613 Mitzvot - Part X

Parts I : II : III : IV : V : VI : VII : VIII : IX The Book of Specific Seeds: The crossing of seeds, cattle and materials, laws of charity and tithing, and laws regarding the sabbatical and jubilee years (67 mitzvot) Section I: Laws concerning the Sowing of Diverse seeds together 234. Don't sow diverse seeds together (Leviticus 19:9) 235. Don't sow seeds of grains or greens in a vineyard (Deuteronomy 22:9) 236. Don't crossbreed cattle of diverse species (Leviticus 19:9) 237. Don't work with cattle of diverse species together (Deuteronomy 22:10) 238. Don't wear garments woven of diverse species (wool and linen) (Deuteronomy 22:11) Section II: Laws of Gifts to the Poor 239. Leave an un-reaped corner of the field (Leviticus 19:9) 240. Don't reap this corner (Leviticus 19:9) 241. Leave the gleanings (Leviticus 19:9) 242. Don't gather the gleanings (Leviticus 19:9) 243. Leave gleanings in the vineyard (Leviticus 19:10) 244. Don't gather the gleanings in the vineyard (Leviticus 19:10) 245. Leave the tiny clusters of the vineyard (Leviticus 19:10) 246. Don't gather the tiny clusters of the vineyard (Leviticus 19:10) 247. Leave the forgotten sheaf (Deuteronomy 24:19) 248. Don't turn back to take the forgotten sheaf (Deuteronomy 24:19) 249. Set aside tithe for the poor (Deuteronomy 14:28) 250. Give charity according to your means (Deuteronomy 15:8) 251. Don't harden your heart towards the poor (Deuteronomy 15:7) Section III: Law of Trumah 252. Set aside the Trumah (for the priest) (Deuteronomy 18:4) 253. Set aside (the Levite) the Trumah from the Ma'aser (Numbers 18:26) 254. Don't set aside the Trumah Ma'aser tithes out of order (Exodus 22:28) 255. Don't - a non-priest - eat Trumah (Leviticus 22:10) 256. Don't - a non-priest - eat Trumah even if he is his Hebrew bondsman (Leviticus 22:10) 257. Don't - an uncircumcised priest - eat Trumah (Exodus 12:48) 258. Don't - an unclean priest - eat Trumah (Leviticus 22:4) 259. Don't - a Chalalah - eat Trumah or from sacrificial portions (Leviticus 22:12) Section IV: Laws of Tithes 260. Set aside the first tithe of the produce every year and give it to the Levites (Numbers 18:24) Section V: Laws of Second Tithes and Fruit of Fourth Year from Planting 261. Set aside a second tithe (Deuteronomy 14:22) 262. Don't spend the redemption money on anything but food, drink, ointment (Deuteronomy 26:14) 263. Don't eat the second tithe while unclean (Deuteronomy 26:14) 264. Don't eat it as Onan (first day following death of relative) (Deuteronomy 26:14) 265. Don't eat second tithe of grain outside of Jerusalem (Deuteronomy 26:17) 266. Don't eat second tithe of vintage outside of Jerusalem (Deuteronomy 26:17) 267. Don't eat second tithe of oil outside of Jerusalem (Deuteronomy 26:17) 268. Eat the fruits of the Fourth Year in Jerusalem (Leviticus 19:24) 269. Recite the confession of tithes in 4th and 7th years (Deuteronomy 26:13) Section VI: Laws of First Fruits and other gifts to Priests beyond the Sanctuary 270. Set aside first fruits and bring to Sanctuary (Exodus 23:19) 271. Don't - Priests - eat first fruits outside Jerusalem (Deuteronomy 12:17) 272. Read a declaration when presenting first fruits (Deuteronomy 26:5) 273. Set apart a gift from dough for the priest (Numbers 15:20) 274. Give shoulder, two cheeks and stomach of slaughtered animal to the priest (Deuteronomy 18:3) 275. Give to the priest the first fleece (Deuteronomy 18:4) 276. Redeem the first born (if a son) and give redemption money to the priest (Numbers 18:15) 277. Redeem first born of an ass by giving lamb to priest (Exodus 13:13) 278. Behead firstborn of ass if refuses to redeem it (Exodus 13:13) Section VII: Laws of Sabbatical Year and Year of Jubilee 279. See that land rests in Sabbatical Year (Exodus 34:21) 280. Don't do agricultural work that year (Leviticus 25:4) 281. Don't do arboricultural work that year (trees) (Leviticus 25:4) 282. Don't cut, in regular fashion, the aftermath that grows by itself (Leviticus 25:5) 283. Don't gather fruit of untended trees (Leviticus 25:5) 284. Leave what the land produces free to all (Exodus 23:11) 285. Release all loans (Deuteronomy 15:2) 286. Don't press debtor (Deuteronomy 15:2) 287. Don't refrain from making loans before the Sabbatical year (Deuteronoomy 15:9) 288. Count (Sanhedrin) the years by sevens (Leviticus 25:10) 289. Declare (Sanhedrin) the fiftieth year holy (Leviticus 25:10) 290. Sound the Shofar on the 10th of Tishrei (Leviticus 25:9) 291. Don't till the soil in that year (Leviticus 25:11) 292. Don't cut, in regular fashion, the aftermath which grows by itself (Leviticus 25:11) 293. Don't gather the fruits of the untended trees that year (Leviticus 25:11) 294. Carry out redemption of sold fields that year (Leviticus 25:24) 295. Don't cause the land to be sold in perpetuity (Leviticus 25:23) 296. Carry out law concerning houses in walled cities (Leviticus 25:29) 297. Don't give Tribe of Levi regular portion of land (Deuteronomy 18:1) 298. Don't let Tribe of Levi share in spoils of war (Deuteronomy 18:1) 299. Give Levites cities and their suburbs to dwell in (Numbers 35:2) 300. Don't cause the houses and suburbs of their cities to be sold in perpetuity (Leviticus 25:34)

Shabbat - 6/30/07 (14 Tammuz 5767)

For your local Shabbat Candle-lighting times, please go here. This week's reading -- Balak (Numbers 22:2-25:9). Topics in Balak: Balaam, prophet of the nations, G-d’s ambiguous permission, G-d impedes Balaam’s path, Balaam’s she-donkey speaks, Balaam sees the angel, Balak’s rebuke, Balaam’s altar offerings, Balaam’s first blessing, Balak’s anger, Balaam’s second blessing, Balak’s anger and further request, Balaam’s third blessing, Balak’s renewed anger, Balaam’s last prophecy , ...to Israel, ...to Edom, ...to Amalek, ...and to the Kenite, Baalam’s plot, Phinehas’ zealotry For more information about this week's Parsha, please visit these sites. Orthodox Union Chabad Aish HaTorah United Synagogues of Conservative Judaism Union for Reform Judaism Jewish Reconstructionist Federation

613 Mitzvot - Part IX

Parts I : II : III : IV : V : VI : VII : VIII The Book of Specific Utterances: Oaths, vows, Nazirite restrictions, and devotion of property to the Sanctuary (25 mitzvot) Section I: Law of Oaths 209. Don't swear by G-d's name falsely (Leviticus 19:12) 210. Don't swear by G-d's name in vain (Exodus 20:7) 211. Don't deny claim to an article left in trust (Leviticus 19:11) 212. Don't swear in denial of a money claim (Leviticus 19:11) 213. Swear by His Name when truth must be affirmed (Deuteronomy 10:20) Section II: Law of Vows 214. Fulfill what you have uttered as a vow (Deuteronomy 23:24) 215. Don't break your vow or oath (Numbers 30:3) 216. That the vow shall be annulled under certain circumstances (Numbers 30:3) Section III: Laws of the Nazir 217. Let your hair- of a Nazir - grow long (Numbers 6:5) 218. Don't cut off your hair while you are a Nazir (Numbers 6:6) 219. Don't drink wine, wine mixtures or wine vinegar (Numbers 6:3) 220. Don't eat fresh grapes (Numbers 6:3) 221. Don't eat raisins (Numbers 6:3) 222. Don't eat kernels of grapes (Numbers 6:4) 223. Don't eat skins of grapes (Numbers 6:4) 224. Don't enter a house where there is a dead body (Numbers 6:6) 225. Don't defile yourself by contact with dead (Numbers 6:7) 226. Shave off your hair when bringing your sacrifices (Numbers 6:9) Section IV: Laws of Appraisal of Things Devoted to the Sanctuary 227. Carry out appraisal of human beings according to Torah laws (Leviticus 27:2) 228. Carry out appraisal of devoted animals according to Torah laws (Leviticus 27:12-13) 229. Carry out appraisal of dwellings devoted according to Torah laws (Leviticus 27:14) 230. Carry out appraisal of devoted fields according to Torah laws (Leviticus 27:16) 231. Carry out law of one who devoted his property (Leviticus 27:28) 232. Don't sell what was thus devoted (Leviticus 27:28) 233. Don't redeem what was thus devoted (Leviticus 27:28)

Shabbat - 6/23/07 (7 Tammuz 5767)

For your local Shabbat Candle-lighting times, please go here. This week's reading -- Korach (Numbers 19:1-22:1). Topics in Chukat: The Red Cow, Miriam’s death and the lack of water, The people protest, G-d commands Moses to bring water, Moses and Aaron err and are punished, Amalek attacks, A new challenge, The song in the Book of the Wars of Hashem, The battle with Sihon, Og does battle For more information about this week's Parsha, please visit these sites. Orthodox Union Chabad Aish HaTorah United Synagogues of Conservative Judaism Union for Reform Judaism Jewish Reconstructionist Federation

613 Mitzvot - Part VIII

Parts I : II : III : IV : V : VI : VII The Book of Holiness: Illicit sexual relations, forbidden foods, and ritual slaughter (70 mitzvot) Section I: Laws of Forbidden Sexual Relationships 139. Don't have relations with mother (Leviticus 18:7) 140. Don't have relations with father's wife (Leviticus 18:8) 141. Don't have relations with sister (Leviticus 18:9) 142. Don't have relations with father's wife's daughter (Leviticus 18:11) 143. Don't have relations with son's daughter (Leviticus 18:10) 144. Don't have relations with daughter (Leviticus 18:10) 145. Don't have relations with daughter's daughter (Leviticus 18:10) 146. Don't take as a wife a woman and her daughter (Leviticus 18:17) 147. Don't take as a wife a woman and her son's daughter (Leviticus 18:17) 148. Don't take as a wife a woman and her daughter's daughter (Leviticus 18:17) 149. Don't have relations with father's sister (Leviticus 18:12) 150. Don't have relations with mother's sister (Levitcus 18:13) 151. Don't have relations with father's brother's wife (Leviticus 18:14) 152. Don't have relations with son's wife (Leviticus 18:15) 153. Don't have relations with brother's wife (Leviticus 18:16) 154. Don't have relations with wife's sister (Leviticus 18:18) 155. Don't (man) have relations with a beast (Leviticus 18:23) 156. Don't (woman) have relations with a beast (Leviticus 18:23) 157. Don't have homosexual relations (Leviticus 18:22) 158. Don't have homosexual relations with father (Leviticus 18:7) 159. Don't have homosexual relations with father's brother (Leviticus 18:14) 160. Don't have relations with another man's wife (Leviticus 18:20) 161. Don't have relations with any woman while she is menstrually impure (Leviticus 18:19) 162. Don't intermarry with gentiles (Deuteronomy 7:3) 163. Don't let an Ammonite or Moabite marry into us (Deuteronomy 23:4) 164. Don't prevent a 3rd generation Egyptian from marrying into us (Deuteronomy 23:8-9) 165. Don't prevent a 3rd generation Edomite from marrying into us (Deuteronomy 23:8-9) 166. Don't let a mamzer marry into us (Deuteronomy 23:3) 167. Don't let a eunuch marry into us (Deuteronomy 23:2) 168. Don't castrate a male, even an animal (Leviticus 22:24) 169. Don't - a High Priest - marry a widow (Leviticus 21:14) 170. Don't - a High Priest - have relations with a widow, even out of marriage (Leviticus 21:15) 171. A High Priest shall marry a virgin in her maidenhood (Leviticus 21:14) 172. Don't - a priest - marry a divorced woman (Leviticus 21:7) 173. Don't - a priest - marry a zonah (one who had relations with heathen or relative) (Leviticus 21:7) 174. Don't - a priest - marry a chalalah (the party to or product of relations forbidden to priest) (Leviticus 21:7) 175. Don't have close contact with forbidden women (Leviticus 18:6) Section II: Forbidden Foods 176. Examine the marks of the beast to distinguish clean from unclean (Leviticus 11:2) 177. Examine marks of fowl (to distinguish clean from unclean) (Deuteronomy 14:11) 178. Examine marks of Locust (to distinguish clean from unclean) (Leviticus 11:21) 179. Examine marks of Fish (to distinguish clean from unclean) (Leviticus 11:9) 180. Don't eat the unclean beasts (Leviticus 11:4) 181. Don't eat the unclean fowl (Leviticus 11:13) 182. Don't eat the unclean fish (Leviticus 11:11) 183. Don't eat winged creeping things (Deuteronomy 14:19) 184. Don't eat things that creep on earth (Leviticus 11:41) 185. Don't eat vermin that creep on earth (Leviticus 11:44) 186. Don't eat a worm found in fruit after it has emerged on the ground (Leviticus 11:42) 187. Don't eat creeping things of the water (Leviticus 11:43) 188. Don't eat the flesh of a beast that died without slaughter (Deuteronomy 14.21) 189. Don't benefit from on ox condemned to be stoned (Exodus 21:28) 190. Don't eat the flesh of a Treifah beast (Exodus 22:30) 191. Don't eat a limb of a beast removed while it was alive (Deuteronomy 12:23) 192. Don't eat blood (Leviticus 3:17) 193. Don't eat Chelev (certain fat) of a clean animal (Leviticus 3:17) 194. Don't eat the sinew of the thigh-vein (Genesis 32:33) 195. Don't eat meat with milk (Exodus 23:19) 196. Don't cook it with milk (Exodus 34:26) 197. Don't eat bread make of new grain (before Omer offered) (Leviticus 23:14) 198. Don't eat parched corn of the new produce (before Omer offered) (Leviticus 23:14) 199. Don't eat fresh ears of corn (before Omer offered) (Leviticus 23:14) 200. Don't eat Orlah (fruit from tree under 3 years old) (Leviticus 19:23) 201. Don't eat produce of diverse seeds sown in a vineyard (Deuteronomy 22:9) 202. Don't eat produce from which the priest's tithes have not been separated (Leviticus 22:15) 203. Don't drink wine poured as libation to idol (Deuteronomy 32:38) Section III: Laws of Slaying Animals for Food 204. Slay an animal in prescribed way before eating it (Deuteronomy 12:21) 205. Don't slay a beast and its offspring on the same day (Leviticus 22:28) 206. Cover the blood of a wild beast or fowl (Leviticus 17:13) 207. Don't take the mother bird from its young (Deuteronomy 22:6) 208. Release the mother bird if you did take her (Deuteronomy 22:7)

Shabbat - 6/16/07 (30 Sivan 5767)

For your local Shabbat Candle-lighting times, please go here. This week's reading -- Korach (Numbers 16:1-18:32). Topics in Korach: Rebellion in the Wilderness, Moses summons Dathan and Abiram, G-d responds, G-d creates a phenomenon, Protest and confirmation, Moses intervenes again, A new proof of Aaron’s greatness, The fears remain, Aaron’s duty reiterated, Gifts to the Kohanim, Tithes to the Levites For more information about this week's Parsha, please visit these sites. Orthodox Union Chabad Aish HaTorah United Synagogues of Conservative Judaism Union for Reform Judaism Jewish Reconstructionist Federation

613 Mitzvot - Part VII

Parts I : II : III : IV : V : VI The Book of Women: Marriage, divorce, seduction, and infidelity (17 mitzvot) Section I: Laws of Marriage 122. Take a wife through Kiddushin and Ketubah (Deuteronomy 22:13) 123. Don't have relations with a woman not thus married (Deuteronomy 23:18) 124. Don't withhold food, clothing and relations from wife (Exodus 21:10) 125. Have children with wife (Genesis 1:28) Section II: Divorce 126. Divorce with a Get document (Deuteronomy 24:1) 127. Don't remarry your divorcee after she marries another (Deuteronomy 24:4) Section III: Laws of a Widow 128. Do Yibum: Marry childless widowed brother's wife (Deuteronomy 25:5) 129. Do Chalitzah (when Yibum not desired) (Deuteronomy 25:9) 130. Don't (this childless widow) marry another while still bound to husband's brother (Deuteronomy 25:5) Section IV: Laws of Young Maidens 131. Fine seducers (Exodus 22:15-16) 132. Marry maiden that he coerced (Deuteronomy 22:29) 133. Don't divorce her (Deuteronomy 22:29) 134. Slanderer to keep his wife forever (Deuteronomy 22:19) 135. Don't divorce her (Deuteronomy 22:19) Section V: Laws of Suspect Wife 136. Carry out Torah Law of suspect wife (Numbers 5:30) 137. Don't put oil on her sacrifice (Numbers 5:15) 138. Don't put incense on her sacrifice (Numbers 5:15)

Shabbat - 6/9/07 (23 Sivan 5767)

For your local Shabbat Candle-lighting times, please go here. This week's reading -- Shelach (Numbers 13:1-15:41). Topics in Shelach: The command to send spies to Eretz Yisrael, Moses prays for Joshua, The spies' report and the national hysteria, Israel is threatened with extermination, Moses pleads for the people, The decree of wandering 40 years, The libations and challah, Atonements, Command of tzitzits For more information about this week's Parsha, please visit these sites. Orthodox Union Chabad Aish HaTorah United Synagogues of Conservative Judaism Union for Reform Judaism Jewish Reconstructionist Federation

613 Mitzvot - Part VI

Parts I : II : III : IV : V The Book of Seasons: The Shabbat, Yom Kippur, holidays, New Moon, and fast days (35 mitzvot) Section V: Laws of Passover 108. Don't eat chametz 14th day from noon on (Deuteronomy 16:3) 109. Destroy chametz on 14th day (Exodus 12:15) 110. Don't eat chametz 7 days of Passover (Exodus 13:3) 111. Don't eat mixture of chametz (Exodus 12:20) 112. Don't allow chametz to be seen in your possession (Exodus 13:7) 113. Don't allow chametz to be found in your possession (Exodus 12:19) 114. Eat Matzah on eve of 15th (Exodus 12:18) 115. Tell of Exodus that night (Exodus 13:8) Section VI: Shofar, Succah, Lulav 116. Hear blowing of Shofar on Rosh Hashana (Numbers 29:1) 117. Dwell in Succah during Succos (Leviticus 23:42) 118. Take up Lulav on Succos (Leviticus 23:40) Section VII: Shekalim 119. To give half-shekel annually for sanctuary (Exodus 30:13) Section VIII: New Moon 120. To calculate and determine start of each month (Exodus 12:2) Section IX: Fasts 121. To fast and cry out in troubled times (Numbers 10:9) Section X: Megillah and Chanukah

Shabbat - 6/2/07 (16 Sivan 5767)

For your local Shabbat Candle-lighting times, please go here. This week's reading -- Beha'alotcha (Numbers 8:1-12:16). Topics in Beha'alotcha: The Menorah, Consecration of the Levites, Apprenticeship and responsibility, The Pesach offering in the Wilderness, Pesach sheni/The second Pesach offering, Divine signs of the Israelites’ travels, The Trumpets, The order of breaking camp, Moses invites Jethro to join the nation, The first journey, The Ark goes forth, The complainers, Dissatisfaction with the manna, Moses’ despair, The Sanhedrin, G-d responds to the people, New prophets, The quail, Moses’ uniqueness is challenged and affirmed, Miriam is quarantined, The command to send pies to Eretz Yisrael, Moses prays for Joshua, The spies’ report, Caleb is shouted down, National hysteria, The people could not be placated, Israel is threatened with extermination, Moses’ successful plea, Moses’ successful plea, G-d spells out the decree, A chastened nation realizes too late, The libations, Challah, The atonement for public, unintentional idol worship, Individual idol worship, Intentional Idolatry, Sabbath desecration in the Wilderness, Tzitzis and all the commandments For more information about this week's Parsha, please visit these sites. Orthodox Union Chabad Aish HaTorah United Synagogues of Conservative Judaism Union for Reform Judaism Jewish Reconstructionist Federation