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Friday, August 10, 2007

613 Mitzvot - Part XVI

Parts I : II : III : IV : V : VI : VII : VIII : IX : X : XI : XII : XIII : XIV : XV

The Book of Judgments: Labor relations, renting and borrowing, and inheritance (23 mitzvot)

Section I: Laws of Hiring
517. Carry out law of the man who rents and the depository for hire (Exodus 22:9)
518. Pay the hired wage the same day (Deuteronomy 24:15)
519. Don't delay the wage after it is due (Leviticus 19:13)
520. That the hired man may eat of agricultural produce at which he works (Deuteronomy 23:25)
521. Don't eat from un-severed produce until work is completed (Deuteronomy 23:26)
522. Don't take with you anything you don't consume (Deuteronomy 23:25)
523. Don't muzzle an ox (or cattle) while it is doing agricultural work (Deuteronomy 25:4)

Section II: Laws Concerning Borrowing an Article and Deposit
524. Carry out the law appertaining to a borrower (Exodus 22:13)
525. Carry out the law concerning a gratuitous depository (Exodus 22:6)

Section III: Laws Concerning Creditor and Debtor
526. Lend to the poor and needy (Exodus 22:24)
527. Don't press him for payment he doesn't have (Exodus 22:24)
528. Press the idolater (Deuteronomy 15:3)
529. Don't (the creditor) take a pledge by force (Deuteronomy 24:10)
530. Return the pledge to its owner when he is in need of it (Deuteronomy 24:13)
531. Don't be tardy in returning it to him (Deuteronomy 24:12)
532. Don't exact a pledge from a widow (Deuteronomy 24:17)
533. Don't take utensils used in preparing food (Deuteronomy 24:6)
534. Don't (the lender) give a loan at usury (Leviticus 25:37)
535. Don't (the borrower) take a loan at usury (Deuteronomy 23:20)
536. Don't act as intermediary in a loan at usury (Exodus 22:24)
537. Borrow from, and lend to an idolater at usury (Deuteronomy 23:21)

Section IV: Laws of Plaintiff and Defendant
538. Carry out laws of claims, admissions and denials (Exodus 22:8)

Section V: Laws of Inheritance
539. Carry out law regarding order of inheritance (Numbers 27:8)

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