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)

RN3 Not to make an idol (even for others) to worship
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
I5
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 19:4
Related Law of Messiah commandments:

RN101 Not to slaughter the mother and her young on the same day
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
K6, M8
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 22:28

RN108 Not to redeem the firstling (of a clean beast)
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
E3, F3
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Numbers 18:17
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RN177 Not to eat any creeping thing that breeds in decayed matter
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
K1
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 11:44

RN189 Not to eat bread made from grain of new crop
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 23:14
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RN190 Not to eat roasted grain of the new crop
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 23:14
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RN191 Not to eat fresh ears of grain
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 23:14
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RN192 Not to eat orlah (fruit of trees less than three years old)
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph None recorded
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 19:23
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RN195 No eating or drinking to excess
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
K4
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 19:26
No related Law of Messiah commandments found.

RN199 Not to eat chametz after noon of 14 Nissan
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
D7
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Deuteronomy 16:3

RN215 Not to sow kilayim (diverse kinds of seed in one field)
Negative commandment
Meir of Rothenburg
Sefer HaChinuch
C245, C2
Law of Messiah / Rudolph
A1, H2
  • Scripture used by Meir
    Leviticus 12:3
  • Scripture used by Meir
    Genesis 17:12
  • Scripture used by Meir
    Genesis 17:14
  • Scripture used by Maimonides, Meir and HaChinuch
    Leviticus 19:19