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Halachot Gedolot ("Great Laws"), thought to be written by Rabbi Simeon Kayyara (the Bahag, author of the Halakhot Gedolot) is the earliest extant enumeration of the 613 mitzvot. [ 13 ] Sefer ha-Mitzvoth ("Book of Commandments") by Rabbi Saadia Gaon .
The editio princeps (Venice, 1523) attributes the book to "Aaron", on the basis of a purported hint within the text, but scholars have rejected this interpretation. [2] [3] Relying on the editio princeps, Gedaliah ibn Yaḥyah (Shalshelet haQabbalah (c. 1550)) went further, suggesting that it might have been written by Aaron HaLevi of Barcelona (1235-c. 1303).
Moses with the Tablets of the Law on Sinai (stained glass from the Temple De Hirsch Sinai)A law given to Moses at Sinai (Hebrew: הלכה למשה מסיני, romanized: Halakhah le-Moshe mi-Sinai) refers to a halakhic law for which there is no biblical reference or source, but rather was passed down orally as a teaching originating from Moses at Sinai.
The Sacred Scriptures Bethel Edition (SSBE) is a Sacred Name Bible which uses the names Yahweh and Yahshua in both the Old and New Testaments (Chamberlin p. 51-3). It was produced by Jacob O. Meyer, based on the American Standard Version of 1901 and it contains over 977 pages.
Laws concerning the place that was chosen (Mitzvot: 301 - 306 ) Laws concerning utensils of the Temple (Mitzvot: 307 - 320 ) Laws concerning entrance to the Temple (Mitzvot: 321 - 335 ) Laws concerning things prohibited on the altar (Mitzvot: 336 - 349 ) Laws concerning the offering of the sacrifices (Mitzvot: 350- 372 )
The phrase "Midrash halakha" was first employed by Nachman Krochmal, [6] the Talmudic expression being Midrash Torah = "investigation of the Torah". [7] These interpretations were often regarded as corresponding to the real meaning of the scriptural texts; thus it was held that a correct elucidation of the Torah carried with it the proof of the halakha and the reason for its existence.
The number 613 is a rabbinical tradition rather than an exact count. [6] In rabbinic literature there are a number of works, mainly by the Rishonim, that attempt to enumerate 613 commandments. Probably the most famous of these is Sefer Hamitzvot by Maimonides.
Also included is the principle that God revealed his laws and 613 commandments to the Jewish people in the form of the Written and Oral Torah. In Rabbinic Judaism , the Torah consists of both the written Torah ( Pentateuch ) and a tradition of oral law, much of it later codified in sacred writings (see: Mishna , Talmud ).