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"Kosher" is a word derived from the Hebrew term "kashér," meaning "fit for consumption." kashrut laws were first outlined in the Torah, the Jewish religion's central text, which was put into practice around 1275 BC.

One of the most notable health benefits of eating kosher foods is that no unspecified contaminates ever enter the food being consumed. Special regulations and procedures make certain that insects and bugs do not find their way into “vegetables, fruits, and grains prior to picking”

Is Kosher food safer?

So while research hasn't proven that kosher food is safer to eat, the way in which it is prepared may reduce the chances of spreading foodborne illness,

Following a kosher diet is relatively simple in the modern era, because many food products are now marked with indicators showing that they are kosher. Some food groups have virtually no kosher restrictions and do not need kosher certification. This includes all fruits, vegetables, and grains. The only exception to this rule is grape juice and wine, which both need to be kosher certified

Fraudulent Kosher symbols

When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy God for the good land which he hath given thee. - Deuteronomy 8:10

Kosher eating divides food into three categories:

meat

dairy

pareve (neutral)

You do not mix meat and dairy products or consume them together.

Meat must be free from blood and fat

Scavengers are not consumed (no pork, crabs, Lobster, shrimp, scallops, etc..

Food is kosher when it meets quality standard based upon the Bible. Mostly that no defects are tolerated as in the USDA standards

US FDA Guidelines

Federal regulations allow for certain threshold amounts of contamination in foods, known as “maximum defect actions levels,” before they are considered unsafe—for example, fewer than two maggots per 500 grams of canned tomatoes and fewer than thirty insect fragments per 100 grams of peanut butter. By contrast, kosher certification has zero tolerance for such contaminants and is more likely to reduce or eliminate their presence in food.

Title 21, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 110.110 allows the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to establish maximum levels of natural or unavoidable defects in foods for human use that present no health hazard. These "Food Defect Action Levels" listed in this booklet are set on this premise--that they pose no inherent hazard to health.

https://www.fda.gov/food/ingredients-additives-gras-packaging-guidance-documents-regulatory-information/food-defect-levels-handbook

Biblical Introduction

When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy God for the good land which he hath given thee. - Deuteronomy 8:10

As a Christian, you are free to eat anything you want. Your diet will not keep you from heaven—but if you continually eat unhealthy foods, you will get there much sooner. As Paul wrote, "All things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful" (1 Cor. 6:12). You must choose a diet that is good for you and one that you can live the rest of your life on.

Before the law of Moses

Gen 1:29And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

Bible tells us that there was a distinction between clean and unclean animals for at least a thousand years before the Torah was given to Moses. This distinction between clean and unclean animals is mentioned in Genesis 7:2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female

Gen 9:2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things. 4 But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.

The Law

The Israelites were given a set of Dietary Laws at Mount Sinai. These were recorded by Moses and are found in Leviticus chapter 11 and Deuteronomy chapter 14. God told Moses certain animals were “clean” to eat — those with cloven hoofs which chewed the cud such as cattle, goats, sheep, deer, and so forth. All fish with fins and scales, and insects of the locust family were also “clean.” The pig and the camel, however, were “unclean” and were not to be eaten. All carnivorous birds, sea creatures without fins and scales, most insects, rodents, reptiles, and so forth were “unclean.” This is the essence of the Dietary Laws which came from God

Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14, the Lord gave instructions through Moses about how to eat healthily.

Leviticus 3:17 It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.

The Bible (Daniel 1:8-16) gives a real-life example of vegetarianism's benefits in the story of Daniel. Daniel and three other Jewish youths in the king's palace in Babylon were to be nourished for three years on the king's rich food and wine. But Daniel asked if they could eat vegetables, grains and legumes instead. At the end of 10 days, they looked better and healthier than all the other youths.

Christian Understanding

Romans 14:1 Receive one who is weak in the faith, but not to disputes over doubtful things. 2 For one believes he may eat all things, but he who is weak eats only vegetables. 3 Let not him who eats despise him who does not eat and let not him who does not eat judge him who eats; for God has received him. 4 Who are you to judge another’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. Indeed, he will be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand.

Kosher Basics

Kosher laws say that products classified as meat must not be eaten in the same meal with dairy products. Fish, fruit, eggs, and vegetables are considered neutral, called pareve (pronounced "PAR-veh"), and may be eaten with either meat or dairy meals.

There must be no natural contamination (no bugs, mold, feces, maggots or other defects)

All blood and fat must be removed from meat before the meat is blessed

Lev 3:17 All the fat belongs to God. This is the fixed rule down through the generations, wherever you happen to live: Don’t eat the fat; don’t eat the blood. None of it.”

The first independent kosher certification agency was founded by the Orthodox Union (OU) in 1924. Its director, Abraham Goldstein, left Orthodox Union Kosher to establish a second certification agency, OK Laboratories, in 1935. Kosher certification expanded in the 1930s as major brands such as Coca-Cola sought certification to expand their market.

These are the most common and trusted Kosher certified organizations symbols

FOOD SELECTION & PREPARATION

MEAT

All meat and fowl and their byproducts, such as bones, soup or gravy are classified as Meat. This includes products that contain meat or fowl derivatives such as liver pills.

Items designated “Meat” must meet the following requirements to be considered kosher:

Kosher meat must come from an animal that chews its cud and has split hooves. (Cows, sheep and goats are kosher; pigs, rabbits, kangaroos and fox are not). Deu & Lev

Kosher fowl are identified by a universally accepted tradition and include the domesticated species of chickens, Cornish hens, ducks, geese and turkeys. The Torah names the species of fowl that are forbidden, including all predatory and scavenger birds.

Animal and fowl must be slaughtered with precision and examined by a skilled shochet, an individual extensively trained in the rituals kosher slaughtering.

Permissible portions of the animal and fowl must be properly prepared (soaked and to remove any trace of blood) before cooking.

All utensils used in slaughtering, cleaning, preparing and packaging must be kosher.

DAIRY

All foods derived from, or containing, milk are classified as dairy, including milk, butter, yogurt and all cheese – hard, soft and cream. Even a trace amount of dairy can cause a food to be considered dairy.

Dairy products must meet the following criteria in order to be certified kosher:

They must come from a kosher animal.

All ingredients must be kosher and free of meat derivatives. (Conventional rennet, gelatin, etc., are of animal origin and may not be used in kosher dairy.)

They must be produced, processed and packaged on kosher equipment.

PAREVE

Foods that are neither meat nor dairy are called pareve. Common pareve foods are eggs, fish, fruit, vegetables, grains, unprocessed juices, pasta, soft drinks, coffee and tea and many candies and snacks.

Pareve presents fewer kosher complexities than meat or dairy, but certain points must be known:

Foods may lose their pareve status if processed on meat or dairy equipment or when additives are used. Pure Chocolate, cookies and other snacks may not be processed with meat or meaty foods unless they are certified pareve.

Certain fruits, vegetables and grains must be checked for the presence of small insects and larvae, which are not kosher.

Eggs must be checked for the presence of blood spots, which are not kosher.

Plants and Herbs from the Bible in alphabetical order

1. Aloes — He was accompanied by Nicodemus, the man who earlier had visited Jesus at night. Nicodemus brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds. (John 19:39)

The aloe vera plant has been used for thousands of years. In ancient times, it was used to embalm the dead, as well as for perfume. It also has a lengthy history of use topically for skin complaints (including wounds, irritations and burns) and internally for constipation.

Today, aloe is still commonly used to treat burns (including sunburns), heal rashes and moisturize the skin. Preliminary research has also shown that aloe may help to lower blood sugar in type 2 diabetics and decrease the effects of liver damage caused by alcohol.

2. Anise — Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cumin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. (Matthew 23:23)

All parts of the anise plant were used during Biblical times. The seeds, leaves and stem were used to cool high temperatures, as well as for other medicinal purposes.

Today, anise can be used to help with digestion and can be used as an anti-flatulence agent. It’s also used with some success for breast-feeding support and parasites. As an antispasmodic, anise can be helpful for coughs, bronchitis and COPD.

Anise is commonly taken by crushing the seeds into a tea.

3. Balm or Balsam — And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt. (Genesis 37:25)

Balm or balsam in the Bible refers to an extremely fragrant resinous substance extracted from a plant. In Biblical times, balsam was considered extremely valuable. The balm or balsam of Gilead in the Bible was named for the region of Gilead where it was made and this balm was used medicinally. Today, it’s possible to find various herbal salves and oils inspired by this Biblical balm.

4. Bitter herbs — They shall eat the flesh that same night, roasted with fire, and they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. (Exodus 12:8)

Bitter herbs are a collective term used for things like horehound, tansy, horseradish, endive, parsley and coriander seeds. Bitter herbs were mostly used for food in the Bible. In fact, the people of Israel were commanded to have bitter herbs with their Passover lamb.

Today, bitter herbs like gentian and wormwood are known for helping to prevent and relieve digestive complaints like dyspepsia. Experts theorize that bitter herbs are able to aid digestion through their ability to increase digestive secretions as well as blood circulation in the abdominal organs. (3)

5. Cassia — Vedan and Javan paid for your wares from Uzal; wrought iron, cassia and sweet cane were among your merchandise. (Ezekiel 27:19)

Cassia oil was popularly used as anointing oil during Biblical times. Cassia has aromatic properties quite similar to cinnamon.

Today, cassia is used in natural hair care, coloring and conditioning. The leaves are actually harvested, dried and ground into a powder used for the hair.

6. Cinnamon — Take the following fine spices: 500 shekels of liquid myrrh, half as much of fragrant cinnamon, 250 shekels of fragrant calamus. (Exodus 30:23)

Cinnamon, once considered more precious than gold, has some amazing medicinal benefits. The bark, where the oil comes from, was traditionally collected for anointing oil, as well as perfume.

Today, cinnamon is used to help lower blood glucose levels. Due to its antifungal properties, it’s also employed in the natural treatment of yeast infections. It can also help to calm an upset stomach by relieving gas. (4)

7. Cumin — When he has leveled the surface, does he not sow caraway and scatter cumin? Does he not plant wheat in its place, barley in its plot, and spelt in its field? (Isaiah 28:25)

The ancient Israelites took cumin seeds, dried them and used them to flavor their food.

Today, research has shown that cumin seeds contain a substance called cuminaldehyde that may be useful in fighting diabetes. A study published in 2017 demonstrates that black cumin contains an anticancer phytochemical known as thymoquinone and thymoquinone may be considered as a future drug in cancer treatment.

Frankincense — On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. (Matthew 2:11)

Most popularly known for incense, frankincense was used during ceremonial offerings and considered an article of luxury.

Today, it can be used as an anti-inflammatory agent, analgesic, antidepressant, and sedative, in addition to being a powerful healing herb. Frankincense oil is also a great stress-reducer known to improve anxiety.

Garlic — We remember the free fish we ate in Egypt, along with the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic. (Numbers 11:5)

Garlic has been used as both food and medicine in many cultures for thousands of years, dating back to when the Egyptian pyramids were built.

Today, garlic is used to boost the immune system and help prevent heart disease. It also is known to have helpful effects on hypertension and high cholesterol. Consuming garlic on a regular basis may help guard against cancer formation in the body. (8)

10. Hyssop — Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. (Psalm 51:7)

Hyssop is a sweet-smelling plant from the mint family. It was used in many ceremonial rituals of the Israelites, as burning hyssop typically meant an inner cleansing.

A research study published in 2003 demonstrates how hyssop may be “a useful food for hyperglycemia,” which is an abnormally high blood sugar level. (9) Hyssop is also known for being an expectorant and improving respiratory related problems such as asthma, coughs and bronchitis. (10)

Hyssop can be found in tea and tincture form at most health stores. Warm hyssop tea or hyssop tintcure diluted in warm water can be used as a gargling liquid for sore throats.

11. Mint — Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. (Matthew 23:23)

Mint has been used for thousands of years as a culinary herb and for medicinal purposes.

Today, peppermint is still being used medicinally for its calming effects. It’s often used to improve some common health concerns like flatulence, diarrhea, menstrual cramps, nausea and headaches. Some studies even point towards peppermint’s ability to help improve indigestion and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). (11)

12. Mustard — And the Lord said, “If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.” (Luke 17:6)

One of Jesus’ most famous parables was about the mustard seed. This may be because mustard grew so abundantly in Palestine.

Today, mustard seed has been studied for its possible anti-cancer properties. Specifically, mustard seed contains a compound called allyl isothiocyanate (AITC) and animal research has shown that AITC-rich mustard seed powder “strongly inhibits bladder cancer development and progression.” (12)

13. Myrrh — Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: take some of the best products of the land in your bags, and carry down to the man as a present, a little balm and a little honey, aromatic gum and myrrh, pistachio nuts and almonds.” (Genesis 43:11)

Myrrh is mentioned over and over in the Bible. (13) In Biblical times, it was sold as a spice and as an ingredient of the anointing oil used in the Tabernacle, or as a salve for the purification of the dead. In the Roman world, it was considered a natural remedy for almost every human affliction from earaches to hemorrhoids.

Today, myrrh oil is used for its anti-parasitic, antifungal and antibacterial benefits. (14) Many people enjoying diffusing this Biblical oil into the air during prayer and meditation.

14. Saffron — Nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with all the trees of frankincense, myrrh and aloes, along with all the finest spices. (Song of Solomon 4:14)

The most expensive spice in the world today was also very dear during ancient times. Because of its distinct yellow color, saffron was used not only for flavoring but to make ancient dyes as well. Ancient peoples used saffron to treat stomach upsets, bubonic plague and smallpox.

Today, recent studies have indicated possible health benefits including cancer-inhibiting properties (specifically for breast cancer), antidepressant effects and promoting a feeling of fullness for mildly overweight individuals.

In Practice

Eat your meals at regular intervals, and do not use animal fat or blood. “Feast [eat] at the proper time” (Ecclesiastes 10:17). “This shall be a perpetual statute … you shall eat neither fat nor blood” (Leviticus 3:17).

Don’t overeat. “Put a knife to your throat if you are a man given to appetite” (Proverbs 23:2). In Luke 21:34, Christ specifically warned against “carousing” (intemperance) in the last days.

Maintain a cheerful, happy disposition. “A merry heart does good, like medicine” (Proverbs 17:22). “As he thinks in his heart, so is he” (Proverbs 23:7).

Balance work and exercise with sleep and rest. “Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work” (Exodus 20:9, 10). “The sleep of a laboring man is sweet” (Ecclesiastes 5:12). “In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread” (Genesis 3:19).

A Sample Day Menu

Breakfast 6:00am

High fiber cereal (like, bran flakes, Cheerios, muesli, porridge, etc) + 200ml skimmed milk + 1 tsp sugar
200ml fruit juice
Mug tea/coffee

Mid-morning 10:00am

Handful mixed nuts
Item fruit
Drink

Lunch 1:00pm

Sandwich: 2 slices granary bread + olive-oil based spread + 2 chicken / turkey / beef slices
Mixed salad includes a tbsp sunflower seeds
Item fruit
Drink

Mid-afternoon

2 oatcakes
50g tuna
Item fruit
Drink

Evening Meal

Chicken breast or lean meat or white fish Basmati rice or quinoa or couscous or pasta or potatoes
Loads of veg or large salad and/or pulses

Evening

Drink
2-3 oatcakes or rice cakes + 50g Kosher cheese

A Soulful Kosher Meal Plan

Breakfast

Eggs

Potatoe\Hashbrowns (with vegetables onions-tomatoes)

Grain

Fruit (melons, berries...) or Juice

Late Morning Snack

Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich

Lunch

Spaghetti (pasta)

Sauce (Marinara, Arrabiata)

Salad

Midday Snack

Popcorn and an Apple

Dinner

Whiting fish

Black-eyed pea

Greens (collard, kale)

Sweet Potato

Cornbread

Evening Snack

Fruit Sorbet (non-dairy)

Or Fresh fruit (watermelon, cantaloupe, i.e.)

Progression of Order

The Great Mitzvah

God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

The 7 Noahide Laws

Do not profane G‑d’s Oneness in any way.

Do not curse your Creator.

Do not murder.

Do not eat a limb of a still-living animal.

Do not steal.

Incest, adultery, rape and homosexual relations are forbidden.

Establish courts of law and ensure justice in our world.

THE 7 LAWS OF THE GREAT SPIRIT

Respect for proper authority.

Preserve and promote the beauties of Nature

Moderation in all things

Play fair in the game of life

A person’s word of honor is sacred

Respect for differences

10 Commandments

“Thou shalt have no other gods before me.” ...
“Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image.” ...
“Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.” ...
“Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.” ...
“Honour thy father and thy mother.” ...
“Thou shalt not kill.” ...
“Thou shalt not commit adultery.” ...
“Thou shalt not steal.”
Thou shalt not bear false witness
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbors house, wife, servants, his ox, ass nor anything that is thy neighbor's

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper 1st Psalms

All 613 Mitzvot (Torah)

1. To know that G-d exists (Ex. 20:2; Deut. 5:6)

2. Not to entertain the idea that there is any god but the Eternal (Ex. 20:3)

3. Not to blaspheme (Ex. 22:27; in Christian texts, Ex. 22:28), the penalty for which is death (Lev. 24:16) .

4. To hallow G-d's name (Lev. 22:32)

5. Not to profane G-d's name (Lev . 22:32)

6. To know that G-d is One, a complete Unity (Deut. 6:4)

7. To love G-d (Deut. 6:5)

8. To fear Him reverently (Deut. 6:13; 10:20)

9. Not to put the word of G-d to the test (Deut. 6:16) .

10. To imitate His good and upright ways (Deut. 28:9)

11. To honor the old and the wise (Lev. 19:32)

12. To learn Torah and to teach it (Deut. 6:7)

13. To cleave to those who know Him (Deut. 10:20)

14. Not to add to the commandments of the Torah, whether in the Written Law or in its interpretation received by tradition (Deut. 13:1)

15. Not to take away from the commandments of the Torah (Deut. 13:1)

16. That every person shall write a scroll of the Torah for himself (Deut. 31:19)

17. To circumcise the male offspring (Gen. 17:12; Lev. 12:3)

18. To put tzitzit on the corners of clothing (Num. 15:38)

19. To bind tefillin on the head (Deut. 6:8)

20. To bind tefillin on the arm (Deut. 6:8)

21. To affix the mezuzah to the doorposts and gates of your house (Deut. 6:9)

22. To pray to G-d (Ex. 23:25; Deut. 6:13)

23. To read the Shema in the morning and at night (Deut. 6:7)

24. To recite grace after meals (Deut. 8:10)

25. Not to lay down a stone for worship (Lev. 26:1)

26. To love all human beings who are of the covenant (Lev. 19:18)

27. Not to stand by idly when a human life is in danger (Lev. 19:16)

28. Not to wrong any one in speech (Lev. 25:17)

29. Not to carry tales (Lev. 19:16)

30. Not to cherish hatred in one's heart (Lev. 19:17)

31. Not to take revenge (Lev. 19:18)

32. Not to bear a grudge (Lev. 19:18)

33. Not to put any Jew to shame (Lev. 19:17)

34. Not to curse any other Israelite (Lev. 19:14)

35. Not to give occasion to the simple-minded to stumble on the road (Lev. 19:14)

36. To rebuke the sinner (Lev. 19:17)

37. To relieve a neighbor of his burden and help to unload his beast (Ex. 23:5)

38. To assist in replacing the load upon a neighbor's beast (Deut. 22:4)

39. Not to leave a beast, that has fallen down beneath its burden, unaided (Deut. 22:4)

40. Not to afflict an orphan or a widow (Ex. 22:21)

41. Not to reap the entire field (Lev. 19:9; Lev. 23:22)

42. To leave the unreaped corner of the field or orchard for the poor (Lev. 19:9)

43. Not to gather gleanings (the ears that have fallen to the ground while reaping) (Lev. 19:9)

44. To leave the gleanings for the poor (Lev. 19:9)

45. Not to gather ol'loth (the imperfect clusters) of the vineyard (Lev. 19:10)

46. To leave ol'loth (the imperfect clusters) of the vineyard for the poor (Lev. 19:10; Deut. 24:21)

47. Not to gather the peret (grapes) that have fallen to the ground (Lev. 19:10)

48. To leave peret (the single grapes) of the vineyard for the poor (Lev. 19:10)

49. Not to return to take a forgotten sheaf (Deut. 24:19) This applies to all fruit trees (Deut. 24:20)

50. To leave the forgotten sheaves for the poor (Deut. 24:19-20)

51. Not to refrain from maintaining a poor man and giving him what he needs (Deut. 15:7)

52. To give charity according to one's means (Deut. 15:11)

53. To love the stranger (Deut. 10:19)

54. Not to wrong the stranger in speech (Ex. 22:20)

55. Not to wrong the stranger in buying or selling (Ex. 22:20)

56. Not to intermarry with gentiles (Deut. 7:3)

57. To exact the debt of an alien (Deut. 15:3) .

58. To lend to an alien at interest (Deut. 23:21)

59. o honor father and mother (Ex. 20:12)

60. Not to smite a father or a mother (Ex. 21:15)

61. Not to curse a father or mother (Ex. 21:17)

62. To reverently fear father and mother (Lev. 19:3)

63. To be fruitful and multiply (Gen. 1:28)

64. That a eunuch shall not marry a daughter of Israel (Deut. 23:2)

65. That a mamzer shall not marry the daughter of a Jew (Deut. 23:3)

66. That an Ammonite or Moabite shall never marry the daughter of an Israelite (Deut. 23:4) .

67. Not to exclude a descendant of Esau from the community of Israel for three generations (Deut. 23:8-9) .

68. Not to exclude an Egyptian from the community of Israel for three generations (Deut. 23:8-9) .

69. That there shall be no harlot (in Israel); that is, that there shall be no intercourse with a woman, without previous marriage with a deed of marriage and formal declaration of marriage (Deut. 23:18)

70. To take a wife by kiddushin, the sacrament of marriage (Deut. 24:1)

71. That the newly married husband shall (be free) for one year to rejoice with his wife (Deut. 24:5) .

72. That a bridegroom shall be exempt for a whole year from taking part in any public labor, such as military service, guarding the wall and similar duties (Deut. 24:5) .

73. Not to withhold food, clothing or conjugal rights from a wife (Ex. 21:10)

74. That the woman suspected of adultery shall be dealt with as prescribed in the Torah (Num. 5:30)

75. That one who defames his wife's honor (by falsely accusing her of unchastity before marriage) must live with her all his lifetime (Deut. 22:19) .

76. That a man may not divorce his wife concerning whom he has published an evil report (about her unchastity before marriage) (Deut. 22:19)

77. To divorce by a formal written document (Deut. 24:1)

78. That one who divorced his wife shall not remarry her, if after the divorce she had been married to another man (Deut. 24:4)

79. That a widow whose husband died childless must not be married to anyone but her deceased husband's brother (Deut. 25:5)

80. To marry the widow of a brother who has died childless (Deut. 25:5)

81. That the widow formally release the brother-in-law (if he refuses to marry her) (Deut. 25:7-9)

82. Not to indulge in familiarities with relatives, such as kissing, embracing, winking, skipping, which may lead to incest (Lev. 18:6)

83. Not to commit incest with one's mother (Lev. 18:7)

84. Not to commit sodomy with one's father (Lev. 18:7)

85. Not to commit incest with one's father's wife (Lev. 18:8)

86. Not to commit incest with one's sister (Lev. 18:9)

87. Not to commit incest with one's father's wife's daughter (Lev. 18:11)

88. Not to commit incest with one's son's daughter (Lev. 18:10)

89. Not to commit incest with one's daughter's daughter (Lev. 18:10)

90. Not to commit incest with one's daughter (this is not explicitly in the Torah but is inferred from other explicit commands that would include it)

91. Not to commit incest with one's fathers sister (Lev. 18:12)

92. Not to commit incest with one's mother's sister (Lev. 18:13)

93. Not to commit incest with one's father's brothers wife (Lev. 18:14)

94. Not to commit sodomy with one's father's brother (Lev. 18:14)

95. Not to commit incest with one's son's wife (Lev. 18:15)

96. Not to commit incest with one's brother's wife (Lev. 18:16)

97. Not to commit incest with one's wife's daughter (Lev. 18:17)

98. Not to commit incest with the daughter of one's wife's son (Lev. 18:17)

99. Not to commit incest with the daughter of one's wife's daughter (Lev. 18:17)

100. Not to commit incest with one's wife's sister (Lev. 18:18)

101. Not to have intercourse with a woman, in her menstrual period (Lev. 18:19)

102. Not to have intercourse with another man's wife (Lev. 18:20)

103. Not to commit sodomy with a male (Lev. 18:22)

104. Not to have intercourse with a beast (Lev. 18:23)

105. That a woman shall not have intercourse with a beast (Lev. 18:23)

106. Not to castrate the male of any species; neither a man, nor a domestic or wild beast, nor a fowl (Lev. 22:24)

107. That the new month shall be solemnly proclaimed as holy, and the months and years shall be calculated by the Supreme Court only (Ex. 12:2)

108. Not to travel on Shabbat outside the limits of one's place of residence (Ex. 16:29)

109. To sanctify Shabbat (Ex. 20:8)

110. Not to do work on Shabbat (Ex. 20:10)

111. To rest on Shabbat (Ex. 23:12; 34:21)

112. To celebrate the festivals [Passover, Shavu'ot and Sukkot] (Ex. 23:14) .

113. To rejoice on the festivals (Deut. 16:14)

114. To appear in the Sanctuary on the festivals (Deut. 16:16) .

115. To remove chametz on the Eve of Passover (Ex. 12:15)

116. To rest on the first day of Passover (Ex. 12:16; Lev. 23:7)

117. Not to do work on the first day of Passover (Ex. 12:16; Lev. 23:6-7)

118. To rest on the seventh day of Passover (Ex. 12:16; Lev. 23:8)

119. Not to do work on the seventh day of Passover (Ex. 12:16; Lev. 23:8)

120. To eat matzah on the first night of Passover (Ex. 12:18)

121. That no chametz be in the Israelite's possession during Passover (Ex. 12:19)

122. Not to eat any food containing chametz on Passover (Ex. 12:20)

123. Not to eat chametz on Passover (Ex. 13:3)

124. That chametz shall not be seen in an Israelite's home during Passover (Ex. 13:7)

125. To discuss the departure from Egypt on the first night of Passover (Ex. 13:8)

126. Not to eat chametz after mid-day on the fourteenth of Nissan (Deut. 16:3)

127. To count forty-nine days from the time of the cutting of the Omer (first sheaves of the barley harvest) (Lev. 23:15)

128. To rest on Shavu'ot (Lev. 23:21)

129. Not to do work on the Shavu'ot (Lev. 23:21)

130. To rest on Rosh Hashanah (Lev. 23:24)

131. Not to do work on Rosh Hashanah (Lev. 23:25) 50).

132. To hear the sound of the shofar on Rosh Hashanah (Num. 29:1)

133. To fast on Yom Kippur (Lev. 23:27)

134. Not to eat or drink on Yom Kippur (Lev. 23:29)

135. Not to do work on Yom Kippur (Lev. 23:31)

136. To rest on the Yom Kippur (Lev. 23:32)

137. To rest on the first day of Sukkot (Lev. 23:35)

138. Not to do work on the first day of Sukkot (Lev. 23:35)

139. To rest on the eighth day of Sukkot (Shemini Atzeret) (Lev. 23:36)

140. Not to do work on the eighth day of Sukkot (Shemini Atzeret) (Lev. 23:36)

141. To take during Sukkot a palm branch and the other three plants (Lev. 23:40)

142. To dwell in booths seven days during Sukkot (Lev. 23:42)

143. To examine the marks in cattle (so as to distinguish the clean from the unclean) (Lev. 11:2)

144. Not to eat the flesh of unclean beasts (Lev. 11:4)

145. To examine the marks in fishes (so as to distinguish the clean from the unclean (Lev. 11:9)

146. Not to eat unclean fish (Lev. 11:11)

147. To examine the marks in fowl, so as to distinguish the clean from the unclean (Deut. 14:11)

148. Not to eat unclean fowl (Lev. 11:13)

149. To examine the marks in locusts, so as to distinguish the clean from the unclean (Lev. 11:21)

150. Not to eat a worm found in fruit (Lev. 11:41)

151. Not to eat of things that creep upon the earth (Lev. 11:41-42)

152. Not to eat any vermin of the earth (Lev. 11:44)

153. Not to eat things that swarm in the water (Lev. 11:43 and 46)

154. Not to eat of winged insects (Deut. 14:19)

155. Not to eat the flesh of a beast that is terefah (lit torn) (Ex. 22:30)

156. Not to eat the flesh of a beast that died of itself (Deut. 14:21)

157. To slay cattle, deer and fowl according to the laws of shechitah if their flesh is to be eaten (Deut. 12:21)

158. Not to eat a limb removed from a living beast (Deut. 12:23)

159. Not to slaughter an animal and its young on the same day (Lev. 22:28)

160. Not to take the mother-bird with the young (Deut. 22:6)

161. To set the mother-bird free when taking the nest (Deut. 22:6-7)

162. Not to eat the flesh of an ox that was condemned to be stoned (Ex. 21:28) .

163. Not to boil meat with milk (Ex. 23:19)

164. Not to eat flesh with milk (Ex. 34:26)

165. Not to eat the of the thigh-vein which shrank (Gen. 32:33) ( 1). See Forbidden Fats and Nerves.

166. Not to eat chelev (tallow-fat) (Lev. 7:23)

167. Not to eat blood (Lev. 7:26)

168. To cover the blood of undomesticated animals (deer, etc.) and of fowl that have been killed (Lev. 17:13)

169. Not to eat or drink like a glutton or a drunkard (not to rebel against father or mother) (Lev. 19:26; Deut. 21:20)

170. Not to do wrong in buying or selling (Lev. 25:14)

171. Not to make a loan to an Israelite on interest (Lev. 25:37)

172. Not to borrow on interest (Deut. 23:20)

173. Not to take part in any usurious transaction between borrower and lender, neither as a surety, nor as a witness, nor as a writer of the bond for them (Ex. 22:24)

174. To lend to a poor person (Ex. 22:24)

175. Not to demand from a poor man repayment of his debt, when the creditor knows that he cannot pay, nor press him (Ex. 22:24)

176. Not to take in pledge utensils used in preparing food (Deut. 24:6)

177. Not to exact a pledge from a debtor by force (Deut. 24:10)

178. Not to keep the pledge from its owner at the time when he needs it (Deut. 24:12)

179. To return a pledge to its owner (Deut. 24:13)

180. Not to take a pledge from a widow (Deut. 24:17)

181. Not to commit fraud in measuring (Lev. 19:35)

182. To ensure that scales and weights are correct (Lev. 19:36) .

183. Not to possess inaccurate measures and weights (Deut. 25:13-14)

184. Not to delay payment of a hired man's wages (Lev. 19:13)

185. That the hired laborer shall be permitted to eat of the produce he is reaping (Deut. 23:25-26)

186. That the hired laborer shall not take more than he can eat (Deut. 23:25)

187. That a hired laborer shall not eat produce that is not being harvested (Deut. 23:26)

188. To pay wages to the hired man at the due time (Deut. 24:15)

189. To deal judicially with the Hebrew bondman in accordance with the laws appertaining to him (Ex. 21:2-6) .

190. Not to compel the Hebrew servant to do the work of a slave (Lev. 25:39) .

191. Not to sell a Hebrew servant as a slave (Lev. 25:42) .

192. Not to treat a Hebrew servant rigorously (Lev. 25:43) .

193. Not to permit a gentile to treat harshly a Hebrew bondman sold to him (Lev. 25:53) .

194. Not to send away a Hebrew bondman servant empty handed, when he is freed from service (Deut. 15:13) .

195. To bestow liberal gifts upon the Hebrew bondsman (at the end of his term of service), and the same should be done to a Hebrew bondwoman (Deut. 15:14) .

196. To redeem a Hebrew maid-servant (Ex. 21:8) .

197. Not to sell a Hebrew maid-servant to another person (Ex. 21:8) .

198. To espouse a Hebrew maid-servant (Ex. 21:8-9) .

199. To keep the Canaanite slave forever (Lev. 25:46) .

200. Not to surrender a slave, who has fled to the land of Israel, to his owner who lives outside Palestine (Deut. 23:16) .

201. Not to wrong such a slave (Deut. 23:17) .

202. Not to muzzle a beast, while it is working in produce which it can eat and enjoy (Deut. 25:4) ( 188).

203. That a man should fulfill whatever he has uttered (Deut. 23:24)

204. Not to swear needlessly (Ex. 20:7)

205. Not to violate an oath or swear falsely (Lev. 19:12)

206. To decide in cases of annulment of vows, according to the rules set forth in the Torah (Num. 30:2-17)

207. Not to break a vow (Num. 30:3)

208. To swear by His name truly (Deut. 10:20) .

209. Not to delay in fulfilling vows or bringing vowed or free-will offerings (Deut. 23:22)

210. To let the land lie fallow in the Sabbatical year (Ex. 23:11; Lev. 25:2)

211. To cease from tilling the land in the Sabbatical year (Ex. 23:11) (Lev. 25:2)

212. Not to till the ground in the Sabbatical year (Lev. 25:4)

213. Not to do any work on the trees in the Sabbatical year (Lev. 25:4)

214. Not to reap the aftermath that grows in the Sabbatical year, in the same way as it is reaped in other years (Lev. 25:5)

215. Not to gather the fruit of the tree in the Sabbatical year in the same way as it is gathered in other years (Lev. 25:5)

216. To sound the Ram's horn in the Sabbatical year (Lev. 25:9) .

217. To release debts in the seventh year (Deut. 15:2)

218. Not to demand return of a loan after the Sabbatical year has passed (Deut. 15:2) ( 57).

219. Not to refrain from making a loan to a poor man, because of the release of loans in the Sabbatical year (Deut. 15:9) ( 56).

220. To assemble the people to hear the Torah at the close of the seventh year (Deut. 31:12)

221. To count the years of the Jubilee by years and by cycles of seven years (Lev. 25:8) .

222. To keep the Jubilee year holy by resting and letting the land lie fallow (Lev. 25:10) .

223. Not to cultivate the soil nor do any work on the trees, in the Jubilee Year (Lev. 25:11) .

224. Not to reap the aftermath of the field that grew of itself in the Jubilee Year, in the same way as in other years (Lev. 25:11) .

225. Not to gather the fruit of the tree in the Jubilee Year, in the same way as in other years (Lev. 25:11) .

226. To grant redemption to the land in the Jubilee year (Lev. 25:24) .

227. To appoint judges and officers in every community of Israel (Deut. 16:18) .

228. Not to appoint as a judge, a person who is not well versed in the laws of the Torah, even if he is expert in other branches of knowledge (Deut. 1:17) ( 64).

229. To adjudicate cases of purchase and sale (Lev. 25:14) (CCA67).

230. To judge cases of liability of a paid depositary (Ex. 22:9) .

231. To adjudicate cases of loss for which a gratuitous borrower is liable (Ex. 22:13-14) .

232. To adjudicate cases of inheritances (Num. 27:8-11) (CCA73).

233. To judge cases of damage caused by an uncovered pit (Ex. 21:33-34) .

234. To judge cases of injuries caused by beasts (Ex. 21:35-36) .

235. To adjudicate cases of damage caused by trespass of cattle (Ex. 22:4) .

236. To adjudicate cases of damage caused by fire (Ex. 22:5) .

237. To adjudicate cases of damage caused by a gratuitous depositary (Ex. 22:6-7) .

238. To adjudicate other cases between a plaintiff and a defendant (Ex. 22:8) .

239. Not to curse a judge (Ex. 22:27) ( 63).

240. That one who possesses evidence shall testify in Court (Lev. 5:1) .

241. Not to testify falsely (Ex. 20:13)

242. That a witness, who has testified in a capital case, shall not lay down the law in that particular case (Num. 35:30) .

243. That a transgressor shall not testify (Ex. 23:1)

244. That the court shall not accept the testimony of a close relative of the defendant in matters of capital punishment (Deut. 24:16)

245. Not to hear one of the parties to a suit in the absence of the other party (Ex. 23:1)

247. Not to decide a case on the evidence of a single witness (Deut. 19:15) ( 73).

248. To give the decision according to the majority, when there is a difference of opinion among the members of the Sanhedrin as to matters of law (Ex. 23:2) .

249. Not to decide, in capital cases, according to the view of the majority, when those who are for condemnation exceed by one only, those who are for acquittal (Ex. 23:2) .

250. That, in capital cases, one who had argued for acquittal, shall not later on argue for condemnation (Ex. 23:2) .

251. To treat parties in a litigation with equal impartiality (Lev. 19:15) .

252. Not to render iniquitous decisions (Lev. 19:15)

253. Not to favor a great man when trying a case (Lev. 19:15)

254. Not to take a bribe (Ex. 23:8)

255. Not to be afraid of a bad man, when trying a case (Deut. 1:17)

256. Not to be moved in trying a case, by the poverty of one of the parties (Ex. 23:3; Lev. 19:15)

257. Not to pervert the judgment of strangers or orphans (Deut. 24:17)

258. Not to pervert the judgment of a sinner (a person poor in fulfillment of commandments) (Ex. 23:6)

259. Not to render a decision on one's personal opinion, but only on the evidence of two witnesses, who saw what actually occurred (Ex. 23:7) .

260. Not to execute one guilty of a capital offense, before he has stood his trial (Num. 35:12) .

261. To accept the rulings of every Supreme Court in Israel (Deut. 17:11) .

262. Not to rebel against the orders of the Court (Deut. 17:11)

263. To make a parapet for your roof (Deut. 22:8)

264. Not to leave something that might cause hurt (Deut. 22:8)

265. To save the pursued even at the cost of the life of the pursuer (Deut. 25:12)

266. Not to spare a pursuer, but he is to be slain before he reaches the pursued and slays the latter, or uncovers his nakedness (Deut. 25:12) .

267. Not to sell a field in the land of Israel in perpetuity (Lev. 25:23) .

268. Not to change the character of the open land (about the cities of) the Levites or of their fields; not to sell it in perpetuity, but it may be redeemed at any time (Lev. 25:34)

269. That houses sold within a walled city may be redeemed within a year (Lev. 25:29) .

270. Not to remove landmarks (property boundaries) (Deut. 19:14)

271. Not to swear falsely in denial of another's property rights (Lev. 19:11)

272. Not to deny falsely another's property rights (Lev. 19:11)

273. Never to settle in the land of Egypt (Deut. 17:16)

274. Not to steal personal property (Lev. 19:11)

275. To restore that which one took by robbery (Lev. 5:23)

276. To return lost property (Deut. 22:1)

277. Not to pretend not to have seen lost property, to avoid the obligation to return it (Deut. 22:3)

278. Not to slay an innocent person (Ex. 20:13)

279. Not to kidnap any person of Israel (Ex. 20:13)

280. Not to rob by violence (Lev. 19:13)

281. Not to defraud (Lev. 19:13)

282. Not to covet what belongs to another (Ex. 20:14)

283. Not to crave something that belongs to another (Deut. 5:18) (

284. Not to indulge in evil thoughts and sights (Num. 15:39)

285. That the Court shall pass sentence of death by decapitation with the sword (Ex. 21:20; Lev. 26:25)

286. That the Court shall pass sentence of death by strangulation (Lev. 20:10)

287. That the Court shall pass sentence of death by burning with fire (Lev. 20:14)

288. That the Court shall pass sentence of death by stoning (Deut. 22:24)

289. To hang the dead body of one who has incurred that penalty (Deut. 21:22)

290. That the dead body of an executed criminal shall not remain hanging on the tree over night (Deut. 21:23)

291. To inter the executed on the day of execution (Deut. 21:23)

292. Not to accept ransom from a murderer (Num. 35:31)

293. To exile one who committed accidental homicide (Num. 35:25)

294. To establish six cities of refuge (for those who committed accidental homicide) (Deut. 19:3)

295. Not to accept ransom from an accidental homicide, so as to relieve him from exile (Num. 35:32)

296. To decapitate the heifer in the manner prescribed (in expiation of a murder on the road, the perpetrator of which remained undiscovered) (Deut. 21:4)

297. Not to plow nor sow the rough valley (in which a heifer's neck was broken) (Deut. 21:4)

298. To adjudge a thief to pay compensation or (in certain cases) suffer death (Ex. 21:16; Ex. 21:37; Ex. 22:1)

299. That he who inflicts a bodily injury shall pay monetary compensation (Ex. 21:18-19)

300. To impose a penalty of fifty shekels upon the seducer (of an unbetrothed virgin) and enforce the other rules in connection with the case (Ex. 22:15-16) .

301. That the violator (of an unbetrothed virgin) shall marry her (Deut. 22:28-29)

302. That one who has raped a damsel and has then (in accordance with the law) married her, may not divorce her (Deut. 22:29) .

303. Not to inflict punishment on Shabbat (Ex. 35:3)

304. To punish the wicked by the infliction of stripes (Deut. 25:2) .

305. Not to exceed the statutory number of stripes laid on one who has incurred that punishment (Deut. 25:3)

306. Not to spare the offender, in imposing the prescribed penalties on one who has caused damage (Deut. 19:13) .

307. To do unto false witnesses as they had purposed to do (to the accused) (Deut. 19:19) .

308. Not to punish any one who has committed an offense under duress (Deut. 22:26) .

309. To heed the call of every prophet in each generation, provided that he neither adds to, nor takes away from the Torah (Deut. 18:15) .

310. Not to prophesy falsely (Deut. 18:20)

311. Not to refrain from putting a false prophet to death nor to be in fear of him (Deut. 18:22) .

312. Not to make a graven image; neither to make it oneself nor to have it made by others (Ex. 20:4)

313. Not to make any figures for ornament, even if they are not worshipped (Ex. 20:20)

314. Not to make idols even for others (Ex. 34:17; Lev. 19:4)

315. Not to use the ornament of any object of idolatrous worship (Deut. 7:25)

316. Not to make use of an idol or its accessory objects, offerings, or libations (Deut. 7:26)

317. Not to drink wine of idolaters (Deut. 32:38)

318. Not to worship an idol in the way in which it is usually worshipped (Ex. 20:5)

319. Not to bow down to an idol, even if that is not its mode of worship (Ex. 20:5)

320. Not to prophesy in the name of an idol (Ex. 23:13; Deut. 18:20)

321. Not to hearken to one who prophesies in the name of an idol (Deut. 13:4)

322. Not to lead the children of Israel astray to idolatry (Ex. 23:13)

323. Not to entice an Israelite to idolatry (Deut. 13:12)

324. To destroy idolatry and its appurtenances (Deut. 12:2-3) .

325. Not to love the enticer to idolatry (Deut. 13:9)

326. Not to give up hating the enticer to idolatry (Deut. 13:9)

327. Not to save the enticer from capital punishment, but to stand by at his execution (Deut. 13:9) .

328. A person whom he attempted to entice to idolatry shall not urge pleas for the acquittal of the enticer (Deut. 13:9)

329. A person whom he attempted to entice shall not refrain from giving evidence of the enticer's guilt, if he has such evidence (Deut. 13:9) .

330. Not to swear by an idol to its worshipers, nor cause them to swear by it (Ex. 23:13)

331. Not to turn one's attention to idolatry (Lev. 19:4)

332. Not to adopt the institutions of idolaters nor their customs (Lev. 18:3; Lev. 20:23)

333. Not to pass a child through the fire to Molech (Lev. 18:21) .

334. Not to suffer any one practicing witchcraft to live (Ex. 22:17) .

335. Not to practice onein (observing times or seasons as favorable or unfavorable, using astrology) (Lev. 19:26)

336. Not to practice nachesh (doing things based on signs and portents; using charms and incantations) (Lev. 19:26)

337. Not to consult ovoth (ghosts) (Lev. 19:31)

338. Not to consult yid'onim (wizards) (Lev. 19:31)

339. Not to practice kisuf (magic using herbs, stones and objects that people use) (Deut. 18:10)

340. Not to practice kessem (a general term for magical practices) (Deut. 18:10)

341. Not to practice the art of a chover chaver (casting spells over snakes and scorpions) (Deut. 18:11)

342. Not to enquire of an ob (a ghost) (Deut. 18:11)

343. Not to seek the maytim (dead) (Deut. 18:11)

344. Not to enquire of a yid'oni (wizard) (Deut. 18:11)

345. Not to remove the entire beard, like the idolaters (Lev. 19:27)

346. Not to round the corners of the head, as the idolatrous priests do (Lev. 19:27)

347. Not to cut oneself or make incisions in one's flesh in grief, like the idolaters (Lev. 19:28; Deut. 14:1)

348. Not to tattoo the body like the idolaters (Lev. 19:28)

349. Not to make a bald spot for the dead (Deut. 14:1)

350. Not to plant a tree for worship (Deut. 16:21) .

351. Not to set up a pillar (for worship) (Deut. 16:22)

352. Not to show favor to idolaters (Deut. 7:2)

353. Not to make a covenant with the seven (Canaanite, idolatrous) nations (Ex. 23:32; Deut. 7:2) .

354. Not to settle idolaters in our land (Ex. 23:33)

355. To slay the inhabitants of a city that has become idolatrous and burn that city (Deut. 13:16-17) .

356. Not to rebuild a city that has been led astray to idolatry (Deut. 13:17) .

357. Not to make use of the property of city that has been so led astray (Deut. 13:18) .

358. Not to cross-breed cattle of different species (Lev. 19:19)

359. Not to sow different kinds of seed together in one field (Lev. 19:19)

360. Not to eat the fruit of a tree for three years from the time it was planted (Lev. 19:23)

361. That the fruit of fruit-bearing trees in the fourth year of their planting shall be sacred like the second tithe and eaten in Jerusalem (Lev. 19:24)

362. Not to sow grain or herbs in a vineyard (Deut. 22:9)

363. Not to eat the produce of diverse seeds sown in a vineyard (Deut. 22:9)

364. Not to work with beasts of different species, yoked together (Deut. 22:10)

365. That a man shall not wear women's clothing (Deut. 22:5)

366. That a woman should not wear men's clothing (Deut. 22:5)

367. Not to wear garments made of wool and linen mixed together (Deut. 22:11)

368. To redeem the firstborn human male (Ex. 13:13; Ex. 34:20; Num. 18:15)

369. To redeem the firstling of an ass (Ex. 13:13; Ex. 34:20)

370. To break the neck of the firstling of an ass if it is not redeemed (Ex. 13:13; Ex. 34:20)

371. Not to redeem the firstling of a clean beast (Num. 18:17)

372. That the kohanim shall put on priestly vestments for the service (Ex. 28:2)

373. Not to tear the High kohein's robe (Ex. 28:32)

374. That the kohein shall not enter the Sanctuary at all times (i.e., at times when he is not performing service) (Lev. 16:2)

375. That the ordinary kohein shall not defile himself by contact with any dead, other than immediate relatives (Lev. 21:1-3)

376. That the kohanim defile themselves for their deceased relatives (by attending their burial), and mourn for them like other Israelites, who are commanded to mourn for their relatives (Lev. 21:3)

377. That a kohein who had an immersion during the day (to cleanse him from his uncleanness) shall not serve in the Sanctuary until after sunset (Lev. 21:6)

378. That a kohein shall not marry a divorced woman (Lev. 21:7)

379. That a kohein shall not marry a harlot (Lev. 21:7)

380. That a kohein shall not marry a profaned woman (Lev. 21:7)

381. To show honor to a kohein , and to give him precedence in all things that are holy (Lev. 21:8)

382. That a High kohein shall not defile himself with any dead, even if they are relatives (Lev. 21:11)

383. That a High kohein shall not go (under the same roof) with a dead body (Lev. 21:11)

384. That the High kohein shall marry a virgin (Lev. 21:13)

385. That the High kohein shall not marry a widow (Lev. 21:14)

386. That the High kohein shall not cohabit with a widow, even without marriage, because he profanes her (Lev. 21:15) .

387. That a person with a physical blemish shall not serve (in the Sanctuary) (Lev. 21:17) .

388. That a kohein with a temporary blemish shall not serve there (Lev. 21:21)

389. That a person with a physical blemish shall not enter the Sanctuary further than the altar (Lev. 21:23) .

390. That a kohein who is unclean shall not serve (in the Sanctuary) (Lev. 22:2-3)

391. To send the unclean out of the Camp of the Shechinah, that is, out of the Sanctuary (Num. 5:2) .

392. That a kohein who is unclean shall not enter the courtyard (Num. 5:2-3)

393. That the kohanim shall bless Israel (Num. 6:23)

394. To set apart a portion of the dough for the kohein (Num. 15:20)

395. That the Levites shall not occupy themselves with the service that belongs to the kohanim, nor the kohanim with that belonging to the Levites (Num. 18:3)

396. That one not a descendant of Aaron in the male line shall not serve (in the Sanctuary) (Num. 18:4-7) .

397. That the Levite shall serve in the Sanctuary (Num. 18:23)

398. To give the Levites cities to dwell in, these to serve also as cities of refuge (Num. 35:2)

399. That none of the tribe of Levi shall take any portion of territory in the land (of Israel) (Deut. 18:1)

400. That none of the tribe of Levi shall take any share of the spoil (at the conquest of the Promised Land) (Deut. 18:1)

401. That the kohanim shall serve in the Sanctuary in divisions, but on festivals, they all serve together (Deut. 18:6-8)

402. That an uncircumcised person shall not eat of the t'rumah (heave offering), and the same applies to other holy things. (Ex. 12:44-45 and Lev. 22:10)

403. Not to alter the order of separating the t'rumah and the tithes; the separation be in the order first-fruits at the beginning, then the t'rumah, then the first tithe, and last the second tithe (Ex. 22:28)

404. To give half a shekel every year (to the Sanctuary for provision of the public sacrifices) (Ex. 30:13)

405. That a kohein who is unclean shall not eat of the t'rumah (Lev. 22:3-4)

406. That a person who is not a kohein or the wife or unmarried daughter of a kohein shall not eat of the t'rumah (Lev. 22:10)

407. That a sojourner with a kohein or his hired servant shall not eat of the t'rumah (Lev. 22:10)

408. Not to eat tevel (something from which the t'rumah and tithe have not yet been separated) (Lev. 22:15)

409. To set apart the tithe of the produce (one tenth of the produce after taking out t'rumah) for the Levites (Lev. 27:30; Num. 18:24)

410. To tithe cattle (Lev. 27:32) .

411. Not to sell the tithe of the herd (Lev. 27:32-33) .

412. That the Levites shall set apart a tenth of the tithes, which they had received from the Israelites, and give it to the kohanim (called the t'rumah of the tithe) (Num. 18:26)

413. Not to eat the second tithe of cereals outside Jerusalem (Deut. 12:17) .

414. Not to consume the second tithe of the vintage outside of Jerusalem (Deut. 12:17) .

415. Not to consume the second tithe of the oil outside of Jerusalem (Deut. 12:17) .

416. Not to forsake the Levites (Deut. 12:19); but their gifts (dues) should be given to them, so that they might rejoice therewith on each and every festival

417. To set apart the second tithe in the first, second, fourth and fifth years of the sabbatical cycle to be eaten by its owner in Jerusalem (Deut. 14:22)

418. To set apart the second tithe in the third and sixth year of the sabbatical cycle for the poor (Deut. 14:28-29)

419. To give the kohein the due portions of the carcass of cattle (Deut. 18:3)

420. To give the first of the fleece to the kohein (Deut. 18:4)

421. To set apart t'rumah g'dolah (the great heave-offering, that is, a small portion of the grain, wine and oil) for the (Deut. 18:4)

422. Not to expend the proceeds of the second tithe on anything but food and drink (Deut. 26:14).

423. Not to eat the Second Tithe, even in Jerusalem, in a state of uncleanness, until the tithe had been redeemed (Deut. 26:14) .

424. Not to eat the Second Tithe, when mourning (Deut. 26:14) .

425. To make the declaration, when bringing the second tithe to the Sanctuary (Deut. 26:13)

426. Not to build an altar of hewn stone (Ex. 20:22)

427. Not to mount the altar by steps (Ex. 20:23)

428. To build the Sanctuary (Ex. 25:8)

429. Not to remove the staves from the Ark (Ex. 25:15)

430. To set the showbread and the frankincense before the L-rd every Shabbat (Ex. 25:30)

431. To kindle lights in the Sanctuary (Ex. 27:21)

432. That the breastplate shall not be loosened from the ephod (Ex. 28:28)

433. To offer up incense twice daily (Ex. 30:7)

434. Not to offer strange incense nor any sacrifice upon the golden altar (Ex. 30:9)

435. That the kohein shall wash his hands and feet at the time of service (Ex. 30:19)

436. To prepare the oil of anointment and anoint high kohanim and kings with it (Ex. 30:31)

437. Not to compound oil for lay use after the formula of the anointing oil (Ex. 30:32-33)

438. Not to anoint a stranger with the anointing oil (Ex. 30:32) .

439. Not to compound anything after the formula of the incense (Ex. 30:37)

440. That he who, in error, makes unlawful use of sacred things, shall make restitution of the value of his trespass and add a fifth (Lev. 5:16) .

441. To remove the ashes from the altar (Lev. 6:3)

442. To keep fire always burning on the altar of the burnt-offering (Lev. 6:6)

443. Not to extinguish the fire on the altar (Lev. 6:6) 0:6)

445. That a kohein shall not enter the Sanctuary with torn garments (Lev. 10:6)

446. That the kohein shall not leave the Courtyard of the Sanctuary, during service (Lev. 10:7)

447. That an intoxicated person shall not enter the Sanctuary nor give decisions in matters of the Law (Lev. 10:9-11) .

448. To revere the Sanctuary (Lev. 19:30) (today, this applies to synagogues)

449. That when the Ark is carried, it should be carried on the shoulder (Num. 7:9) .

450. To observe the second Passover (Num. 9:11) .

451. To eat the flesh of the Paschal lamb on it, with unleavened bread and bitter herbs (Num. 9:11) .

452. Not to leave any flesh of the Paschal lamb brought on the second Passover until the morning (Num. 9:12) .

453. Not to break a bone of the Paschal lamb brought on the second Passover (Num. 9:12) .

454. To sound the trumpets at the offering of sacrifices and in times of trouble (Num. 10:9-10) .

455. To watch over the edifice continually (Num. 18:2) .

456. Not to allow the Sanctuary to remain unwatched (Num. 18:5) .

457. That an offering shall be brought by one who has in error committed a trespass against sacred things, or robbed, or lain carnally with a bond-maid betrothed to a man, or denied what was deposited with him and swore falsely to support his denial. This is called a guilt-offering for a known trespass

458. Not to destroy anything of the Sanctuary, of synagogues, or of houses of study, nor erase the holy names (of G-d); nor may sacred scriptures be destroyed (Deut. 12:2-4)

459. To sanctify the firstling of clean cattle and offer it up (Ex. 13:2; Deut. 15:19) (at the present time, it is not offered up)

460. To slay the Paschal lamb (Ex. 12:6) .

461. To eat the flesh of the Paschal sacrifice on the night of the fifteenth of Nissan (Ex. 12:8)

462. Not to eat the flesh of the Paschal lamb raw or sodden (Ex. 12:9)

463. Not to leave any portion of the flesh of the Paschal sacrifice until the morning unconsumed (Ex. 12:10)

464. Not to give the flesh of the Paschal lamb to an Israelite who had become an apostate (Ex. 12:43)

465. Not to give flesh of the Paschal lamb to a stranger who lives among you to eat (Ex. 12:45)

466. Not to take any of the flesh of the Paschal lamb from the company's place of assembly (Ex. 12:46)

467. Not to break a bone of the Paschal lamb (Ex. 12:46)

468. That the uncircumcised shall not eat of the flesh of the Paschal lamb (Ex. 12:48)

469. Not to slaughter the Paschal lamb while there is chametz in the home (Ex. 23:18; Ex. 24:25)

470. Not to leave the part of the Paschal lamb that should be burnt on the altar until the morning, when it will no longer be fit to be burnt (Ex. 23:18; Ex. 24:25) .

471. Not to go up to the Sanctuary for the festival without bringing an offering (Ex. 23:15)

472. To bring the first fruits to the Sanctuary (Ex. 23:19)

473. That the flesh of a sin-offering and guilt-offering shall be eaten (Ex. 29:33)

474. That one not of the seed of Aaron, shall not eat the flesh of the holy sacrifices (Ex. 29:33)

475. To observe the procedure of the burnt-offering (Lev. 1:3)

476. To observe the procedure of the meal-offering (Lev. 2:1)

477. Not to offer up leaven or honey (Lev. 2:11)

478. That every sacrifice be salted (Lev. 2:13)

479. Not to offer up any offering unsalted (Lev. 2:13)

480. That the Court of Judgment shall offer up a sacrifice if they have erred in a judicial pronouncement (Lev. 4:13)

481. That an individual shall bring a sin-offering if he has sinned in error by committing a transgression, the conscious violation of which is punished with excision (Lev. 4:27-28)

482. To offer a sacrifice of varying value in accordance with one's means (Lev. 5:7)

483. Not to sever completely the head of a fowl brought as a sin-offering (Lev. 5:8)

484. Not to put olive oil in a sin-offering made of flour (Lev. 5:11)

485. Not to put frankincense on a sin-offering made of flour (Lev. 5:11)

486. That an individual shall bring an offering if he is in doubt as to whether he has committed a sin for which one has to bring a sin-offering. This is called a guilt-offering for doubtful sins (Lev. 5:17-19)

487. That the remainder of the meal offerings shall be eaten (Lev. 6:9)

488. Not to allow the remainder of the meal offerings to become leavened (Lev. 6:10)

489. That the High kohein shall offer a meal offering daily (Lev. 6:13)

490. Not to eat of the meal offering brought by the kohanim (Lev. 6:16)

491. To observe the procedure of the sin-offering (Lev. 6:18)

492. Not to eat of the flesh of sin offerings, the blood of which is brought within the Sanctuary and sprinkled towards the Veil (Lev. 6:23)

493. To observe the procedure of the guilt-offering (Lev. 7:1)

494. To observe the procedure of the peace-offering (Lev. 7:11)

495. To burn meat of the holy sacrifice that has remained over (Lev. 7:17)

496. Not to eat of sacrifices that are eaten beyond the appointed time for eating them (Lev. 7:18)

497. Not to eat of holy things that have become unclean (Lev. 7:19)

498. To burn meat of the holy sacrifice that has become unclean (Lev. 7:19)

499. That a person who is unclean shall not eat of things that are holy (Lev. 7:20)

500. A kohein 's daughter who profaned herself shall not eat of the holy things, neither of the heave offering nor of the breast, nor of the shoulder of peace offerings (Lev. 10:14, Lev. 22:12)

501. That a woman after childbirth shall bring an offering when she is clean (Lev. 12:6)

502. That the leper shall bring a sacrifice after he is cleansed (Lev. 14:10)

503. That a man having an issue shall bring a sacrifice after he is cleansed of his issue (Lev. 15:13-15)

504. That a woman having an issue shall bring a sacrifice after she is cleansed of her issue (Lev. 15:28-30)

505. To observe, on Yom Kippur, the service appointed for that day, regarding the sacrifice, confessions, sending away of the scapegoat, etc. (Lev. 16:3-34)

506. Not to slaughter beasts set apart for sacrifices outside (the Sanctuary) (Lev. 17:3-4)

507. Not to eat flesh of a sacrifice that has been left over (beyond the time appointed for its consumption) (Lev. 19:8 )

508. Not to sanctify blemished cattle for sacrifice on the altar (Lev. 22:20)

509. That every animal offered up shall be without blemish (Lev. 22:21)

510. Not to inflict a blemish on cattle set apart for sacrifice (Lev. 22:21)

511. Not to slaughter blemished cattle as sacrifices (Lev. 22:22)

512. Not to burn the limbs of blemished cattle upon the altar (Lev. 22:22)

513. Not to sprinkle the blood of blemished cattle upon the altar (Lev. 22:24)

514. Not to offer up a blemished beast that comes from non-Israelites (Lev. 22:25)

515. That sacrifices of cattle can only take place when they are at least eight days old (Lev. 22:27)

516. Not to leave any flesh of the thanksgiving offering until the morning (Lev. 22:30)

517. To offer up the meal-offering of the Omer on the morrow after the first day of Passover, together with one lamb (Lev. 23:10)

518. Not to eat bread made of new grain before the Omer of barley has been offered up on the second day of Passover (Lev. 23:14)

519. Not to eat roasted grain of the new produce before that time (Lev. 23:14)

520. Not to eat fresh ears of the new grain before that time (Lev. 23:14)

521. To bring on Shavu'ot loaves of bread together with the sacrifices which are then offered up in connection with the loaves (Lev. 23:17-20) .

522. To offer up an additional sacrifice on Passover (Lev. 23:36) .

523. That one who vows to the L-rd the monetary value of a person shall pay the amount appointed in the Scriptural portion (Lev. 27:2-8) .

524. If a beast is exchanged for one that had been set apart as an offering, both become sacred (Lev. 27:10) .

525. Not to exchange a beast set aside for sacrifice (Lev. 27:10) .

526. That one who vows to the L-rd the monetary value of an unclean beast shall pay its value (Lev. 27:11-13) .

527. That one who vows the value of his house shall pay according to the appraisal of the (Lev. 27:11-13) . See .

528. That one who sanctifies to the L-rd a portion of his field shall pay according to the estimation appointed in the Scriptural portion (Lev. 27:16-24) .

529. Not to transfer a beast set apart for sacrifice from one class of sacrifices to another (Lev. 27:26) .

530. To decide in regard to dedicated property as to which is sacred to the Lord and which belongs to the kohein (Lev. 27:28)

531. Not to sell a field devoted to the Lord (Lev. 27:28) .

532. Not to redeem a field devoted to the Lord (Lev. 27:28) .

533. To make confession before the L-rd of any sin that one has committed, when bringing a sacrifice and at other times (Num. 5:6-7)

534. Not to put olive oil in the meal-offering of a woman suspected of adultery (Num. 5:15) .

535. Not to put frankincense on it (Num. 5:15) .

536. To offer up the regular sacrifices daily (two lambs as burnt offerings) (Num. 28:3) .

537. To offer up an additional sacrifice every Shabbat (two lambs) (Num. 28:9) .

538. To offer up an additional sacrifice every New Moon (Num. 28:11) .

539. To bring an additional offering on Shavu'ot (Num. 28:26-27) .

540. To offer up an additional sacrifice on Rosh Hashanah (Num. 29:1-6) .

541. To offer up an additional sacrifice on Yom Kippur (Num. 29:7-8) .

542. To offer up an additional sacrifice on Sukkot (Num. 29:12-34) .

543. To offer up an additional offering on Shemini Atzeret, which is a festival by itself (Num. 29:35-38) .

544. To bring all offerings, whether obligatory or freewill, on the first festival after these were incurred (Deut. 12:5-6) .

545. Not to offer up sacrifices outside (the Sanctuary) (Deut. 12:13) .

546. To offer all sacrifices in the Sanctuary (Deut. 12:14) .

547. To redeem cattle set apart for sacrifices that contracted disqualifying blemishes, after which they may be eaten by anyone. (Deut. 12:15) .

548. Not to eat of the unblemished firstling outside Jerusalem (Deut. 12:17) .

549. Not to eat the flesh of the burnt-offering (Deut. 12:17).

550. That the kohanim shall not eat the flesh of the sin-offering or guilt-offering outside the Courtyard (of the Sanctuary) (Deut. 12:17) .

551. Not to eat of the flesh of the sacrifices that are holy in a minor degree, before the blood has been sprinkled (on the altar), (Deut. 12:17) .

552. That the kohein shall not eat the first-fruits before they are set down in the Courtyard (of the Sanctuary) (Deut. 12:17) .

553. To take trouble to bring sacrifices to the Sanctuary from places outside the land of Israel (Deut. 12:26) .

554. Not to eat the flesh of beasts set apart as sacrifices, that have been rendered unfit to be offered up by deliberately inflicted blemish (Deut. 14:3) .

555. Not to do work with cattle set apart for sacrifice (Deut. 15:19) .

556. Not to shear beasts set apart for sacrifice (Deut. 15:19) .

557. Not to leave any portion of the festival offering brought on the fourteenth of Nissan unto the third day (Deut. 16:4) .

558. Not to offer up a beast that has a temporary blemish (Deut. 17:1) .

559. Not to bring sacrifices out of the hire of a harlot or price of a dog (apparently a euphemism for sodomy) (Deut. 23:19) .

560. To read the portion prescribed on bringing the first fruits (Deut. 26:5-10) .

561. That eight species of creeping things defile by contact (Lev. 11:29-30) .

562. That foods become defiled by contact with unclean things (Lev. 11:34) .

563. That anyone who touches the carcass of a beast that died of itself shall be unclean (Lev. 11:39) .

564. That a lying-in woman is unclean like a menstruating woman (in terms of uncleanness) (Lev. 12:2-5) .

565. That a leper is unclean and defiles (Lev. 13:2-46) .

566. That the leper shall be universally recognized as such by the prescribed marks. So too, all other unclean persons should declare themselves as such (Lev. 13:45) .

567. That a leprous garment is unclean and defiles (Lev. 13:47-49) .

568. That a leprous house defiles (Lev. 14:34-46) .

569. That a man, having a running issue, defiles (Lev. 15:1-15) .

570. That the seed of copulation defiles (Lev. 15:16) .

571. That purification from all kinds of defilement shall be effected by immersion in the waters of a mikvah (Lev. 15:16) .

572. That a menstruating woman is unclean and defiles others (Lev. 15:19-24) .

573. That a woman, having a running issue, defiles (Lev. 15:25-27) .

574. To carry out the ordinance of the Red Heifer so that its ashes will always be available (Num. 19:9)

575. That a corpse defiles (Num. 19:11-16)

576. That the waters of separation defile one who is clean, and cleanse the unclean from pollution by a dead body (Num. 19:19-22) .

577. Not to drove off the hair of the scall (Lev. 13:33) .

578. That the procedure of cleansing leprosy, whether of a man or of a house, takes place with cedar-wood, hyssop, scarlet thread, two birds, and running water (Lev. 14:1-7) .

579. That the leper shall shave all his hair (Lev. 14:9) .

580. Not to pluck out the marks of leprosy (Deut. 24:8) .

581. Not to curse a ruler, that is, the King or the head of the College in the land of Israel (Ex. 22:27) .

582. To appoint a king (Deut. 17:15) .

583. Not to appoint as ruler over Israel, one who comes from non-Israelites (Deut. 17:15) .

584. That the King shall not acquire an excessive number of horses (Deut. 17:16) .

585. That the King shall not take an excessive number of wives (Deut. 17:17) .

586. That he shall not accumulate an excessive quantity of gold and silver (Deut. 17:17) .

587. That the King shall write a scroll of the Torah for himself, in addition to the one that every person should write, so that he writes two scrolls (Deut. 17:18)

588. That a Nazarite shall not drink wine, or anything mixed with wine which tastes like wine; and even if the wine or the mixture has turned sour, it is prohibited to him (Num. 6:3)

589. That he shall not eat fresh grapes (Num. 6:3) .

590. That he shall not eat dried grapes (raisins) (Num. 6:3) .

591. That he shall not eat the kernels of the grapes (Num. 6:4) .

592. That he shall not eat of the skins of the grapes (Num. 6:4) .

593. That the Nazarite shall permit his hair to grow (Num. 6:5) .

594. That the Nazarite shall not cut his hair (Num. 6:5) .

595. That he shall not enter any covered structure where there is a dead body (Num. 6:6) .

596. That a Nazarite shall not defile himself for any dead person (by being in the presence of the corpse) (Num. 6:7) .

597. That the Nazarite shall shave his hair when he brings his offerings at the completion of the period of his Nazariteship, or within that period if he has become defiled (Num. 6:9)

598. That those engaged in warfare shall not fear their enemies nor be panic-stricken by them during battle (Deut. 3:22, 7:21, 20:3) .

599. To anoint a special kohein (to speak to the soldiers) in a war (Deut. 20:2)

600. In a permissive war (as distinguished from obligatory ones), to observe the procedure prescribed in the Torah (Deut. 20:10) .

601. Not to keep alive any individual of the seven Canaanite nations (Deut. 20:16) .

602. To exterminate the seven Canaanite nations from the land of Israel (Deut. 20:17) .

603. Not to destroy fruit trees (wantonly or in warfare) (Deut. 20:19-20)

604. To deal with a beautiful woman taken captive in war in the manner prescribed in the Torah (Deut. 21:10-14) .

605. Not to sell a beautiful woman, (taken captive in war) (Deut. 21:14) .

606. Not to degrade a beautiful woman (taken captive in war) to the condition of a bondwoman (Deut. 21:14) .

607. Not to offer peace to the Ammonites and the Moabites before waging war on them, as should be done to other nations (Deut. 23:7) .

608. That anyone who is unclean shall not enter the Camp of the Levites (Deut. 23:11)

609. To have a place outside the camp for sanitary purposes (Deut. 23:13) .

610. To keep that place sanitary (Deut. 23:14-15) .

611. Always to remember what Amalek did (Deut. 25:17)

612. That the evil done to us by Amalek shall not be forgotten (Deut. 25:19)

613. To destroy the seed of Amalek (Deut. 25:19)