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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").
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.
Chukim ("decrees") are commandments with no known rationale, and are perceived as pure manifestations of the Divine will. [12] The commandments are divided into positive ("thou shalt") and negative ("thou shalt not") commandments. According to Jewish tradition, the 613 commandments contain 365 negative commandments and 248 positive commandments.
A Louisiana law that mandates the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools relegates the commandments to a mere historic document, mischaracterizing their historical origins, writes Eli ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.