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Join the (Re)velation Art Project

By internet rockstar / May 7, 2008

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Jews are supposed to follow 613 mitzvot (commandments from God). Some make sense, while others seem antiquated and irrelevant. For an art installation to debut at DAWN, a special event for the grand opening of the San Francisco Contemporary Jewish Museum, we'll be creating an interactive environment involving the mitzvot and your creative reinterpretations.

GET STARTED:

STEP 1: Select a Mitzvah to Remix.
STEP 2: Ponder and Submit your new Mitzvah.
STEP 3: See recent remixes others have submitted.

Step 3: Recent Remixes

Review recent Mitzvot that others have submitted.

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Step 2: Submit

Ponder the core message of the Mitzvah you chose in Step 1, remix, and submit it here!

Write your remixed mitzvah here!

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It will appear publicly on the site as soon as it’s been approved.

By submitting your remix, you grant the artists full permission to reuse your submission in any medium.

Step 1: Select

Peruse the 613 mitzvot and select one that means something to you.

G-d
1. Know that G-d exists
2. Do not entertain the idea that there is any god but the Eternal
3. Do not blaspheme
4. Hallow G-d’s name
5. Do not profane G-d’s name
6. Know that G-d is One, a complete Unity
7. Love G-d
8. Fear G-d reverently
9. Do not put the word of G-d to the test
10. Imitate G-d’s good and upright ways
Torah
11. Honor the old and the wise
12. Learn Torah and teach it
13. Cleave to those who know God
14. Do not add to the commandments of the Torah, whether in the Written Law or in its interpretation received by tradition
15. Do not take away from the commandments of the Torah
16. Every person shall write a scroll of the Torah for him or her self
Signs & Symbols
17. Circumcise male offspring
18. Put tzitzit on the corners of clothing
19. Bind tefillin on the head
20. Bind tefillin on the arm
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21. Affix the mezuzah to the doorposts and gates of your house
Prayer & Blessings
22. Pray to G-d
23. Read the Shema in the morning and at night
24. Recite grace after meals
25. Do not lay down a stone for worship
Love & Brotherhood
26. Love all human beings who are of the covenant
27. Do not stand by idly when a human life is in danger
28. Do not wrong any one in speech
29. Do not carry tales
30. Do not cherish hatred in one’s heart
31. Do not take revenge
32. Do not bear a grudge
33. Do not put any Jew to shame
34. Do not curse any other Israelite
35. Do not give occasion to the simple-minded to stumble on the road
36. Rebuke the sinner
37. Relieve a neighbor of his burden and help to unload his beast
38. Assist in replacing the load upon a neighbor’s beast
39. Do not leave a beast that has fallen down beneath its burden, unaided
The Poor & Unfortunate
40. Do not afflict an orphan or a widow
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41. Do not reap the entire field
42. Leave the unreaped corner of the field or orchard for the poor
43. Do not gather gleanings (the ears that have fallen to the ground while reaping)
44. Leave the gleanings for the poor
45. Do not gather ol’loth (the imperfect clusters) of the vineyard
46. To leave ol’loth (the imperfect clusters) of the vineyard for the poor
47. Do not gather the peret (grapes) that have fallen to the ground
48. Leave peret (the single grapes) of the vineyard for the poor
49. Do not return to take a forgotten sheaf
50. Leave the forgotten sheaves for the poor
51. Do not refrain from maintaining a poor man and giving him what he needs
52. Give charity according to one’s means
Treatment of Gentiles
53. Love the stranger
54. Do not wrong the stranger in speech
55. Do not wrong the stranger in buying or selling
56. Do not intermarry with gentiles
57. Exact the debt of an alien
58. Lend to an alien at interest
Marriage, Divorce & Family
59. Honor father and mother
60. Do not smite a father or a mother
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61. Do not curse a father or mother
62. Reverently fear father and mother
63. Be fruitful and multiply
64. A eunuch shall not marry a daughter of Israel
65. A mamzer shall not marry the daughter of a Jew
66. An Ammonite or Moabite shall never marry the daughter of an Israelite
67. Do not exclude a descendant of Esau from the community of Israel for three generations
68. Do not exclude an Egyptian from the community of Israel for three generations
69. There shall be no harlot (in Israel); that is, that there shall be no intercourse with a woman, without previous marriage with a deed of marriage and formal declaration of marriage
70. Take a wife by kiddushin, the sacrament of marriage
71. The newly married husband shall (be free) for one year to rejoice with his wife
72. A bridegroom shall be exempt for a whole year from taking part in any public labor, such as military service, guarding the wall and similar duties
73. Do not withhold food, clothing or conjugal rights from a wife
74. The woman suspected of adultery shall be dealt with as prescribed in the Torah
75. One who defames his wife’s honor (by falsely accusing her of unchastity before marriage) must live with her all his lifetime
76. A man may not divorce his wife concerning whom he has published an evil report (about her unchastity before marriage)
77. Divorce by a formal written document
78. One who divorced his wife shall not remarry her, if after the divorce she had been married to another man
79. A widow whose husband died childless must not be married to anyone but her deceased husband’s brother
80. Marry the widow of a brother who has died childless
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81. The widow formally release the brother-in-law (if he refuses to marry her)
Forbidden Sexual Relations
82. Do not indulge in familiarities with relatives, such as kissing, embracing, winking, skipping, which may lead to incest
83. Do not commit incest with one’s mother
84. Do not commit sodomy with one’s father
85. Do not commit incest with one’s father’s wife
86. Do not commit incest with one’s sister
87. Do not commit incest with one’s father’s wife’s daughter
88. Do not commit incest with one’s son’s daughter
89. Do not commit incest with one’s daughter’s daughter
90. Do not commit incest with one’s daughter
91. Do not commit incest with one’s fathers sister
92. Do not commit incest with one’s mother’s sister
93. Do not commit incest with one’s father’s brothers wife
94. Do not commit sodomy with one’s father’s brother
95. Do not commit incest with one’s son’s wife
96. Do not commit incest with one’s brother’s wife
97. Do not commit incest with one’s wife’s daughter
98. Do not commit incest with the daughter of one’s wife’s son
99. Do not commit incest with the daughter of one’s wife’s daughter
100. Do not commit incest with one’s wife’s sister
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101. Do not have intercourse with a woman, in her menstrual period
102. Do not have intercourse with another man’s wife
103. Do not commit sodomy with a male
104. Do not have intercourse with a beast
105. A woman shall not have intercourse with a beast
106. Do not castrate the male of any species; neither a man, nor a domestic or wild beast, nor a fowl
Times & Seasons
107. The new month shall be solemnly proclaimed as holy, and the months and years shall be calculated by the Supreme Court only
108. Do not travel on Shabbat outside the limits of one’s place of residence
109. Sanctify Shabbat
110. Do not do work on Shabbat
111. Rest on Shabbat
112. Celebrate the festivals [Passover, Shavu'ot and Sukkot]
113. Rejoice on the festivals
114. Appear in the Sanctuary on the festivals
115. Remove chametz on the Eve of Passover
116. Rest on the first day of Passover
117. Do not do work on the first day of Passover
118. Rest on the seventh day of Passover
119. Do not do work on the seventh day of Passover
120. Eat matzah on the first night of Passover
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121. No chametz can be in the Israelite’s possession during Passover
122. Do not eat any food containing chametz on Passover
123. Do not eat chametz on Passover (Ex. 13:3) (CCN4). See Passover.
124. Chametz shall not be seen in an Israelite’s home during Passover
125. Discuss the departure from Egypt on the first night of Passover
126. Do not eat chametz after mid-day on the fourteenth of Nissan
127. Count forty-nine days from the time of the cutting of the Omer (first sheaves of the barley harvest)
128. Rest on Shavu’ot
129. Do not do work on the Shavu’ot
130. Rest on Rosh Hashanah
131. Do not do work on Rosh Hashanah
132. Hear the sound of the shofar on Rosh Hashanah
133. Fast on Yom Kippur
134. Do not eat or drink on Yom Kippur
135. Do not do work on Yom Kippur
136. Rest on Yom Kippur
137. Rest on the first day of Sukkot
138. Do not do work on the first day of Sukkot
139. Rest on the eighth day of Sukkot (Shemini Atzeret)
140. Do not do work on the eighth day of Sukkot (Shemini Atzeret)
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141. Take during Sukkot a palm branch and the other three plants
142. Dwell in booths seven days during Sukkot
Dietary Laws
143. Examine the marks in cattle (so as to distinguish the clean from the unclean)
144. Do not eat the flesh of unclean beasts
145. Examine the marks in fishes (so as to distinguish the clean from the unclean)
146. Do not eat unclean fish
147. Examine the marks in fowl, so as to distinguish the clean from the unclean
148. Do not eat unclean fowl
149. Examine the marks in locusts, so as to distinguish the clean from the unclean
150. Do not eat a worm found in fruit
151. Do not eat of things that creep upon the earth
152. Do not eat any vermin of the earth
153. Do not eat things that swarm in the water
154. Do not eat of winged insects
155. Do not eat the flesh of a beast that is terefah (lit torn)
156. Do not eat the flesh of a beast that died of itself
157. Slay cattle, deer and fowl according to the laws of shechitah if their flesh is to be eaten
158. Do not eat a limb removed from a living beast
159. Do not slaughter an animal and its young on the same day
160. Do not take the mother-bird with the young
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161. Set the mother-bird free when taking the nest
162. Do not eat the flesh of an ox that was condemned to be stoned
163. Do not boil meat with milk
164. Do not eat flesh with milk
165. Do not eat the of the thigh-vein which shrank
166. Do not eat chelev (tallow-fat)
167. Do not eat blood
168. Cover the blood of undomesticated animals (deer, etc.) and of fowl that have been killed
169. Do not eat or drink like a glutton or a drunkard
Business Practices
170. Do not do wrong in buying or selling
171. Do not make a loan to an Israelite on interest
172. Do not borrow on interest
173. Do not take part in any usurious transaction between borrower and lender, neither as a surety, nor as a witness, nor as a writer of the bond for them
174. Lend to a poor person
175. Do not demand from a poor man repayment of his debt, when the creditor knows that he cannot pay, nor press him
176. Do not take in pledge utensils used in preparing food
177. Do not exact a pledge from a debtor by force
178. Do not keep the pledge from its owner at the time when he needs it
179. Return a pledge to its owner
180. Do not take a pledge from a widow
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181. Do not commit fraud in measuring
182. Ensure that scales and weights are correct
183. Do not possess inaccurate measures and weights
Employees, Servants, & Slaves
184. Do not delay payment of a hired man’s wages
185. The hired laborer shall be permitted to eat of the produce he is reaping
186. The hired laborer shall not take more than he can eat
187. A hired laborer shall not eat produce that is not being harvested
188. Pay wages to the hired man at the due time
189. Deal judicially with the Hebrew bondman in accordance with the laws appertaining to him
190. Do not compel the Hebrew servant to do the work of a slave
191. Do not sell a Hebrew servant as a slave
192. Do not treat a Hebrew servant rigorously
193. Do not permit a gentile to treat harshly a Hebrew bondman sold to him
194. Do not send away a Hebrew bondman servant empty handed, when he is freed from service
195. Bestow liberal gifts upon the Hebrew bondsman (at the end of his term of service), and the same should be done to a Hebrew bondwoman
196. Redeem a Hebrew maid-servant
197. Do not sell a Hebrew maid-servant to another person
198. Espouse a Hebrew maid-servant
199. Keep the Canaanite slave forever
200. Do not surrender a slave, who has fled to the land of Israel, to his owner who lives outside Palestine
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201. Do not wrong such a slave
202. Do not muzzle a beast, while it is working in produce which it can eat and enjoy
Vows, Oaths, & Swearing
203. A man should fulfill whatever he has uttered
204. Do not swear needlessly
205. Do not violate an oath or swear falsely
206. Decide in cases of annulment of vows, according to the rules set forth in the Torah
207. Do not break a vow
208. To swear by Godâ€™s name truly
209. Do not delay in fulfilling vows or bringing vowed or free-will offerings
The Sabbatical & Jubilee Years
210. Let the land lie fallow in the Sabbatical year
211. Cease from tilling the land in the Sabbatical year
212. Do not till the ground in the Sabbatical year
213. Do not do any work on the trees in the Sabbatical year
214. Do not reap the aftermath that grows in the Sabbatical year, in the same way as it is reaped in other years
215. Do not gather the fruit of the tree in the Sabbatical year in the same way as it is gathered in other years
216. Sound the Ram’s horn in the Sabbatical year
217. Release debts in the seventh year
218. Do not demand return of a loan after the Sabbatical year has passed
219. Do not refrain from making a loan to a poor man, because of the release of loans in the Sabbatical year
220. Assemble the people to hear the Torah at the close of the seventh year
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221. Count the years of the Jubilee by years and by cycles of seven years
222. Keep the Jubilee year holy by resting and letting the land lie fallow
223. Do not cultivate the soil nor do any work on the trees, in the Jubilee Year
224. Do not reap the aftermath of the field that grew of itself in the Jubilee Year, in the same way as in other years
225. Do not gather the fruit of the tree in the Jubilee Year, in the same way as in other years
226. Grant redemption to the land in the Jubilee year
The Court & Judicial Procedure
227. Appoint judges and officers in every community of Israel
228. Do not appoint as a judge, a person who is not well versed in the laws of the Torah, even if he is expert in other branches of knowledge
229. Adjudicate cases of purchase and sale
230. Judge cases of liability of a paid depositary
231. Adjudicate cases of loss for which a gratuitous borrower is liable
232. Adjudicate cases of inheritances
233. Judge cases of damage caused by an uncovered pit
234. Judge cases of injuries caused by beasts
235. Adjudicate cases of damage caused by trespass of cattle
236. Adjudicate cases of damage caused by fire
237. Adjudicate cases of damage caused by a gratuitous depositary
238. Adjudicate other cases between a plaintiff and a defendant
239. Do not curse a judge
240. One who possesses evidence shall testify in Court
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241. Do not testify falsely
242. A witness, who has testified in a capital case, shall not lay down the law in that particular case
243. A transgressor shall not testify
244. The court shall not accept the testimony of a close relative of the defendant in matters of capital punishment
245. Do not hear one of the parties to a suit in the absence of the other party
246. Examine witnesses thoroughly
247. Do not decide a case on the evidence of a single witness
248. Give the decision according to the majority, when there is a difference of opinion among the members of the Sanhedrin as to matters of law
249. Do not decide, in capital cases, according to the view of the majority, when those who are for condemnation exceed by one only, those who are for acquittal
250. In capital cases, one who had argued for acquittal, shall not later on argue for condemnation
251. Treat parties in litigation with equal impartiality
252. Do not render iniquitous decisions
253. Do not favor a great man when trying a case
254. Do not take a bribe
255. Do not be afraid of a bad man, when trying a case
256. Do not be moved in trying a case, by the poverty of one of the parties
257. Do not pervert the judgment of strangers or orphans
258. Do not pervert the judgment of a sinner (a person poor in fulfillment of commandments)
259. Do not render a decision on one’s personal opinion, but only on the evidence of two witnesses, who saw what actually occurred
260. Do not execute one guilty of a capital offense, before he has stood his trial
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261. Accept the rulings of every Supreme Court in Israel
262. Do not rebel against the orders of the Court
Injuries & Damages
263. Make a parapet for your roof
264. Do not leave something that might cause hurt
265. Save the pursued even at the cost of the life of the pursuer
266. Do not spare a pursuer, but he is to be slain before he reaches the pursued and slays the latter, or uncovers his nakedness
Property & Property Rights
267. Do not sell a field in the land of Israel in perpetuity
268. Do not change the character of the open land (about the cities of) the Levites or of their fields; Do not sell it in perpetuity, but it may be redeemed at any time
269. Houses sold within a walled city may be redeemed within a year
270. Do not remove landmarks (property boundaries)
271. Do not swear falsely in denial of another’s property rights
272. Do not deny falsely another’s property rights
273. Never settle in the land of Egypt
274. Do not steal personal property
275. Restore that which one took by robbery
276. Return lost property
277. Do not pretend to not have seen lost property, to avoid the obligation to return it
Criminal Laws
278. Do not slay an innocent person
279. Do not kidnap any person of Israel
280. Do not rob by violence
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281. Do not defraud
282. Do not covet what belongs to another
283. Do not crave something that belongs to another
284. Do not indulge in evil thoughts and sights
Punishment & Restitution
285. The Court shall pass sentence of death by decapitation with the sword
286. The Court shall pass sentence of death by strangulation
287. The Court shall pass sentence of death by burning with fire
288. The Court shall pass sentence of death by stoning
289. Hang the dead body of one who has incurred that penalty
290. The dead body of an executed criminal shall not remain hanging on the tree over night
291. Inter the executed on the day of execution
292. Do not accept ransom from a murderer
293. Exile one who committed accidental homicide
294. Establish six cities of refuge (for those who committed accidental homicide)
295. Do not accept ransom from an accidental homicide, so as to relieve him from exile
296. Decapitate the heifer in the manner prescribed (in expiation of a murder on the road, the perpetrator of which remained undiscovered)
297. Do not plow nor sow the rough valley (in which a heifer’s neck was broken)
298. Adjudge a thief to pay compensation or (in certain cases) suffer death
299. He who inflicts a bodily injury shall pay monetary compensation
300. Impose a penalty of fifty shekels upon the seducer (of an unbetrothed virgin) and enforce the other rules in connection with the case
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301. The violator (of an unbetrothed virgin) shall marry her
302. One who has raped a damsel and has then (in accordance with the law) married her, may not divorce her
303. Do not inflict punishment on Shabbat
304. Punish the wicked by the infliction of stripes
305. Do not exceed the statutory number of stripes laid on one who has incurred that punishment
306. Do not spare the offender, in imposing the prescribed penalties on one who has caused damage
307. Do unto false witnesses as they had purposed to do (to the accused)
308. Do not punish any one who has committed an offense under duress
Prophecy
309. Heed the call of every prophet in each generation, provided that he neither adds to, nor takes away from the Torah
310. Do not prophesy falsely
311. Do not refrain from putting a false prophet to death nor to be in fear of him
Idolatry, Idolators, & Idolatrous Practices
312. Do not make a graven image; neither to make it oneself nor to have it made by others
313. Do not make any figures for ornament, even if they are not worshipped
314. Do not make idols even for others
315. Do not use the ornament of any object of idolatrous worship
316. Do not make use of an idol or its accessory objects, offerings, or libations
317. Do not drink wine of idolaters
318. Do not worship an idol in the way in which it is usually worshipped
319. Do not bow down to an idol, even if that is not its mode of worship
320. Do not prophesy in the name of an idol
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321. Do not hearken to one who prophesies in the name of an idol
322. Do not lead the children of Israel astray to idolatry
323. Do not entice an Israelite to idolatry
324. Destroy idolatry and its appurtenances
325. Do not love the enticer to idolatry
326. Do not give up hating the enticer to idolatry
327. Do not save the enticer from capital punishment, but to stand by at his execution
328. A person whom he attempted to entice to idolatry shall not urge pleas for the acquittal of the enticer
329. A person whom he attempted to entice shall not refrain from giving evidence of the enticer’s guilt, if he has such evidence
330. Do not swear by an idol to its worshipers, nor cause them to swear by it
331. Do not turn one’s attention to idolatry
332. Do not adopt the institutions of idolaters nor their customs
333. Do not pass a child through the fire to Molech
334. Do not suffer any one practicing witchcraft to live
335. Do not practice onein (observing times or seasons as favorable or unfavorable, using astrology)
336. Do not practice nachesh (doing things based on signs and portents; using charms and incantations)
337. Do not consult ovoth (ghosts)
338. Do not consult yid’onim (wizards)
339. Do not practice kisuf (magic using herbs, stones and objects that people use)
340. Do not practice kessem (a general term for magical practices)
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341. Do not practice the art of a chover chaver (casting spells over snakes and scorpions)
342. Do not enquire of an ob (a ghost)
343. Do not seek the maytim (dead)
344. Do not enquire of a yid’oni (wizard)
345. Do not remove the entire beard, like the idolaters
346. Do not round the corners of the head, as the idolatrous priests do
347. Do not cut oneself or make incisions in one’s flesh in grief, like the idolaters
348. Do not tattoo the body like the idolaters
349. Do not make a bald spot for the dead
350. Do not plant a tree for worship
351. Do not set up a pillar (for worship)
352. Do not show favor to idolaters
353. Do not make a covenant with the seven (Canaanite, idolatrous) nations
354. Do not settle idolaters in our land
355. Slay the inhabitants of a city that has become idolatrous and burn that city
356. Do not rebuild a city that has been led astray to idolatry
357. Do not make use of the property of city that has been so led astray
Agriculture & Animal Husbandry
358. Do not cross-breed cattle of different species
359. Do not sow different kinds of seed together in one field
360. Do not eat the fruit of a tree for three years from the time it was planted
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361. The fruit of fruit-bearing trees in the fourth year of their planting shall be sacred like the second tithe and eaten in Jerusalem
362. Do not sow grain or herbs in a vineyard
363. Do not eat the produce of diverse seeds sown in a vineyard
364. Do not work with beasts of different species, yoked together
Clothing
365. A man shall not wear women’s clothing
366. A woman should not wear men’s clothing
367. Do not wear garments made of wool and linen mixed together
The Firstborn
368. Redeem the firstborn human male
369. Redeem the firstling of an ass
370. Break the neck of the firstling of an ass if it is not redeemed
371. Do not redeem the firstling of a clean beast
Kohanim & Levites
372. The kohanim shall put on priestly vestments for the service
373. Do not tear the High Kohein’s robe
374. The kohein shall not enter the Sanctuary at all times (i.e., at times when he is not performing service)
375. The ordinary kohein shall not defile himself by contact with any dead, other than immediate relatives
376. The kohanim defile themselves for their deceased relatives (by attending their burial), and mourn for them like other Israelites, who are commanded to mourn for their relatives
377. A kohein who had an immersion during the day (to cleanse him from his uncleanness) shall not serve in the Sanctuary until after sunset
378. A kohein shall not marry a divorced woman
379. A kohein shall not marry a harlot
380. A kohein shall not marry a profaned woman
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381. Show honor to a kohein, and to give him precedence in all things that are holy
382. A High Kohein shall not defile himself with any dead, even if they are relatives
383. A High Kohein shall not go (under the same roof) with a dead body
384. The High Kohein shall marry a virgin
385. The High Kohein shall not marry a widow
386. The High Kohein shall not cohabit with a widow, even without marriage, because he profanes her
387. A person with a physical blemish shall not serve (in the Sanctuary)
388. A kohein with a temporary blemish shall not serve there
389. A person with a physical blemish shall not enter the Sanctuary further than the altar
390. A kohein who is unclean shall not serve (in the Sanctuary)
391. Send the unclean out of the Camp of the Shechinah, that is, out of the Sanctuary
392. A kohein who is unclean shall not enter the courtyard
393. The kohanim shall bless Israel
394. Set apart a portion of the dough for the kohein
395. The Levites shall not occupy themselves with the service that belongs to the kohanim, nor the kohanim with that belonging to the Levites
396. One not a descendant of Aaron in the male line shall not serve (in the Sanctuary)
397. The Levite shall serve in the Sanctuary
398. Give the Levites cities to dwell in, these to serve also as cities of refuge
399. None of the tribe of Levi shall take any portion of territory in the land (of Israel)
400. None of the tribe of Levi shall take any share of the spoil (at the conquest of the Promised Land)
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401. The kohanim shall serve in the Sanctuary in divisions, but on festivals, they all serve together
T’rumah, Tithes, & Taxes
402. An uncircumcised person shall not eat of the t’rumah (heave offering), and the same applies to other holy things.
403. Do not alter the order of separating the t’rumah and the tithes; the separation be in the order first-fruits at the beginning, then the t’rumah, then the first tithe, and last the second tithe
404. Give half a shekel every year (to the Sanctuary for provision of the public sacrifices)
405. A kohein who is unclean shall not eat of the t’rumah
406. A person who is not a kohein or the wife or unmarried daughter of a kohein shall not eat of the t’rumah
407. A sojourner with a kohein or his hired servant shall not eat of the t’rumah
408. Do not eat tevel (something from which the t’rumah and tithe have not yet been separated)
409. Set apart the tithe of the produce (one tenth of the produce after taking out t’rumah) for the Levites
410. Tithe cattle
411. Do not sell the tithe of the herd
412. The Levites shall set apart a tenth of the tithes, which they had received from the Israelites, and give it to the kohanim (called the t’rumah of the tithe)
413. Do not eat the second tithe of cereals outside Jerusalem
414. Do not consume the second tithe of the vintage outside of Jerusalem
415. Do not consume the second tithe of the oil outside of Jerusalem
416. Do not forsake the Levites (Deut. 12:19); but their gifts (dues) should be given to them, so that they might rejoice therewith on each and every festival
417. Set apart the second tithe in the first, second, fourth and fifth years of the sabbatical cycle to be eaten by its owner in Jerusalem
418. Set apart the second tithe in the third and sixth year of the sabbatical cycle for the poor
419. Give the kohein the due portions of the carcass of cattle
420. Give the first of the fleece to the kohein (Deut. 18:4)
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421. Set apart t’rumah g’dolah (the great heave-offering, that is, a small portion of the grain, wine and oil) for the kohein (Deut. 18:4)
422. Do not expend the proceeds of the second tithe on anything but food and drink
423. Do not eat the Second Tithe, even in Jerusalem, in a state of uncleanness, until the tithe had been redeemed
424. Do not eat the Second Tithe, when mourning
425. Make the declaration, when bringing the second tithe to the Sanctuary
The Temple, the Sanctuary, & Sacred Objects
426. Do not build an altar of hewn stone
427. Do not mount the altar by steps
428. Build the Sanctuary
429. Do not remove the staves from the Ark
430. Set the showbread and the frankincense before the Lord every Shabbat
431. Kindle lights in the Sanctuary
432. The breastplate shall not be loosened from the ephod
433. Offer up incense twice daily
434. Do not offer strange incense nor any sacrifice upon the golden altar
435. The kohein shall wash his hands and feet at the time of service
436. Prepare the oil of anointment and anoint high kohanim and kings with it
437. Do not compound oil for lay use after the formula of the anointing oil
438. Do not anoint a stranger with the anointing oil
439. Do not compound anything after the formula of the incense
440. He who, in error, makes unlawful use of sacred things, shall make restitution of the value of his trespass and add a fifth
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441. Remove the ashes from the altar
442. Keep fire always burning on the altar of the burnt-offering
443. Do not extinguish the fire on the altar
444. A kohein shall not enter the Sanctuary with disheveled hair
445. A kohein shall not enter the Sanctuary with torn garments
446. The kohein shall not leave the Courtyard of the Sanctuary, during service
447. An intoxicated person shall not enter the Sanctuary nor give decisions in matters of the Law
448. Revere the Sanctuary
449. When the Ark is carried, it should be carried on the shoulder
450. Observe the second Passover
451. Eat the flesh of the Paschal lamb on it, with unleavened bread and bitter herbs
452. Do not leave any flesh of the Paschal lamb brought on the second Passover until the morning
453. Do not break a bone of the Paschal lamb brought on the second Passover
454. Sound the trumpets at the offering of sacrifices and in times of trouble
455. Watch over the edifice continually
456. Do not allow the Sanctuary to remain unwatched
457. An offering shall be brought by one who has in error committed a trespass against sacred things, or robbed, or lain carnally with a bond-maid betrothed to a man, or denied what was deposited with him and swore falsely to support his denial.
458. Do not destroy anything of the Sanctuary, of synagogues, or of houses of study, nor erase the holy names (of God); nor may sacred scriptures be destroyed
Sacrifices & Offerings
459. Sanctify the firstling of clean cattle and offer it up
460. Slay the Paschal lamb
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461. Eat the flesh of the Paschal sacrifice on the night of the fifteenth of Nissan
462. Do not eat the flesh of the Paschal lamb raw or sodden
463. Do not leave any portion of the flesh of the Paschal sacrifice until the morning unconsumed
464. Do not give the flesh of the Paschal lamb to an Israelite who had become an apostate
465. Do not give flesh of the Paschal lamb to a stranger who lives among you to eat
466. Do not take any of the flesh of the Paschal lamb from the company’s place of assembly
467. Do not break a bone of the Paschal lamb
468. The uncircumcised shall not eat of the flesh of the Paschal lamb
469. Do not slaughter the Paschal lamb while there is chametz in the home
470. Do not leave the part of the Paschal lamb that should be burnt on the altar until the morning, when it will no longer be fit to be burnt
471. Do not go up to the Sanctuary for the festival without bringing an offering (Ex. 23:15) (negative).
472. Bring the first fruits to the Sanctuary
473. The flesh of a sin-offering and guilt-offering shall be eaten
474. One not of the seed of Aaron, shall not eat the flesh of the holy sacrifices
475. Observe the procedure of the burnt-offering
476. Observe the procedure of the meal-offering
477. Do not offer up leaven or honey
478. Every sacrifice must be salted
479. Do not offer up any offering unsalted
480. The Court of Judgment shall offer up a sacrifice if they have erred in a judicial pronouncement
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481. An individual shall bring a sin-offering if he has sinned in error by committing a transgression, the conscious violation of which is punished with excision
482. Offer a sacrifice of varying value in accordance with one’s means
483. Do not sever completely the head of a fowl brought as a sin-offering
484. Do not put olive oil in a sin-offering made of flour
485. Do not put frankincense on a sin-offering made of flour
486. An individual shall bring an offering if he is in doubt as to whether he has committed a sin for which one has to bring a sin-offering. This is called a guilt-offering for doubtful sins
487. The remainder of the meal offerings shall be eaten
488. Do not allow the remainder of the meal offerings to become leavened
489. The High Kohein shall offer a meal offering daily
490. Do not eat of the meal offering brought by the kohanim
491. Oserve the procedure of the sin-offering
492. Do not eat of the flesh of sin offerings, the blood of which is brought within the Sanctuary and sprinkled towards the Veil
493. Observe the procedure of the guilt-offering
494. Observe the procedure of the peace-offering
495. Burn meat of the holy sacrifice that has remained over
496. Do not eat of sacrifices that are eaten beyond the appointed time for eating them
497. Do not eat of holy things that have become unclean
498. Burn meat of the holy sacrifice that has become unclean
499. 499.A person who is unclean shall not eat of things that are holy
500. A kohein’s daughter who profaned herself shall not eat of the holy things, neither of the heave offering nor of the breast, nor of the shoulder of peace offerings
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501. A woman after childbirth shall bring an offering when she is clean
502. The leper shall bring a sacrifice after he is cleansed
503. A man having an issue shall bring a sacrifice after he is cleansed of his issue
504. A woman having an issue shall bring a sacrifice after she is cleansed of her issue
505. Observe, on Yom Kippur, the service appointed for that day, regarding the sacrifice, confessions, sending away of the scapegoat, etc.
506. Do not slaughter beasts set apart for sacrifices outside (the Sanctuary)
507. Do not eat flesh of a sacrifice that has been left over (beyond the time appointed for its consumption)
508. Do not sanctify blemished cattle for sacrifice on the altar
509. Every animal offered up shall be without blemish
510. Do not inflict a blemish on cattle set apart for sacrifice
511. Do not slaughter blemished cattle as sacrifices
512. Do not burn the limbs of blemished cattle upon the altar
513. Do not sprinkle the blood of blemished cattle upon the altar
514. Do not offer up a blemished beast that comes from non-Israelites
515. Sacrifices of cattle can only take place when they are at least eight days old
516. Do not leave any flesh of the thanksgiving offering until the morning
517. Offer up the meal-offering of the Omer on the morrow after the first day of Passover, together with one lamb
518. Do not eat bread made of new grain before the Omer of barley has been offered up on the second day of Passover
519. Do not eat roasted grain of the new produce before that time
520. Do not eat fresh ears of the new grain before that time
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521. Bring on Shavu’ot loaves of bread together with the sacrifices which are then offered up in connection with the loaves
522. Offer up an additional sacrifice on Passover
523. One who vows to the Lord the monetary value of a person shall pay the amount appointed in the Scriptural portion
524. If a beast is exchanged for one that had been set apart as an offering, both become sacred
525. Do not exchange a beast set aside for sacrifice
526. One who vows to the Lord the monetary value of an unclean beast shall pay its value
527. One who vows the value of his house shall pay according to the appraisal of the kohein
528. One who sanctifies to the Lord a portion of his field shall pay according to the estimation appointed in the Scriptural portion
529. Do not transfer a beast set apart for sacrifice from one class of sacrifices to another
530. Decide in regard to dedicated property as to which is sacred to the Lord and which belongs to the kohein
531. Do not sell a field devoted to the Lord
532. Do not redeem a field devoted to the Lord
533. Make confession before the Lord of any sin that one has committed, when bringing a sacrifice and at other times
534. Do not put olive oil in the meal-offering of a woman suspected of adultery
535. Do not put frankincense on the meal-offering of a woman suspected of adultery
536. Offer up the regular sacrifices daily (two lambs as burnt offerings)
537. Offer up an additional sacrifice every Shabbat (two lambs)
538. Offer up an additional sacrifice every New Moon
539. Bring an additional offering on Shavu’ot
540. Offer up an additional sacrifice on Rosh Hashanah
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541. Offer up an additional sacrifice on Yom Kippur
542. Offer up an additional sacrifice on Sukkot
543. Offer up an additional offering on Shemini Atzeret, which is a festival by itself
544. Bring all offerings, whether obligatory or freewill, on the first festival after these were incurred
545. Do not offer up sacrifices outside (the Sanctuary)
546. Offer all sacrifices in the Sanctuary
547. Redeem cattle set apart for sacrifices that contracted disqualifying blemishes, after which they may be eaten by anyone.
548. Do not eat of the unblemished firstling outside Jerusalem
549. Do not eat the flesh of the burnt-offering (Deut. 12:17).
550. The kohanim shall not eat the flesh of the sin-offering or guilt-offering outside the Courtyard (of the Sanctuary)
551. Do not eat of the flesh of the sacrifices that are holy in a minor degree, before the blood has been sprinkled (on the altar),
552. The kohein shall not eat the first-fruits before they are set down in the Courtyard (of the Sanctuary)
553. Take trouble to bring sacrifices to the Sanctuary from places outside the land of Israel
554. Do not eat the flesh of beasts set apart as sacrifices, that have been rendered unfit to be offered up by deliberately inflicted blemish
555. Do not do work with cattle set apart for sacrifice
556. Do not shear beasts set apart for sacrifice
557. Do not leave any portion of the festival offering brought on the fourteenth of Nissan unto the third day
558. Do not offer up a beast that has a temporary blemish
559. Do not bring sacrifices out of the hire of a harlot or price of a dog
560. Read the portion prescribed on bringing the first fruits
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Ritual Purity & Impurity
561. Eight species of creeping things defile by contact
562. Foods become defiled by contact with unclean things
563. Anyone who touches the carcass of a beast that died of itself shall be unclean
564. A lying-in woman is unclean like a menstruating woman (in terms of uncleanness)
565. A leper is unclean and defiles
566. A leper shall be universally recognized as such by the prescribed marks. So too, all other unclean persons should declare themselves as such
567. A leprous garment is unclean and defiles
568. A leprous house defiles
569. A man, having a running issue, defiles
570. The seed of copulation defiles
571. Purification from all kinds of defilement shall be effected by immersion in the waters of a mikvah
572. A menstruating woman is unclean and defiles others
573. A woman, having a running issue, defiles
574. Carry out the ordinance of the Red Heifer so that its ashes will always be available
575. A corpse defiles
576. The waters of separation defile one who is clean, and cleanse the unclean from pollution by a dead body
Lepers & Leprosy
577. Do not drive off the hair of the scall
578. The procedure of cleansing leprosy, whether of a man or of a house, takes place with cedar-wood, hyssop, scarlet thread, two birds, and running water
579. The leper shall shave all his hair
580. Do not pluck out the marks of leprosy
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The King
581. Do not curse a ruler, that is, the King or the head of the College in the land of Israel
582. Appoint a king
583. Do not appoint as ruler over Israel, one who comes from non-Israelites
584. The King shall not acquire an excessive number of horses
585. The King shall not take an excessive number of wives
586. The King shall not accumulate an excessive quantity of gold and silver
587. The King shall write a scroll of the Torah for himself, in addition to the one that every person should write, so that he writes two scrolls
Nazarites
588. A Nazarite shall not drink wine, or anything mixed with wine which tastes like wine; and even if the wine or the mixture has turned sour, it is prohibited to him
589. A Nazarite shall not eat fresh grapes
590. A Nazarite shall not eat dried grapes (raisins)
591. A Nazarite shall not eat the kernels of the grapes
592. A Nazarite shall not eat of the skins of the grapes
593. A Nazarite shall permit his hair to grow
594. A Nazarite shall not cut his hair
595. A Nazarite shall not enter any covered structure where there is a dead body
596. A Nazarite shall not defile himself for any dead person (by being in the presence of the corpse)
597. A Nazarite shall shave his hair when he brings his offerings at the completion of the period of his Nazariteship, or within that period if he has become defiled
Wars
598. Those engaged in warfare shall not fear their enemies nor be panic-stricken by them during battle
599. Annoint a special kohein (to speak to the soldiers) in a war
600. In a permissive war (as distinguished from obligatory ones), observe the procedure prescribed in the Torah
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601. Do not keep alive any individual of the seven Canaanite nations
602. Exterminate the seven Canaanite nations from the land of Israel
603. Do not destroy fruit trees (wantonly or in warfare)
604. Deal with a beautiful woman taken captive in war in the manner prescribed in the Torah
605. Do not sell a beautiful woman, (taken captive in war)
606. Do not degrade a beautiful woman (taken captive in war) to the condition of a bondwoman
607. Do not offer peace to the Ammonites and the Moabites before waging war on them, as should be done to other nations
608. Anyone who is unclean shall not enter the Camp of the Levites
609. Have a place outside the camp for sanitary purposes
610. Keep that place sanitary
611. Always to remember what Amalek did
612. The evil done to us by Amalek shall not be forgotten
613. Destroy the seed of Amalek
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