Loving Instruction (TORAH)

TORAH (LOVING INSTRUCTION FROM THE FATHER)

Applicable Today (Chafetz Chayim) 23

Positive

The Sanctuary, Priesthood and Sacrifices

P21Revering the Sanctuary ,

P37Priests Defiling Themselves for Deceased Relatives

P79Sanctifying the First-Born ,

P80Redeeming the First-Born ,

P81Redeeming the Firstling of an Ass

P82Breaking the Neck of the Firstling of an Ass ,

P95Revocation of Vows

Gifts to the Temple, the Poor, the Priests and Levites; the Sabbatical Year and the Jubilee; the Preparation of Food

P133The Dough-Offering

P141Cancelling Claims in the Sabbatical Year

P144The First of the Fleece to Be Given to the Priest

P148Releasing a Dam When Taking Its Nest

The Proper Functioning of the Jewish State

P188The Extinction of Amalek

P189Remembering the Nefarious Deeds of Amalek

Our Duties Towards Our Fellow Men

P194A Robber to Restore the Stolen Article

P199Restoring a Pledge to a Needy Owner

P200Paying Wages on Time

P201An Employee to Be Allowed to Eat of the Produce Among Which He Is Working

P202Unloading a Tired Animal

P203Assisting the Owner in Lifting Up His Burden

P204Returning Lost Property to Its Owner ,

P205Rebuking the Sinner

The Laws Relating to Property, Real and Personal

P245The Law of Buying and Selling

P248The Law of Inheritance ,

TORAH (LOVING INSTRUCTION FROM THE FATHER)

Applicable Today 260

Applicable Today 260

Positive

Belief in God and Our Duties Toward Him

P1 Believing in God ,

P2 Unity of God

P3 Love of God

P4 Fear of God ,

P5 Worshipping God , , ,

P6 Cleaving to God ,

P7 Taking an Oath by God’s Name ,

P8 Walking in God’s Ways ,

P9 Sanctifying God’s Name

P10 Reading the Shema

P11Studying the Torah , , ,

P12The Phylactery of the Head , , ,

P13The Phylactery of the Arm , , ,

P14The Fringes

P15The Mezuzah ,

P18Acquiring a Scroll of Law

P19Grace After Meals

The Sanctuary, Priesthood and Sacrifices

P26Priests Blessing Israel

P32Honoring the Priests

P54Rejoicing on the Festivals ,

P73Making Confession

P94All Oral Commitments to Be Fulfilled

Gifts to the Temple, the Poor, the Priests and Levites; the Sabbatical Year and the Jubilee; the Preparation of Food

P143The Priest’s Due in the Slaughter of Every Clean Animal

P146Shechitah

P147Covering the Blood of Slain Birds and Animals

P149Searching for Prescribed Tokens in Cattle and Animals

P150Searching for the Prescribed Tokens in Birds

P152Searching for the Prescribed Tokens in Fishes ,

The Holy Days and the Observances Connected With Them

P154Resting on the Sabbath ,

P155Proclaiming the Sanctity of the Sabbath ,

P156Removal of Leaven

P157Recounting the Departure from Egypt

P158Unleavened Bread to Be Eaten on the Eve of the Fifteenth Day of Nisan

P159Resting on the First Day of Pesach

P160Resting on the Seventh Day of Pesach

P161Counting the Omer

P162Resting on Shevuoth

P163Resting on Rosh Hashanah

P164Fasting on Yom Kippur ,

P165Resting on Yom Kippur

P166Resting on the First Day of Sukkoth

P167Resting on Shemini Atzereth

P168Dwelling in a Booth During Sukkoth

P169Taking a Lulab on Sukkoth

P170Hearing the Shofar on Rosh Hashanah

The Proper Functioning of the Jewish State

P172Heeding the Prophets

P175Abiding by a Majority Decision

P184Removing Sources of Danger from Our Habitations

Our Duties Towards Our Fellow Men

P195Charity

P197Lending Money Ot the Poor ,

P206Loving Our Neighbor

P207Loving the Stranger

P208The Law of Weights and Measures

P209Honoring Scholars and the Aged

The Duties Attaching to Family Life

P210Honoring Parents ,

P211Respecting Parents

P212Be Fruitful and Multiply

P213The Law of Marriage

P215The Law of Circumcision

The Laws Relating to Property, Real and Personal

P241The Law of Damage by a Fire

Negative

Idolatry and Related Subjects

N1Believing in or Ascribing Any Deity to Any but Him ,

N2Making Images for the Purpose of Worship , ,

N3Making an Idol for Others to Worship , , ,

N4Making Figures of Human Beings ,

N5Bowing Down to an Idol ,

N6Worshipping Idols ,

N7Handing Over Some of Our Offspring to the Molech

N8Practicing the Sorcery of the Ob

N9Practicing the Sorcery of the Yidde’oni

N10Studying Idolatrous Practices

N11Erecting a Pillar Which People Will Assemble to Honor ,

N12Making Figured Stones Upon Which to Prostrate Ourselves

N14Swearing by an Idol

N15Summoning People to Idolatry

N16Seeking to Persuade an Israelite to Worship Idols

N17Loving the Person Who Seeks to Mislead Him into Idolatry

N18Relaxing One’s Aversion to the Misleader

N19Saving the Life of the Misleader

N22Benefitting Form Ornaments Which Have Adorned an Idol

N25Increasing Our Wealth from Anything Connected With Idolatry

N26Prophesying in the Name of an Idol

N27Prophesying Falsely

N28Listening to the Prophecy of One Who Prophesies in the Name of an IdolDt 13:2

N30Adopting the Habits and Customs of Unbelievers

N31Practicing Divination

N32Regulating Our Conduct by the Stars

N33Practicing the Art of the Soothsayer

N34Practicing Sorcery

N35Practicing the Art of the Charmer

N36Consulting a Necromancer Who Uses the Ob

N37Consulting a Sorcerer Who Uses the Yido’a

N38Seeking Information from the Dead

N39Women Wearing Men’s Clothes or Adornments

N40Men Wearing Women’s Clothes or Adornments

N41Imprinting Any Marks Upon Our Bodies

N42Wearing a Garment of Wool and Linen

N43Shaving the Temples of Our Heads

N44Shaving the Beard

N45Making Cuttings in Our Flesh ,

N46Settling in the Land of Egypt

N47Accepting Opinions Contrary to Those Taught in the Torah

N50Showing Mercy to Idolaters

N52Intermarrying With the Heretics

N57Destroying Fruit-Trees During a Siege

N59Forgetting What Amalek Did to Us

Our Duties to God, the Sanctuary, and the Services Therein

N60Blaspheming the Great Name ,

N61Violating a Shebuat Bittui

N62Violating a Shebuat Shav ,

N63Profaning the Name of God

N65Breaking Down Houses of Worship

N66Leaving the Body of a Criminal Hanging Overnight After Execution

N78Any Unclean Person Entering the Camp of the Levites

N83Making Oil Like the Oil of Anointment

N85Making Incense Like That Used in the Sanctuary

Sacrifices, Priestly Gifts, Priests, Levites, and Related Subjects

N101Slaughtering the Mother and Her Young on the Same Day

N108Redeeming the Firstling of a Clean Beast

N155Delaying Payment of Vows

N157Infringing Any Oral Obligation, Even If Undertaken Without an Oath

N158A Priest Marrying a Zonah

N159A Priest Marrying a Chalalah

N160A Priest Marrying a Divorced Woman

N166A Common Priest Defiling Himself for Any Dead Person Except Those Prescribed in Scripture

N171Tearing Out Our Hair for the Dead

Prohibitions Affecting Food

N172Eating Any Unclean Animal , ,

N173Eating Any Unclean Fish

N174Eating Any Unclean Fowl ,

N175Eating Any Swarming Winged Insect ,

N176Eating Anything Which Swarms Upon the Earth

N177Eating Any Creeping Thing That Breeds in Decayed Matter

N178Eating Living Creatures That Breed in Seeds or Fruit

N179Eating Any Swarming Thing

N180Eating Nevelah

N181Eating Terefah

N182Eating a Limb of a Living Creature

N183Eating Gid Ha-Nasheh

N184Eating Blood

N185Eating the Fat of a Clean Animal

N186Cooking Meat in Milk

N187Eating Meat Cooked in Milk

N189Eating Bread Made from the Grain of the New Crop

N190Eating Roasted Grain of the New Crop

N191Eating Fresh Ears of Grain

N192Eating Orlah

N193Eating Kilai Ha-Kerem

N194Drinking Yain Nesech

N195Eating and Drinking to Excess

N196Eating on Yom Kippur

N197Eating Chametz During Pesach

N198Eating Anything Containing Chametz During Pesach ,

N199Eating Chametz After the Middle of the Fourteenth of Nisan

N200Chametz Being Seen in Our Habitations During Pesach

N201Possessing Chametz During Pesach

Cultivation of the Land

N215Sowing Kilayim

N216Sowing Grain or Vegetables in a Vineyard

N217Mating Animals of Different Species

N218Working With Two Different Kinds of Animals Together

N219Preventing a Beast from Eating of the Produce Amidst Which It Is WorkingDt 25:4

Our Duties Towards Our Fellow Men, Towards the Poor and Towards Employees

N230Demanding the Payment of Debts After the Sabbatical Year

N231Withholding a Loan to Be Cancelled by the Sabbatical Year

N232Failing to Give Charity to Our Needy Brethren

N234Demanding Payment Form a Debtor Known to Be Unable to Pay

N235Lending at Interest

N236Borrowing at Interest

N237Participating in a Loan at Interest

N238Oppressing an Employee by Delaying Payment of His Wages

N239Taking a Pledge from a Debtor by Force

N240Keeping a Needed Pledge from Its Owner

N241Taking a Pledge from a Widow

N242Taking in Pledge Food Utensils

N243Abducting an Israelite ,

N244Stealing Money

N245Committing Robbery

N246Fraudulently Altering Land Boundaries

N247Usurping Our Debts

N248Repudiating Our Debts

N249Swearing Falsely in Repudiating a Debt

N250Wronging One Another in Business

N251Wronging One Another by Speech

N252Wronging a Proselyte by Speech

N253Wronging a Proselyte in Business

N256Dealing Harshly With Fatherless Children and Widows

N262Afflicting One’s Espoused Hebrew Bondmaid

N265Planning to Acquire Another’s Property ,

N266Coveting Another’s Belongings ,

N267A Hired Laborer Eating Growing Crops

N268A Hired Laborer Putting of the Harvest in His Own Vessel

N269Ignoring Lost Property

N270Leaving a Trapped Person ,

The Administration of Justice, the Authority of the Courts, and Similar Matters

N271Cheating in Measurements and Weights

N273A Judge Committing Unrighteousness

N274A Judge Accepting Gifts from Litigants

N275A Judge Favoring a Litigant

N276A Judge Being Deterred by Fear from Giving a Just Judgment

N277A Judge Deciding in Favor of a Poor Man Through Pity

N278A Judge Perverting Judgment Against a Person of Evil Repute

N280A Judge Perverting the Justice Due to Proselytes or Orphans

N281A Judge Listening to One of the Litigants in the Absence of Another

N282A Court Convicting in a Capital Case by a Majority of One

N284Appointing an Unlearned Judge

N285Bearing False Witness ,

N286A Judge Receiving a Wicked Man’s Testimony

N287A Judge Receiving Testimony from a Litigant’s Relative

N288Convicting on the Testimony of a Single Witness

N289Killing a Human Being ,

N297Neglecting to Save an Israelite in Danger of His Life

N298Leaving Obstacles on Public or Private Domain

N299Giving Misleading Advice

N300Inflicting Excessive Corporal Punishment

N301Bearing Tales

N302Hating One Another

N303Putting One to Shame

N304Taking Vengeance on One Another

N305Bearing a Grudge

N306Taking the Entire Bird’s Nest

N312Differing from Traditional Authorities

N313Adding to the Written or Oral Law

N314Detracting from the Written or Oral Law

N315Cursing a Judge

N317Cursing an Israelite

N318Cursing Parents

N319Smiting Parents

The Sabbath and Festivals

N320Working on the Sabbath ,

N321Journeying on the Sabbath

N323Working on the First Day of Pesach

N324Working on the Seventh Day of Pesach

N325Working on Aztereth

N326Working on Rosh Hashanah

N327Working on the First Day of Sukkoth

N328Working on Shemini Atzereth

N329Working on Yom Kippur

The Forbidden Degrees of Marriage and Related Subjects

N330Having Intercourse With One’s Mother

N331Having Intercourse With One’s Father’s Wife

N332Having Intercourse With One’s Sister

N333Having Intercourse With the Daughter of One’s Father’s Wife If She Be His Sister

N334Having Intercourse With One’s Son’s Daughter

N335Having Intercourse With One’s Daughter’s Daughter

N336Having Intercourse With One’s Daughter

N337Having Intercourse With a Woman and Her Daughter

N338Having Intercourse With a Woman and Her Son’s Daughter

N339Having Intercourse With a Woman and Her Daughter’s Daughter

N340Having Intercourse With One’s Father’s Sister

N341Having Intercourse With One’s Mother’s Sister

N342Having Intercourse With the Wife of One’s Father’s Brother

N343Having Intercourse With One’s Son’s Wife

N344Having Intercourse With One’s Brother’s Wife

N345Having Intercourse With a Sister of His Wife During the Latter’s LifetimeLe 18:18

N346Having Intercourse With a Menstruant

N347Having Intercourse With Another Man’s Wife

N348Men Lying With Beasts

N349Women Lying With Beasts

N350A Man Lying Carnally With a Male ,

N351A Man Lying Carnally With His Father

N352A Man Lying Carnally With His Father’s Brother

N353Intimacy With a Kinswoman

N354A Mamzer Having Intercourse With a Jewess

N355Having Intercourse Without Marriage

N356Re-Marrying One’s Divorced Wife After She Has Re-Married

N357Having Intercourse With a Woman Subject to a Levirate Marriage

N360A Man Incapable of Procreation Marrying a Jewess

N361Castration