Outline of Jewish law

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This outline of

613 Mitzvot
in the section on Maimonides' List.

I. The Book of Intelligence [1]

Laws concerning foundations of the Torah     (Mitzvot: 1 - 10)
Laws concerning temperament     (Mitzvot: 11 - 21)
Laws concerning studying Torah     (Mitzvot: 22 - 23)
Laws concerning idolatry     (Mitzvot: 24 - 74)
Laws concerning repentance     (Mitzvah 75)

II. The Book of Serving the Lord [2]

Laws concerning reading the Shema     (Mitzvah 76)
Laws concerning prayer and the Priestly Blessing    (Mitzvot: 77 - 78)
Laws concerning
Sefer Torah, and Mezuzah
    (Mitzvot: 79 - 83)
Laws concerning Tzitzit     (Mitzva 84)
Laws concerning blessings     (Mitzva 85)
Laws concerning circumcision     (Mitzva 86)

III. The Book of Appointed Times

Laws concerning Shabbat    (Mitzvot: 87 - 91 )
Laws concerning Eruv    (Only Rabbinic Laws)
Laws concerning resting on Yom Kippur    (Mitzvot: 92 - 95 )
Laws concerning resting on holidays    (Mitzvot: 96 - 107 )
Laws concerning
Chometz and Matzo
    (Mitzvot: 108 - 115 )
Laws concerning Shofar, Sukkah, and Lulav    (Mitzvot: 116 - 118 )
Laws concerning Shekelim    (Mitzva: 119 )
Laws concerning designation of the new month    (Mitzva: 120 )
Laws concerning fasts    (Mitzva: 121 )
Laws concerning Megilla and Hanukkah    (Only Rabbinic Laws)

IV. The Book of Women

Laws concerning marriage    (Mitzvot: 122 - 125 )
Laws concerning divorce    (Mitzvot: 126 - 127 )
Laws concerning
Halitza
    (Mitzvot: 128 - 130 )
Laws concerning a young virgin    (Mitzvot: 131 - 135 )
Laws concerning a faithless wife     (Mitzvot: 136 - 138 )

V. The Book of Holiness

Laws concerning forbidden sexual relations & laws concerning converts    (Mitzvot: 139 - 175 )
Laws concerning forbidden foods    (Mitzvot: 176 - 203 )
Laws concerning
Kosher
slaughter    (Mitzvot: 204 - 208 )

VI. The Book of Vows

Laws concerning vows about oneself    (Mitzvot: 209 - 213 )
Laws concerning vows about ones property    (Mitzvot: 214 - 216 )
Laws concerning becoming a Nazirite    (Mitzvot: 217 - 223 )
Laws concerning dedicating ones value or property to the Temple    (Mitzvot: 226 - 233 )

VII. The Book of Seeds

Laws concerning planting mixed seeds     (Mitzvot: 234 - 238 )
Laws concerning gifts to the poor     (Mitzvot: 239 - 251 )
Laws concerning donation to a Kohen    (Mitzvot: 252 - 259 )
Laws concerning tithes    (Mitzva: 260 )
Laws concerning second tithe and fourth year fruit     (Mitzvot: 261 - 269 )
Laws concerning first fruit and gifts to a Kohen    (Mitzvot: 270 - 278 )
Laws concerning the seventh year and the fiftieth year     (Mitzvot: 279 - 300 )

VIII. The Book Of the Temple in Jerusalem

Laws concerning the place that was chosen    (Mitzvot: 301 - 306 )
Laws concerning utensils of the Temple    (Mitzvot: 307 - 320 )
Laws concerning entrance to the Temple    (Mitzvot: 321 - 335 )
Laws concerning things prohibited on the altar     (Mitzvot: 336 - 349 )
Laws concerning the offering of the sacrifices    (Mitzvot: 350- 372 )
Laws concerning daily and additional sacrifices    (Mitzvot: 373 - 391 )
Laws concerning things that make an offering unusable    (Mitzvot: 392 - 399 )
Laws concerning the temple service on Yom Kippur    (Mitzva: 400 )
Laws concerning misusing Temple property    (Mitzvot: 401 - 403 )

IX. The Book of Sacrifices

Laws concerning the Passover sacrifice     (Mitzvot: 404 - 419 )
Laws concerning the holiday sacrifices    (Mitzvot: 420 - 425 )
Laws concerning the first fruits     (Mitzvot: 426 - 430 )
Laws concerning sacrifices for inadvertent sins     (Mitzvot: 431 - 435 )
Laws concerning the time before atonement     (Mitzvot: 436 - 439 )
Laws concerning switching consecrated animals     (Mitzvot: 440 - 442 )

X. The Book of Purity

Laws concerning impurity from the dead    (Mitzva: 443 )
Laws concerning the
Red Heifer
    (Mitzvot: 444 - 445 )
Laws concerning impurity from the plague [3]    (Mitzvot: 446 - 453 )
Laws concerning impurity from lying or sitting    (Mitzvot: 454 - 457 )
Laws concerning impurity from other categories    (Mitzvot: 458 - 460 )
Laws concerning impurity of foods    (Mitzva: 461 )
Laws concerning a Mikveh    (Mitzva: 462 )

XI. The Book of Damages

Laws concerning damage through property    (Mitzvot: 463 - 466 )
Laws concerning sneak thievery    (Mitzvot: 467 - 473 )
Laws concerning brazen stealing and loss    (Mitzvot: 474 - #480 )
Laws concerning hitting and other dangers    (Mitzva: 481 )
Laws concerning murderers and guarding a life    (Mitzvot: 482 - 498 )

XII. The Book of Acquisition

Laws concerning sales    (Mitzvot: 499 - 503 )
Laws concerning rights and presents, neighbors, agents and partners, and slaves    (Mitzvot: 504 - 516 )

XIII. The Book of Civil Law

Laws concerning hiring    (Mitzvot: 517 - 523 )
Laws concerning pawning and deposits    (Mitzvot: 524 - 525 )
Laws concerning loaning and borrowing    (Mitzvot: 526 - 537 )
Laws concerning claimant and defendant    (Mitzva: 538 )
Laws concerning inheritance    (Mitzva: 539 )

XIV. The Book of Judges

Laws concerning the Sanhedrin and punishments that only they can impose    (Mitzvot: 540 - 569 )
Laws concerning testimony    (Mitzvot: 570 - 577 )
Laws concerning judges who rebel against decisions of higher courts.    (Mitzvot: 578 - 586 )
Laws concerning mourners    (Mitzvot: 587 - 590 )
Laws concerning kings and their wars    (Mitzvot: 591 - 613 )

See also

Many translations of words are per Prof. Marcus Jastrow. His dictionary A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (copyright 1904) is in the public domain, and is available for download at Google Books.

References

  1. ^ Jastrow page 734
  2. ^ A literal translation is "The book of love"
  3. ^ Leperacy is a mistranslation

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