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Sefer ha-Mitzvoth ("Book of Commandments") by Rabbi Saadia Gaon. Written during the period of the Geonim, Saadia's work is a simple list (though it was later expanded by Rabbi Yerucham Fishel Perlow.) Sefer Hamitzvot ("Book of Commandments") by Maimonides, with a commentary by Nachmanides.
The book separately discusses each of the 613 commandments, both from a legal and a moral perspective. For each, the Chinuch's discussion starts by linking the mitzvah to its Biblical source, and then addresses the philosophical underpinnings of the commandment (here, termed the " shoresh ", or "root").
Judaism teaches that the Torah contains 613 commandments, many of which deal with crime and punishment, but only the Noahide Laws apply to humanity in general. Most Christian denominations have also adopted some of these directives, such as the Ten Commandments and Great Commandment, while a minority believes all Old Covenant laws have been ...
This outline of Jewish religious law consists of the book and section headings of the Maimonides' redaction of Jewish law, the Mishneh Torah, which details all of Jewish observance. Also listed for each section are the specific mitzvot covered by that section.
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". Punishments by the hands ...
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.
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 ...
The first mandate of its kind in more than 40 years, the law calls for classroom posters at least 11 by 14 inches in size displaying a state-approved version of the biblical laws in a "large ...