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According to Jewish tradition, the Torah contains 613 commandments (Hebrew: תרי״ג מצוות, romanized: taryág mitsvót).. Although the number 613 is mentioned in the Talmud, its real significance increased in later medieval rabbinic literature, including many works listing or arranged by the mitzvot.
Sefer ha-Chinuch (Hebrew: ספר החינוך, "Book of Education") is a rabbinic text which systematically discusses the 613 commandments of the Torah. It was written in 13th-century Spain by an anonymous "Levite of Barcelona".
Punishment in Judaism refers to the sanctions imposed for intentional violations of Torah laws (called "613 commandments" or "taryág mitsvót") These punishments can be categorized into two main types: punishments administered "by the hands of Heaven" (Mita beyadei shamaim) and those administered "by the hands of man".
The holiday commemorates Moses conveying the Torah (the “Law”) and the Ten Commandments — a central religious text in Christianity, Islam and Judaism — and underscores the deeply religious ...
According to Jewish tradition, the 613 commandments contain 365 negative commandments and 248 positive commandments. Many commandments concern only special classes of people – such as kings, Kohanim (the priesthood), Levites , or Nazarites – or are conditioned by local or temporary circumstances of the Jewish nation, as, for instance, the ...
No Bible translation is named, but the Ten Commandments in the Louisiana law appears to be a variation on the King James Bible version and listed in the order commonly used by Protestants.
A copy of the Ten Commandments is posted along with other historical documents in a hallway of Georgia’s state capitol. A federal judge has blocked Louisiana’s law requiring similar posters in ...
Laws concerning resting on holidays (Mitzvot: 96 - 107 ) Laws concerning Chometz and Matzo (Mitzvot: 108 - 115 ) Laws concerning Shofar, Sukkah, and Lulav (Mitzvot: 116 - 118 ) Laws concerning Shekelim (Mitzva: 119 ) Laws concerning designation of the new month (Mitzva: 120 ) Laws concerning fasts (Mitzva: 121 )