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Oct 27, 2008 · The Talmud tells us that there are 613 commandments in the Torah; 248 Positive Commandments (do's) and 365 Negative Commandments (do not's). Here's a complete list --as compiled by Maimonides.
Traditionally, it has been learnt that the rule that the uncircumcised must not eat holy things is an essential principle of the Torah and not an enactment of the Scribes (negative). See Brit Milah: Circumcision
The following is a brief listing of the 613 commandments (mitzvot), as recorded and classified by Maimonides in the 12th century. This listing is taken from his classic compendium of Jewish law, the "Mishneh Torah," which contains 14 primary "books" or sections.
Every reigning king must write Sefer Torah a which he must keep with him at all times (17); and every man must have his own Torah which, if possible, he should write himself (18).
Laws of Shofar, Sukkah, and Lolav include three positive commandments, which are: (1) to hear the sound of the shofar on the First of Tishri; (2) to dwell in a sukkah seven days of the Festival; (3) to take up a Lolav in the Temple all seven days of the Festival.
listed the 613 commandments in each language, rather than the whole Torah. Even if lbn Ezra was correct in his assumption, later generations had no record of which commandments were indeed inscribed on those stones.
Rabbi Simlai expounded: “613 commandments were said to Moses, 365 negative commandments, like the days of the year, and 248 positive commandments, corresponding to a person’s limbs.”. [5] אמר רב המנונא מאי קרא (דברים לג, ד) תורה צוה לנו משה מורשה תורה בגימטריא שית מאה וחד ...
