A Judge not to decide in favor of poor man, out of pity
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
C79
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
J2
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 19:15
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Exodus 23:3
Related Law of Messiah commandments:

RN281 A Judge not to listen to one litigant in absence of the other
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
C74
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
J2
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Exodus 23:1
Related Law of Messiah commandments:

RN282 A court may not convict by a majority of one in a capital case
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
C76
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
J2
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Exodus 23:2
Related Law of Messiah commandments:

RN283 A judge may not rely on the opinion of a fellow judge, or may not argue for conviction after favoring acquittal
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
C77
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
J2
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Exodus 23:2
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RN286 A Judge not to receive a wicked man's testimony
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
C75
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
J2
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Exodus 23:1
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RN316 Not to curse a ruler
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
C71
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
N2
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Exodus 22:27
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RP175 Abiding by a majority decision
Positive commandment
Meir of Rothenburg None recorded
Sefer HaChinuch
C78
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
J2
  • Scripture used by Maimonides and HaChinuch
    Exodus 23:2
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