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Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... the Torah contains 613 commandments ... 12 — Rule the laws of human tzara'at as prescribed in the Torah;
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... These may be found in the article 613 Mitzvot in the section on ... Laws concerning the time before ...
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".
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 ...
Last week, Gov. Jeff Landry of Louisiana signed a law requiring every classroom receiving public funds in that state — from kindergarten through college — to post the Ten Commandments on a ...
House Bill 71, approved by state lawmakers last month, mandates that a poster-size display of the Ten Commandments with “large, easily readable font” be in every classroom at schools that ...
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".
Under the new law, all public K-12 classrooms and state-funded universities will be required to display a poster-sized display of the Ten Commandments in “large, easily readable font” next year.