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613 Commandments
92/613 – Defense of the animals
Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk... (Exodus 23:19 and 34:26) According to Jewish tradition, this commandment forbids us to consume meat and milk at the same time. This law is truly the...
85/613 – Defence of the poor
Do not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits... (Exodus 23:6) It is not allowed to profit from a poor person. If we treat him well and give him help, he won't be able to give it back to...
148/613 – Blood consumption
And wherever you live, you must not eat the blood of any bird or animal. (Leviticus 7, 26) The Bible explains the reason for this prohibition. Blood is nothing but the vessel of the soul. The Jews...
79/613 – Do not eat torn animal
You are to be my holy people. So do not eat the meat of an animal torn by wild beasts; throw it to the dogs! (Exodus 22:30) The ban on eating carrion flesh has several aspects. It is known that the...
77/613 – Respect the ruler
...do not curse the ruler of your people (Exodus 22:28) If the ruler in question is faithful the Lord, it is obvious that to speak ill of him would be evil (as described in 75/613. Here we...
75/613 – Respect for the judges
Do not blaspheme יהוה or curse the ruler of your people. (Exodus 22:28) Besides the respect of the Lord and the rulers (see 77/613), Jewish tradition also extends this law to the respect of judges....
65/613 – Widows and orphans
If you do and they cry out to me, I will certainly hear their cry. (Exodus 22:23) The orphan, the widow and the stranger are all like the poor. The parashat of the week puts special emphasis on the...
42/613 – The laws of the Hebrew slave
If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free, without paying anything. If he comes alone, he is to go free alone; but if he has a wife...
61/613 – Do not eat the meat of the stoned animal
If a bull gores a man or woman to death, the bull is to be stoned to death, and its meat must not be eaten. But the owner of the bull will not be held responsible... (Exodus 21:28) This law contains...
55/613 – Accusation without proofs
In all cases of illegal possession of an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any other lost property about which somebody says, ‘This is mine,’ both parties are to bring their cases before the...
84/613 – Defense of the rich
...and do not show favoritism to a poor person in a lawsuit... (Exodus 23:3) In the eyes of the Lord, positive discrimination is such as a hateful thing as negative discrimination. In a humanistic...
45/613 – Death penalty (where life begins)
Anyone who strikes a person with a fatal blow is to be put to death. (Exodus 21,12) These words concerning the death penalty that we meat so often while reading the pages of the Old Testament are...
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