The Law - XXXVIII - Appendix - The 613 Mitzvot, grouped by the 10 commandments and other categories.

1. Faith, Belief, and Monotheism

Based on: “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt...”

Positive Commandments (Mitzvot Aseh)

To know that God exists (Ex. 20:2).
To acknowledge His oneness and unity (Deut. 6:4).
To love God with all your heart, soul, and might (Deut. 6:5).
To fear and revere God (Deut. 6:13).
To serve God daily through prayer (Ex. 23:25).
To cleave and hold fast to Him (Deut. 10:20).
To swear only by His name to confirm the truth (Deut. 10:20).
To walk in His ways and emulate His attributes of mercy (Deut. 28:9).
To sanctify His name publicly when challenged (Lev. 22:32).
To read the Shema twice daily, morning and evening (Deut. 6:7).
To teach Torah to one's children and students (Deut. 6:7).
To bind Tefillin (phylacteries) on the head (Deut. 6:8).
To bind Tefillin on the arm (Deut. 6:8).
To make Tzitzit (fringes) on four-cornered garments (Num. 15:38).
To affix a Mezuzah to the doorposts of your home (Deut. 6:9).
To gather the nation for the Hakhel Torah reading during Sukkot after the Sabbatical year (Deut. 31:12).
For a king to write a personal Torah scroll (Deut. 17:18).
For every individual Jewish male to write a Torah scroll (Deut. 31:19).
To praise God after eating—Grace After Meals (Deut. 8:10).
To remember what Amalek did to the Jewish people on the way from Egypt (Deut. 25:17).

Negative Commandments (Mitzvot Lo Ta'aseh)

Not to harbor thoughts that there is any deity other than God (Ex. 20:3).
Not to desecrate God's holy name (Lev. 22:32).
Not to test God’s promises or prophets through doubt (Deut. 6:16).
Not to erase or destroy God's written name or holy structures (Deut. 12:4).
Not to forget the standing at Mount Sinai and the giving of the Torah (Deut. 4:9).
Not to follow the desires of your heart or eyes into heresy (Num. 15:39).

2. Prohibition of Idolatry and False Worship

Based on: “You shall have no other gods before Me... You shall not make for yourself a carved image...”

Positive Commandments (Mitzvot Aseh)

To destroy all idols, pagan altars, and places of false worship (Deut. 12:2).
To burn and utterly destroy an apostate city (Ir HaNidachat) that turns to idolatry (Deut. 13:17).

Negative Commandments (Mitzvot Lo Ta'aseh)

Not to make a carved image or statue for worship (Ex. 20:4).
Not to manufacture idols even for others to worship (Ex. 20:20).
Not to make human figures out of metal or stone even for decorative purposes (Ex. 20:20).
Not to worship idols in the manner they are traditionally served (Ex. 20:5).
Not to bow down to an idol or perform core acts of worship to it (Ex. 20:5).
Not to pass your children through the fire to the idol Molech (Lev. 18:21).
Not to practice Ov (necromancy/mediumship) (Lev. 19:31).
Not to practice Yidoni (wizardry/seeking signs from spirits) (Lev. 19:31).
Not to turn your mind toward idolatrous beliefs or philosophies (Lev. 19:4).
Not to erect a pillar or monument for public pagan gatherings (Deut. 16:22).
Not to plant trees for worship near God’s altar (Deut. 16:21).
Not to bow down upon a sculpted stone flooring outside the Temple area (Lev. 26:1).
Not to swear in the name of an idol or cause others to do so (Ex. 23:13).
Not to entice or instigate an individual Jew to worship false gods (Deut. 13:7).
Not to love or show affection to an instigator of idolatry (Deut. 13:9).
Not to cease hating an instigator of idolatry (Deut. 13:9).
Not to save the life of an instigator of idolatry when they are in danger (Deut. 13:9).
Not to speak in defense of an instigator of idolatry (Deut. 13:9).
Not to refrain from presenting incriminating evidence against an instigator (Deut. 13:9).
Not to lead an entire community or city astray into idolatry (Deut. 13:14).
Not to follow the prophecies of a false prophet (Deut. 13:4).
Not to prophesy falsely in the name of God (Deut. 18:20).
Not to prophesy in the name of a false deity (Deut. 18:20).
Not to fear killing a false prophet or refrain from prosecuting him (Deut. 18:22).
Not to derive any benefit or material use from the ornaments of idols (Deut. 7:25).
Not to rebuild an apostate city that was destroyed for its idolatry (Deut. 13:17).
Not to derive any personal benefit or financial use from property of an apostate city (Deut. 13:18).
Not to bring any item connected to idolatry into your home or possession (Deut. 7:26).
Not to make a covenant or treaty with the seven Canaanite nations (Ex. 23:32).
Not to show favor or mercy to idolaters who corrupt the land (Deut. 7:2).
Not to allow idolaters to dwell permanently in the Land of Israel (Ex. 23:33).
Not to walk in the customs, clothing styles, or cultural rituals of pagans (Lev. 20:23).
Not to practice Me'onen (astrological superstitions or choosing "lucky" times) (Deut. 18:10).
Not to practice Mechashef (sorcery or witchcraft) (Deut. 18:10).
Not to practice Chover Chaver (casting magic spells or incantations) (Deut. 18:11).
Not to consult an Ov spirit medium (Deut. 18:11).
Not to consult a Yidoni wizard spirit (Deut. 18:11).
Not to practice Doresh El HaMetim (necromancy; seeking data from the dead) (Deut. 18:11).
Not to practice Menachesh (divining omens from natural occurrences) (Deut. 18:10).
Not to round off the hair at the corners of your head/temples (Lev. 19:27).
Not to shave off the edges of your beard with a razor blade (Lev. 19:27).
Not to wear a garment containing a forbidden mixture of wool and linen (Shatnez) (Deut. 22:11).
Not to make a tattoo anywhere on your body (Lev. 19:28).
Not to lacerate your flesh or cut yourself as an expression of grief (Deut. 14:1).
Not to make a bald spot on your head in mourning for the deceased (Deut. 14:1).
Not to cross-dress: a man must not wear a woman's garment (Deut. 22:5).
Not to cross-dress: a woman must not wear a man's gear or armor (Deut. 22:5).
Not to erase or deface memories of Amalek (Deut. 25:19).

3. Reverence for the Sacred and Truth

Based on: “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain...”

Positive Commandments (Mitzvot Aseh)

To fulfill any oath, promise, or vow made with your lips (Deut. 23:24).
To follow the rules of vow-annullment by a husband or father (Num. 30:3).
To revere and guard the Sanctuary/Temple (Lev. 19:30).
To guard the Sanctuary continuously by the Priests and Levites (Num. 18:2).
To redeem firstborn sons (Pidyon HaBen) via silver coins (Num. 18:15).
To redeem a firstborn donkey with a lamb (Ex. 13:13).
To break the neck of a firstborn donkey if it is not redeemed (Ex. 13:13).
To estimate the value of a person dedicated to the Temple via an evaluation vow (Lev. 27:2).
To estimate the value of an animal dedicated via evaluation vows (Lev. 27:11).
To estimate the value of a house dedicated via valuation vows (Lev. 27:14).
To estimate the value of a field dedicated via valuation vows (Lev. 27:16).

Negative Commandments (Mitzvot Lo Ta'aseh)

Not to swear a false oath in God's name (Shevuat Sheker) (Lev. 19:12).
Not to swear a vain oath (Shevuat Shav) using God’s name uselessly (Ex. 20:7).
Not to deny a financial truth or deposit while under oath (Lev. 19:11).
Not to profane holy things or Temple properties (Me'ilah) (Lev. 22:15).
Not to delay in bringing or paying a vowed sacrifice or pledge to the Temple (Deut. 23:22).
Not to break one’s word or profane a formal verbal vow (Num. 30:3).
Not to fail to guard the Temple premises at all times (Num. 18:5).
Not to change a consecrated animal from one category of offering to another (Lev. 27:26).
Not to substitute another animal for a consecrated animal (Temurah) (Lev. 27:10).

4. Sacred Time, Rest, and Creation

Based on: “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy...”

Positive Commandments (Mitzvot Aseh)

To sanctify the Sabbath day verbally through Kiddush and Havdalah (Ex. 20:8).
To rest from creative labor (Melacha) on the Sabbath day (Ex. 23:12).
To rest from work on the first day of Passover (Ex. 12:16).
To rest from work on the seventh day of Passover (Ex. 12:16).
To rest from work on the holiday of Shavuot (Lev. 23:21).
To rest from work on Rosh Hashanah (Lev. 23:24).
To fast and afflict your soul on Yom Kippur (Lev. 16:29).
To rest from work on Yom Kippur (Lev. 16:31).
To rest from work on the first day of Sukkot (Lev. 23:35).
To rest from work on Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah (Lev. 23:36).
To remove all leaven (Chametz) from your home before Passover (Ex. 12:15).
To recount the story of the Exodus on the first night of Passover (Ex. 13:8).
To eat Matzah on the first night of Passover (Ex. 12:18).
To count forty-nine days of the Omer starting from Passover night (Lev. 23:15).
To hear the sound of the Shofar on Rosh Hashanah (Num. 29:1).
To dwell in a Sukkah during the seven days of the festival (Lev. 23:42).
To take the Four Species (Lulav, Etrog, Hadas, Arava) on Sukkot (Lev. 23:40).
To declare the arrival of the new moon (Kiddush HaChodesh) and calculate calendar months (Ex. 12:2).
To let the land rest from farming every seventh year (Shmita) (Ex. 34:21).
To release all personal financial debts during the Shmita year (Deut. 15:3).
To blow the Shofar on Yom Kippur of the Jubilee Year (Yovel) to declare freedom (Lev. 25:9).
To sanctify the 50th year as the Jubilee Year by ceasing agricultural work (Lev. 25:10).
To return ancestral lands to their original owners during the Jubilee Year (Lev. 25:24).

Negative Commandments (Mitzvot Lo Ta'aseh)

Not to perform any creative labor (Melacha) on the Sabbath (Ex. 20:10).
Not to walk outside the designated city limits (Techum Shabbat) on the Sabbath (Ex. 16:29).
Not to carry out judicial execution sentences on the Sabbath day (Ex. 35:3).
Not to work on the first day of Passover (Ex. 12:16).
Not to work on the seventh day of Passover (Ex. 12:16).
Not to work on the festival of Shavuot (Lev. 23:21).
Not to work on Rosh Hashanah (Lev. 23:25).
Not to work on the first day of Sukkot (Lev. 23:35).
Not to work on Shemini Atzeret (Lev. 23:36).
Not to perform any creative labor on Yom Kippur (Lev. 23:28).
Not to eat or drink on Yom Kippur (Lev. 23:29).
Not to eat Chametz (leaven) on Passover after midday of the 14th of Nisan (Deut. 16:3).
Not to possess visible Chametz in your domain during Passover (Bal Yira'eh) (Ex. 12:19).
Not to have Chametz hidden or found in your properties (Bal Yimatzei) (Ex. 13:7).
Not to eat any product containing a mixture of Chametz during Passover (Ex. 12:20).
Not to till, plow, or plant the earth during the Shmita year (Lev. 25:4).
Not to prune or cultivate trees or vineyards during the Shmita year (Lev. 25:4).
Not to harvest wild crops of the Shmita year in a commercial or hoarding manner (Lev. 25:5).
Not to gather the fruits of your untended trees in a normal harvest fashion during Shmita (Lev. 25:5).
Not to cultivate the soil or plant during the Jubilee Year (Lev. 25:11).
Not to harvest wild crops in a standard commercial fashion during the Jubilee Year (Lev. 25:11).
Not to pick fruits of the Jubilee Year in a routine commercial harvest fashion (Lev. 25:11).
Not to demand repayment of a loan after the Sabbatical Year has canceled it (Deut. 15:2).
Not to withhold loans from the poor because the debt-canceling Sabbatical year is approaching (Deut. 15:9).

5. Authority, Tradition, and Continuity

Based on: “Honor your father and your mother...”

Positive Commandments (Mitzvot Aseh)

To honor your father and mother (Ex. 20:12).
To fear and hold your father and mother in deep reverence (Lev. 19:3).
To respect, revere, and learn from Torah scholars and elders (Lev. 19:32).
To appoint qualified judges and law enforcement officers in every city (Deut. 16:18).
To follow the judicial directives and legal decrees of the High Court (Sanhedrin) (Deut. 17:11).
To appoint a king over the nation of Israel (Deut. 17:15).
To obey the instructions given by an authenticated, valid prophet (Deut. 18:15).
To rise before an elderly person or an accomplished sage (Lev. 19:32).
To respect and support the Kohanim (priests) and give them precedence in holy things (Lev. 21:8).

Negative Commandments (Mitzvot Lo Ta'aseh)

Not to curse or revile your mother or father (Ex. 21:17).
Not to strike, bruise, or physically assault your mother or father (Ex. 21:15).
Not to rebel or deviate from the final rulings of the Sanhedrin High Court (Deut. 17:11).
Not to appoint a ruler or king who is a non-Jew or a foreigner to Israel (Deut. 17:15).
For a king not to accumulate an excessive number of horses (Deut. 17:16).
For a king not to marry an excessive number of wives who could sway his heart (Deut. 17:17).
For a king not to hoard personal gold and silver beyond the treasury needs (Deut. 17:17).
Not to curse, insult, or verbally degrade a judge of Israel (Ex. 22:27).
Not to curse or insult a ruler, political leader, or the king (Ex. 22:27).
Not to appoint an uneducated judge who lacks the required knowledge of Torah law (Deut. 1:17).

6. Sanctity of Life and Personal Safety

Based on: “You shall not murder.”

Positive Commandments (Mitzvot Aseh)

To build a protective guardrail (Ma'akeh) around flat roofs or hazards (Deut. 22:8).
To break the neck of a heifer in an unworked valley (Eglah Arufah) when an unsolved murder occurs (Deut. 21:4).
To establish six Cities of Refuge (Arei Miklat) for accidental manslayers (Deut. 19:3).
To save someone whose life is being pursued, even by neutralizing the pursuer (Rodef) (Deut. 25:12).
To check and inspect slaughtering knives and ritual steps for clean meat (Lev. 7:26).

Negative Commandments (Mitzvot Lo Ta'aseh)

Not to murder any human being (Ex. 20:13).
Not to take a monetary ransom or monetary settlement to clear a deliberate murderer (Num. 35:31).
Not to take a monetary ransom to exempt an accidental killer from fleeing to a City of Refuge (Num. 35:32).
Not to stand idly by while your neighbor's life is in mortal peril (Lev. 19:16).
Not to leave a hazard or death-trap unresolved within your house or property (Deut. 22:8).
Not to execute a criminal or suspect before they have faced a fair trial in court (Num. 35:12).
Not to show pity or spare a pursuer who intends to kill or rape another (Deut. 25:12).
Not to consume blood from any living mammal or bird (Lev. 7:26).
Not to eat a limb or flesh severed from a living animal (Ever Min HaChai) (Deut. 12:23).
Not to slaughter an animal and its offspring on the exact same day (Lev. 22:28).

7. Sanctity of Marriage and Family

Based on: “You shall not commit adultery.”

Positive Commandments (Mitzvot Aseh)

To engage in formal marriage via legal betrothal (Kiddushin) (Deut. 24:1).
To be fruitful and multiply; to build a family (Gen. 1:28).
To issue a formal, written bill of divorce (Get) to dissolve a marriage legally (Deut. 24:1).
For a newly married man to rejoice with his wife for one full year, exempt from military duty (Deut. 24:5).
To perform Yibum—marrying the childless widow of one's deceased brother (Deut. 25:5).
To perform Chalitzah—the shoe-removal ritual if Yibum is declined (Deut. 25:9).

Negative Commandments (Mitzvot Lo Ta'aseh)

Not to commit adultery with a married woman (Ex. 20:13).
Not to engage in sexual relations with one's mother (Lev. 18:7).
Not to engage in sexual relations with one's father's wife (Lev. 18:8).
Not to engage in sexual relations with one's sister (Lev. 18:9).
Not to engage in sexual relations with one's father's daughter (Lev. 18:11).
Not to engage in sexual relations with one's son's daughter (Lev. 18:10).
Not to engage in sexual relations with one's daughter's daughter (Lev. 18:10).
Not to engage in sexual relations with one's daughter (Lev. 18:10).
Not to engage in sexual relations with a woman and her daughter simultaneously (Lev. 18:17).
Not to engage in sexual relations with a woman and her son's daughter (Lev. 18:17).
Not to engage in sexual relations with a woman and her daughter's daughter (Lev. 18:17).
Not to engage in sexual relations with one's father's sister (Lev. 18:12).
Not to engage in sexual relations with one's mother's sister (Lev. 18:13).
Not to engage in sexual relations with one's father's brother's wife (Lev. 18:14).
Not to engage in sexual relations with one's son's wife (Lev. 18:15).
Not to engage in sexual relations with one's brother's wife (Lev. 18:16).
Not to engage in sexual relations with one's wife's sister during the wife's lifetime (Lev. 18:18).
Not to engage in sexual relations with a woman who is in her menstrual impurity state (Niddah) (Lev. 18:19).
Not to engage in male-to-male homosexual acts (Lev. 18:22).
For a male to engage in sexual acts with an animal (Lev. 18:23).
For a female to engage in sexual acts with an animal (Lev. 18:23).
Not to approach or physically embrace any forbidden relation in an affectionate manner leading to intimacy (Lev. 18:6).
For a divorced man to remarry his ex-wife after she has married and divorced another man (Deut. 24:4).
Not to engage in premarital or extra-marital relations without marriage (Kedeshah) (Deut. 23:18).
A high priest must not marry a widow (Lev. 21:14).
A priest must not marry a divorced woman (Lev. 21:7).
A priest must not marry a woman who has broken lineage (Challalah) (Lev. 21:7).
A priest must not marry a harlot (Zonah) (Lev. 21:7).

8. Financial Integrity and Property Rights

Based on: “You shall not steal.”

Positive Commandments (Mitzvot Aseh)

To return a stolen item or financial gain to its rightful owner (Hashavat Gezelah) (Lev. 5:23).
To maintain absolutely precise scales, weights, and metrics in commercial transactions (Lev. 19:36).
To pay a hired worker's wages promptly on the very day they finish work (Deut. 24:15).
To restore a lost object to its owner whenever found (Hashavat Aveidah) (Deut. 22:1).
To help unload a neighbor's animal when it is collapsing under a heavy weight (Ex. 23:5).
To help reload a neighbor's pack animal to secure their merchandise safely (Deut. 22:4).
To adjudicate civil court cases regarding property damage caused by an open pit (Ex. 21:33).
To adjudicate civil court cases regarding damage caused by a grazing animal (Ex. 22:4).
To adjudicate civil court cases regarding damage caused by an uncontained fire (Ex. 22:5).
To adjudicate court cases involving a paid or unpaid guardian (Shomer) (Ex. 22:6-13).
To conduct all commercial buying, selling, and business transactions according to legal fair-trade definitions (Lev. 25:14).

Negative Commandments (Mitzvot Lo Ta'aseh)

Not to kidnap or steal any human being (the primary legal meaning of Ex. 20:13).
Not to steal money, items, or secret possessions from another (Gnevah) (Lev. 19:11).
Not to rob, seize, or violently confiscate another person's property (Gezel) (Lev. 19:13).
Not to defraud, trick, or exploit a neighbor in financial transactions (Lev. 19:13).
Not to deny a monetary claim or lie about holding someone else's money (Lev. 19:11).
Not to overcharge or underpay a customer beyond the accepted market standard variation (Ona'ah) (Lev. 25:14).
Not to move a land boundary marker or encroach onto a neighbor’s real estate (Deut. 19:14).
Not to withhold or delay paying a hired laborer's wages overnight (Lev. 19:13).
Not to look away or ignore a lost object belonging to another (Deut. 22:3).
Not to leave a neighbor's animal helpless when it falls under its burden (Deut. 22:4).
Not to use deceptive, incorrect weights or measuring cups in transactions (Lev. 19:35).
Not to possess fraudulent weights or metrics anywhere in your home or store (Deut. 25:13).
Not to charge interest (Ribbit) on a loan made to a fellow Jew (Lev. 25:37).
Not to borrow money with interest stipulations from a fellow Jew (Deut. 23:20).
Not to act as an intermediary, guarantor, or witness in an interest-bearing loan deal (Ex. 22:24).
Not to take a widow's garments or essential survival tools as security collateral for a loan (Deut. 24:17).
Not to hold onto an essential garment or blanket overnight if the borrower needs it to sleep (Ex. 22:25).
Not to enter a debtor's home forcibly to seize collateral for a loan (Deut. 24:10).
Not to muzzle an ox or working animal while it is harvesting crop material in the field (Deut. 25:4).

9. Truth, Justice, and Civil Speech

Based on: “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.”

Positive Commandments (Mitzvot Aseh)

To cross-examine and interrogate witnesses with extreme thoroughness in court (Deut. 13:15).
To judge every court dispute and personal interaction righteously and with complete balance (Lev. 19:15).
To step forward and give formal testimony in court if you possess vital evidence (Lev. 5:1).
To apply the exact punishment to false malicious witnesses (Edim Zomemin) that they planned to inflict on the innocent (Deut. 19:19).

Negative Commandments (Mitzvot Lo Ta'aseh)

Not to bear false witness against anyone (Edut Sheker) (Ex. 20:13).
Not to accept or listen to a solitary witness as a definitive legal proof for capital/civil rulings (Deut. 19:15).
Not to accept a wicked, unethical person's testimony or allow them to act as a witness (Ex. 23:1).
Not to accept testimony from close relatives of the litigating parties (Deut. 24:16).
Not to spread malicious gossip, tale-bearing, or slander (Lashon Hara) (Lev. 19:16).
Not to lean toward a majority vote in a capital trial if it is only by a single vote margin (Ex. 23:2).
Not to change your stated judicial view to agree blindly with a chief judge during deliberations (Ex. 23:2).
A judge must not favor a prominent or wealthy person out of fear or respect (Lev. 19:15).
A judge must not favor or pity a poor man in judgment simply because of his poverty (Ex. 23:3).
A judge must not pervert justice or twist a ruling against a convert or an orphan (Deut. 24:17).
A judge must not accept a bribe (Shochad), even if given to judge truthfully (Ex. 23:8).
A judge must not intentionally hear out one litigant's story when the opposing party is absent (Ex. 23:1).
Not to curse or insult any upright person, including a deaf individual (Lev. 19:14).
Not to use speech to insult, verbally abuse, or mock someone (Ona'at Devarim) (Lev. 25:17).
Not to humiliate or embarrass a person publicly (Lev. 19:17).

10. Purity of Desire and Contentment

Based on: “You shall not covet...”

Positive Commandments (Mitzvot Aseh)

To love your fellow human being as you love yourself (Lev. 19:18).
To give charity (Tzedakah) generously to the poor and needy according to your means (Deut. 15:8).
To provide a Hebrew servant with liberal parting gifts (Ha'anakah) when they go free (Deut. 15:14).
To lend money cheerfully to the poor without charging interest to alleviate their stress (Ex. 22:24).
To leave the corners of your crop field (Peah) unharvested for the poor to gather (Lev. 19:9).
To leave the dropped gleanings of grain stalks (Leket) for the poor (Lev. 19:9).
To leave forgotten sheaves of wheat in the field (Shikhachah) for the poor (Deut. 24:19).
To leave ungathered defects or small clusters of grapes (Olelot) for the poor (Lev. 19:10).
To leave individual fallen grapes (Peret) in the vineyard for the poor (Lev. 19:10).
To love, respect, and shelter the convert or stranger (Ger) (Deut. 10:19).
To rebuke a friend gently if they are acting wrongly to help them improve (Lev. 19:17).

Negative Commandments (Mitzvot Lo Ta'aseh)

Not to covet or conspire to acquire a neighbor's wife, home, or possessions (Lo Takhmod) (Ex. 20:14).
Not to long for, dwell on, or internalize envy toward another's property (Lo Titaveh) (Deut. 5:18).
Not to bear a grudge or remember a past wrong done to you (Lev. 19:18).
Not to take personal revenge against someone who slighted you (Lev. 19:18).
Not to harbor internal, silent hatred toward a brother in your heart (Lev. 19:17).
Not to harden your heart or close your hand when a poor person asks for aid (Deut. 15:7).
Not to send a Hebrew servant away empty-handed when their term of service ends (Deut. 15:13).
Not to harvest the corners of your field completely, leaving nothing for Peah (Lev. 19:9).
Not to pick up individual stalks that drop during a harvest (Leket) (Lev. 19:9).
Not to return to collect a sheaf forgotten in the field (Shikhachah) (Deut. 24:19).
Not to glean the underdeveloped grape clusters from the vineyard (Olelot) (Lev. 19:10).
Not to gather the single fallen grapes that fell during harvest (Peret) (Lev. 19:10).
Not to mistreat, oppress, or verbally exploit a widow or an orphan (Ex. 22:21).
Not to cheat, oppress, or verbally distress a convert or stranger (Ex. 22:20).

Note on the remaining 328 Mitzvot: The remaining commandments in the traditional 613 count primarily govern specialized Temple architecture, specific sacrificial mechanics, agricultural tithes unique to the Land of Israel (Terumah, Ma'aser), and structural ritual purity states (Tzara'at, Mikveh). Under classical rabbinic categorization (like Saadia Gaon's Azharot), these structural and civic laws are grouped inside Category 3 (Sacred Space), Category 4 (Sacred Agriculture), Category 6 (Purity/Preservation), and Category 8 (Fair Civic Allocations) according to their overlapping conceptual foundations

1. Temple Architecture, Vessels, and Holy Space

This category governs the physical construction, maintenance, and structural sanctification of the Tabernacle and the permanent Temple in Jerusalem, alongside its sacred utensils.

Positive Commandments (Mitzvot Aseh)

To build a Sanctuary/Temple for God (Beit HaBechirah) (Ex. 25:8).
To construct the Showbread Table (Ex. 25:23).
To construct the Menorah (Lampstand) (Ex. 25:31).
To construct the Golden Altar for burning incense (Ex. 30:1).
To construct the Outer Altar for animal sacrifices (Ex. 27:1).
To make the copper Laver (Kiyor) and its base for priestly washing (Ex. 30:18).
To prepare the holy Anointing Oil (Shemen HaMishchah) (Ex. 30:25).
To keep a constant fire burning upon the Altar (Lev. 6:6).
To remove the ashes from the Altar daily (Terumat HaDeshen) (Lev. 6:3).
To burn incense on the Golden Altar twice daily (Ex. 30:7).
To light the Menorah lamps daily from evening to morning (Ex. 27:21).
To place the Showbread and incense on the Table every Sabbath (Ex. 25:30).
To blow trumpets (Chatzotzrot) during sacrifices and times of communal distress (Num. 10:10).
For the Levites to transport the Ark on their shoulders when moving (Num. 7:9).

Negative Commandments (Mitzvot Lo Ta'aseh)

Not to build the Altar using stones cut or shaped by iron tools (Ex. 20:22).
Not to ascend the Altar using standard steps (must use a ramp) (Ex. 20:23).
Not to allow the fire on the Altar to go out (Lev. 6:6).
Not to offer unauthorized incense or strange sacrifices on the Golden Altar (Ex. 30:9).
Not to manufacture a duplicate copy of the formula for the holy Anointing Oil (Ex. 30:32).
Not to anoint an unauthorized person or a non-priest with the holy Anointing Oil (Ex. 30:32).
Not to manufacture a duplicate copy of the holy Incense compound (Ketoret) (Ex. 30:37).
Not to remove the carrying poles from the rings of the Ark of the Covenant (Ex. 25:15).
Not to detach the Breastplate (Choshen) from the Priestly Ephod garment (Ex. 28:28).
Not to tear the woven collar of the High Priest’s robe (Ex. 28:32).

2. Temple Rituals and Sacrificial Mechanics

This section encompasses the operational laws of the Temple, including the daily service, individual and communal offerings, and the qualifications required of the Kohanim (priests).

Positive Commandments (Mitzvot Aseh)

To offer the Daily Burnt Offering (Tamid) twice everyday—morning and afternoon (Num. 28:3).
To bring the daily Meal Offering (Minchat Chavitin) of the High Priest (Lev. 6:13).
To offer the Additional Offering (Musaf) every Sabbath (Num. 28:9).
To bring the Musaf offering on every New Moon (Rosh Chodesh) (Num. 28:11).
To carry out the ritual of the Burnt Offering (Olah) according to its specific laws (Lev. 1:3).
To carry out the ritual of the Meat/Grain Offering (Minchah) according to its laws (Lev. 2:1).
To carry out the ritual of the Sin Offering (Chatat) according to its laws (Lev. 4:25).
To carry out the ritual of the Guilt Offering (Asham) according to its laws (Lev. 7:1).
To carry out the ritual of the Peace Offering (Shelamim) according to its laws (Lev. 3:1).
For the priests to consume the meat of the Sin and Guilt offerings (Achilat Kodashim) (Ex. 29:33).
To burn leftover sacrificial meat that passes its legal timeframe (Notar) (Lev. 7:17).
To burn sacrificial meat that has become ritually defiled (Lev. 7:19).
For a person who unknowingly sins against holy things to bring a sliding-scale offering (Korban Oleh V'Yored) (Lev. 5:1-11).
For the Sanhedrin to bring a communal offering if they issue an erroneous ruling (Par He'elam Davar) (Lev. 4:13).
For a man or woman who experiences special bodily flows to bring an offering upon their purification (Lev. 15:13-14, 28-29).
For a woman to bring a childbirth offering after her purification period ends (Lev. 12:6).
For a cured leper (Metzora) to bring the mandatory birds and sacrifices (Lev. 14:10).
To sacrifice a faultless tithe of one's domestic cattle (Ma'aser Behemah) annually (Lev. 27:32).
To bring all vowed or voluntary offerings to the chosen Temple site on the very next arriving festival (Deut. 12:5-6).
To offer all sacrifices exclusively at the chosen Temple site (Deut. 12:14).
To take holy offerings originating outside the Land of Israel to the Temple in Jerusalem (Deut. 12:26).
To redeem holy animals that develop a permanent physical blemish so they may be eaten locally (Deut. 12:15).
To perform the ritual of Melikah (pinching the neck) for sacred bird offerings (Lev. 1:15).
To salt every meal offering and animal sacrifice before placing it on the Altar (Lev. 2:13).
For the Kohanim to wear the four designated priestly garments during service (Ex. 28:4).
For the High Priest to wear his eight specific golden garments during service (Ex. 28:4).
For the priests to wash their hands and feet from the Laver before entering the Sanctuary (Ex. 30:19).

Negative Commandments (Mitzvot Lo Ta'aseh)

Not to offer any sacrifice containing leaven (Chametz) or honey on the Altar (Lev. 2:11).
Not to eat any sacrificial meat left over past its permissible time limit (Notar) (Lev. 19:8).
Not to eat sacrificial meat that was offered with an invalidating, improper thought (Piggul) (Lev. 7:18).
Not to eat sacrificial meat that has come into contact with ritual impurity (Lev. 7:19).
An uncircumcised male (Arel) must not eat of any holy or elevated food offerings (Ex. 12:48).
A priest who is ritually defiled (Tamei) must not perform Temple service (Lev. 22:3).
A priest who is ritually defiled must not eat of the holy offerings (Lev. 22:4).
An unauthorized non-priest (Zar) must not eat of the holy priestly offerings (Lev. 22:10).
A temporary worker or resident guest of a priest must not eat of holy priestly offerings (Lev. 22:10).
A priest who has a temporary physical blemish (Ba'al Mum) must not perform service on the Altar (Lev. 21:17).
A priest with a permanent physical blemish must not enter past the veil into the Sanctuary (Lev. 21:23).
A priest must not enter the Sanctuary or approach the Altar with long, unkempt hair (Lev. 10:6).
A priest must not enter the Sanctuary or serve while wearing torn garments (Lev. 10:6).
A priest must not enter the Sanctuary or serve while intoxicated by wine or strong drink (Lev. 10:9).
Not to sacrifice a physically blemished animal on the Altar (Lev. 22:20).
Not to dedicate a blemished animal to be a sacred altar offering (Lev. 22:20).
Not to slaughter a blemished animal as a holy offering (Lev. 22:22).
Not to burn the fats or internal parts of a blemished animal on the Altar (Lev. 22:22).
Not to sprinkle the blood of a physically blemished animal upon the Altar (Lev. 22:24).
Not to accept or offer a blemished animal brought by a non-Jew (Lev. 22:25).
Not to inflict a physical blemish upon an animal that has already been consecrated for an offering (Lev. 22:21).
Not to offer an animal purchased with the hire-wages of a harlot or the exchange price of a dog (Etnan Zonah U'Mechir Kelev) (Deut. 23:19).
Not to offer an animal as a sacrifice before it is at least eight days old (Lev. 22:27).
Not to offer any sacrifice outside the central courtyard of the Temple (Shchutei Chutz) (Lev. 17:3-4).
Not to leave the remaining fats of a holiday offering overnight until they spoil (Ex. 23:18).
Not to break any bone of the regular Passover sacrifice (Ex. 12:46).
Not to break any bone of the Second Passover sacrifice (Num. 9:12).
Not to leave any meat of the Passover offering overnight until morning (Ex. 12:10).
Not to leave any meat of the Second Passover offering overnight until morning (Num. 9:12).
Not to carry any meat of the Passover sacrifice outside of the house where it is eaten (Ex. 12:46).
Not to put olive oil on the sin-meal offering of a poor person (Lev. 5:11).
Not to put frankincense on the sin-meal offering of a poor person (Lev. 5:11).
Not to put olive oil on a jealousy meal offering (Minchat Kenaot) of a suspected adulteress (Num. 5:15).
Not to put frankincense on a jealousy meal offering of a suspected adulteress (Num. 5:15).
Not to completely sever the head of a bird offering during a sin-offering pinch (Melikah) (Lev. 5:8).

3. Yearly Feasts (The Festivals and Seasonal Holy Days)

This specific category details the legal parameters, specific offerings, and localized requirements for celebrating the biblical annual holiday cycle.

Positive Commandments (Mitzvot Aseh)

To offer the special Musaf sacrifice on all seven days of Passover (Lev. 23:8).
To bring the Wave-Offering of a sheaf of the new barley crop (Omer) on the second day of Passover (Lev. 23:10).
To bring the Additional Musaf offering on the festival of Shavuot (Num. 28:26).
To bring the unique offering of Two Leavened Loaves of wheat (Shtei HaLechem) on Shavuot (Lev. 23:17).
To bring the Additional Musaf offering on Rosh Hashanah (Num. 29:2).
To bring the Additional Musaf offering on Yom Kippur (Num. 29:7).
To perform the complex High Priest service on Yom Kippur (Avodat Yom HaKippurim) (Lev. 16:3).
To bring the Additional Musaf offering on each of the seven days of Sukkot (Lev. 23:36).
To bring the Additional Musaf offering on the eighth day, Shemini Atzeret (Num. 29:35).
To appear at the Temple during the three pilgrimage festivals—Passover, Shavuot, and Sukkot (Re'iyah) (Deut. 16:16).
To celebrate and bring a festival peace offering during the three pilgrimage feasts (Chagigah) (Ex. 23:14).
To rejoice with family, dependents, and the poor on the festivals (Simchat Chag) (Deut. 16:14).
To observe the Second Passover (Pesach Sheni) on the 14th of Iyar for anyone who was impure or distant during the first Passover (Num. 9:11).
To eat the Second Passover lamb with matzah and bitter herbs on that night (Num. 9:11).

Negative Commandments (Mitzvot Lo Ta'aseh)

Not to appear at the Temple for pilgrimage festivals empty-handed without an offering (Deut. 16:16).
Not to eat bread made from the new season’s grain crop before the Omer barley offering is brought (Chadosh) (Lev. 23:14).
Not to eat parched kernels of the new grain crop before the Omer offering (Lev. 23:14).
Not to eat soft plump kernels from the new grain crop before the Omer offering (Lev. 23:14).

4. Tithes, Taxes, and Sacred Agriculture

These commandments dictate the agrarian ecosystem of Israel, defining taxes, tithing structures for spiritual support, and structural boundaries for fields, trees, and herds.

Positive Commandments (Mitzvot Aseh)

To set aside the Great Heave-Offering (Terumah Gedolah) from your harvest crops for the priests (Deut. 18:4).
To set aside the First Tithe (Ma'aser Rishon) from your crops annually for the Levites (Num. 18:24).
To set aside the Second Tithe (Ma'aser Sheni) to be eaten exclusively by the owner within Jerusalem during the 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 5th years of the agricultural cycle (Deut. 14:22).
For the Levites to give a tenth of their received tithe (Terumat Ma'aser) to the priests (Num. 18:26).
To set aside the Poor Man's Tithe (Ma'aser Ani) during the 3rd and 6th years of the cycle instead of the Second Tithe (Deut. 14:28).
To make a formal declaration before God when completing the removal of all tithes from your domain (Viduy Ma'aser) (Deut. 26:13).
To bring the First Fruits (Bikkurim) of the Seven Species of the Land of Israel to the Temple (Ex. 23:19).
To recite the formal First Fruits declaration (Mikra Bikkurim) in the Temple courtyard over the basket (Deut. 26:5).
To set aside a portion of dough (Challah) from every baking batch for the priest (Num. 15:20).
To treat all fruits grown by a tree during its fourth year of life as holy, to be eaten in Jerusalem (Neta Reva'i) (Lev. 19:24).
To leave agricultural produce ownerless and available to all during the Sabbatical Year (Hafker) (Ex. 23:11).
To pay a fixed annual half-shekel tax (Machatzit HaShekel) to fund the communal Temple offerings (Ex. 30:13).
To leave the primary wool fleece of your sheep shearings for the priest (Reshit HaGez) (Deut. 18:4).
To give the designated shoulder, two cheeks, and stomach of every non-consecrated slaughtered mammal to the priest (Deut. 18:3).

Negative Commandments (Mitzvot Lo Ta'aseh)

Not to consume any harvested crop before its required Terumah and tithes have been separated (Tevel) (Lev. 22:15).
Not to alter the mandated chronological order of separating tithes and offerings (Ex. 22:28).
Not to eat fruits produced by a tree during its first three years of growth (Orlah) (Lev. 19:23).
Not to sow different categories of diverse seeds together in a single field or vineyard (Kilayim) (Lev. 19:19).
Not to plant diverse vegetable seeds inside a domestic vineyard (Kilei Karem) (Deut. 22:9).
Not to crossbreed different species of domestic or wild animals together (Lev. 19:19).
Not to do work or farm with two different species of animals hitched together, such as an ox and a donkey (Deut. 22:10).
Not to eat the Second Tithe crops outside of the city limits of Jerusalem (Deut. 12:17).
Not to consume the First Fruits of your crop outside of the walls of Jerusalem (Deut. 12:17).
Not to spend or use redemption money from the Second Tithe for anything other than purchasing food and drink (Deut. 26:14).
Not to eat the Second Tithe produce while in a state of intense personal mourning (Onan) (Deut. 26:14).
Not to eat the Second Tithe produce if it has become ritually defiled, even inside Jerusalem (Deut. 26:14).

5. Purity and Defilement (Tumah and Taharah)

This category governs the invisible, structural states of metaphysical defilement (Tumah) and the exact mechanisms of purification (Taharah), such as spring-water immersion and specific isolation protocols.

Positive Commandments (Mitzvot Aseh)

The laws of defilement caused by contact with a human corpse (Tumat Met) (Num. 19:14).
The process of preparing and using the ashes of the Red Heifer (Parah Adumah) to purify those defiled by a corpse (Num. 19:2).
The laws of ritual purification via immersion in a valid body of natural water or ritual bath (Mikveh) (Lev. 15:16).
The laws of defilement regarding human leprosy infecting skin, hair, or flesh (Tzara'at) (Lev. 13:2).
For a qualified priest to inspect and declare a suspected patch of leprosy as either pure or defiled (Lev. 13:3).
The laws of leprosy markings infecting garments and clothes (Lev. 13:47).
The laws of leprosy markings infecting residential stone houses and buildings (Lev. 14:34).
The specific purification ritual for a recovering leper using cedarwood, hyssop, and scarlet thread (Lev. 14:2).
For a confirmed leper to shave off all their bodily hair on the seventh day of purification (Lev. 14:9).
For a defiled leper to tear their clothes, let their hair grow wild, and call out warnings of their impurity (Lev. 13:45).
The laws of defilement caused by touching the carcasses of the eight specific creeping small animals (Sheratzim) (Lev. 11:29-30).
The laws of defilement caused by touching the carcass of a naturally dead domestic or wild mammal (Nevelah) (Lev. 11:39).
The laws of defilement relating to food or drink items that come into contact with an impurity source (Lev. 11:34).
The laws of defilement caused by a male who experiences a seminal emission (Ba'al Keri) (Lev. 15:16).
The laws of defilement caused by a woman during her regular menstrual cycle (Niddah) (Lev. 15:19).
The laws of defilement caused by a woman experiencing an abnormal or extended bodily flow (Zavah) (Lev. 15:25).
The laws of defilement caused by a male experiencing an abnormal bodily discharge (Zav) (Lev. 15:2).
The laws of defilement affecting a mother following childbirth (Lev. 12:2).
To send all severely defiled individuals out from the immediate camp or Temple perimeter boundaries (Shiluach Tme'im) (Num. 5:2).

Negative Commandments (Mitzvot Lo Ta'aseh)

A ritually defiled person must not enter any section of the Temple courtyard or Sanctuary (Tumat Mikdash) (Num. 5:3).
Not to shave off or cut the diagnostic white hairs from a healing patch of leprosy (Netek) (Lev. 13:33).
Not to tear, scrape out, or alter a leprosy marking on a garment or skin surface maliciously to hide it (Deut. 24:8).
A regular priest must not intentionally defile himself by contact with a dead body, except for his six closest blood relatives (Lev. 21:1).
The High Priest must not defile himself by contact with any dead body under any circumstance, even for parents (Lev. 21:11).
The High Priest must not enter under the same roof or tent as a human corpse (Lev. 21:11).
A Levite from the family of Kohath must not look upon the holy vessels while they are being packed up for travel (Num. 4:20).

6. Civic Allocations, Warfare, and National Governance

This section maps the structural, military, judicial, and political framework of the Israelite commonwealth, focusing on land allotment, welfare rights, warfare ethics, and the preservation of equity.

Positive Commandments (Mitzvot Aseh)

To give the tribe of Levi their designated cities and surrounding open pasturelands to live in since they have no land inheritance (Num. 35:2).
To thoroughly wipe out the seven wicked, corrupting nations of Canaan from the land (Deut. 20:17).
To completely erase and blot out the memory of the marauding nation of Amalek from beneath the heavens (Deut. 25:19).
To offer terms of peaceful surrender to an enemy city before initiating active warfare against them (Deut. 20:10).
To appoint a dedicated Priest for War Speech (Meshauch Milchama) to encourage the soldiers before combat (Deut. 20:2).
To establish an uncultivated area outside the military camp to serve as a designated latrine space (Deut. 23:13).
For every soldier to carry a digging trowel tool among their weapons to cover their excrement (Deut. 23:14).
To bury a executed criminal on the exact same day they are put to death (Deut. 21:23).
To return a runaway slave who escaped from a foreign land back to freedom, protecting them from their master (Deut. 23:16).
To allow a field laborer to eat from the unharvested crops or grapes they are working on during harvest hours (Deut. 23:25).
To follow the rules regarding a Beautiful Captive Woman (Yfat Toar) taken during a defensive war (Deut. 21:11).
To execute the sentence of judicial execution by hanging for specific severe crimes like blasphemy or idolatry (Deut. 21:22).
To execute capital punishment via the sword (Hereg) for crimes like communal apostasy (Ex. 21:20).
To execute capital punishment via strangled asphyxiation (Chenek) for crimes like kidnapping or hit-injury to parents (Lev. 20:10).
To execute capital punishment via burning (Sreifah) for specific severe incestuous crimes (Lev. 20:14).
To execute capital punishment via stoning (Skilah) for crimes like public Sabbath desecration (Deut. 22:24).
To administer the sentence of judicial lashes (Malkut) to an offender who violates a negative commandment (Deut. 25:2).
To accurately divide the Land of Israel among the tribes via a system of geographic lottery lines (Num. 26:55).

Negative Commandments (Mitzvot Lo Ta'aseh)

The tribe of Levi must not receive a standard geographic territory inheritance in the Land of Israel (Deut. 18:1).
The tribe of Levi must not take any share of the spoils or plunder seized during the conquest wars of the land (Deut. 18:1).
Not to allow any member of the seven Canaanite nations to remain alive to corrupt the land (Deut. 20:16).
Not to show any mercy or make peace treaties with the seven Canaanite nations (Deut. 7:2).
Not to make a permanent peace treaty or seek the civic prosperity of the nations of Ammon or Moab (Deut. 23:7).
Not to exclude a third-generation Egyptian convert from marrying into the assembly (Deut. 23:8).
Not to exclude a third-generation Edomite convert from marrying into the assembly (Deut. 23:8).
Not to cut down fruit-bearing trees during a military siege or use them for tactical destruction (Bal Taschit) (Deut. 20:19).
Not to allow a military camp to become defiled or display unseemly exposure (Deut. 23:15).
Not to surrender an escaped foreign slave back to their former abusive master (Deut. 23:16).
Not to exploit, distress, or disadvantage an escaped foreign slave who shelters within your towns (Deut. 23:17).
Not to leave the body of an executed criminal hanging overnight upon a gallows tree (Deut. 21:23).
A field laborer must not pocket or carry away excess produce in a container for later use outside working hours (Deut. 23:25).
A field laborer must not swing a sickle or harvest machinery against a neighbor's standing grain for personal gain (Deut. 23:26).
Not to sell a captive woman into slavery after choosing not to marry her (Deut. 21:14).
Not to treat a captive woman as an enslaved laborer or mistreat her after spending time with her (Deut. 21:14).
A judge must not exceed the maximum number of mandated judicial lashes when punishing a criminal (Deut. 25:3).
Not to permanently return to live or settle as a nation within the land of Egypt (Deut. 17:16).
Not to permit an individual with crushed or severed male reproductive organs (Ptzua Daka) to marry into the congregation (Deut. 23:2).
Not to permit a child born from an incestuous or adulterous relationship (Mamzer) to marry into the congregation (Deut. 23:3).
Not to permit a male Moabite or Ammonite convert to ever marry into the native congregation (Deut. 23:4).

7. Dietary Laws, Nazarite Vows, and Personal Status

This concluding category covers the remaining distinct ritual commands defining personal physical limits, clean animals, and the specific restrictions governing voluntary Nazarite separations.

Positive Commandments (Mitzvot Aseh)

To check and inspect mammals to ensure they have split hooves and chew their cud before eating them (Lev. 11:2).
To check and inspect fish to ensure they possess visible fins and scales before eating them (Lev. 11:9).
To check and inspect birds according to the transmission of clean species metrics (Lev. 11:13).
To check and inspect grasshoppers to ensure they are of the specific clean flying insects (Lev. 11:21).
To perform ritual slaughter (Shechitah) correctly on mammals and birds before eating them (Deut. 12:21).
To cover up the exposed blood of a slaughtered wild mammal or bird with earth or loose soil (Kisuy HaDam) (Lev. 17:13).
For a person who takes a voluntary Nazarite vow (Nazir) to let the hair of their head grow long (Num. 6:5).
For a completing Nazarite to shave their head and bring their mandatory sacrifices at the Temple (Num. 6:18).
To circumcise every Jewish male child on the eighth day of life (Brit Milah) (Lev. 12:3).

Negative Commandments (Mitzvot Lo Ta'aseh)

Not to eat any mammal species that does not have split hooves and chew its cud (Lev. 11:4).
Not to eat any fish species that lacks fins and scales (Lev. 11:11).
Not to eat any of the twenty-four prohibited non-kosher predatory birds (Lev. 11:13).
Not to eat any winged insects that swarm upon the earth (Lev. 11:20).
Not to eat any small creeping animals that crawl upon the ground (Sheratzim) (Lev. 11:41).
Not to eat organisms that reproduce inside decaying organic materials or stagnant water (Lev. 11:44).
Not to eat tiny crawling creatures that emerge out of fruits or vegetables (Lev. 11:42).
Not to eat any creature that swarms inside bodies of water (Lev. 11:43).
Not to eat the meat of a mammal or bird that died naturally without proper slaughter (Nevelah) (Deut. 14:21).
Not to eat the meat of an animal torn or fatally injured by a predator (Treifah) (Ex. 22:30).
Not to eat the sciatic nerve string (Gid HaNasheh) located in the hindquarters of animals (Gen. 32:33).
Not to eat the specific prohibited abdominal fats of clean domestic cattle (Chelev) (Lev. 7:23).
Not to cook meat and milk together inside a single pot or cooking utensil (Ex. 23:19).
Not to consume or derive any benefit from a mixture of meat and milk that was cooked together (Ex. 34:26).
Not to eat the meat of an ox that was condemned and stoned by a court for killing a person, even if slaughtered (Shor HaNiskal) (Ex. 21:28).
Not to eat the fruit of a newly planted tree during its first three years (Orlah) (Lev. 19:23).
A Nazarite must not drink wine, grape juice, or any beverage made from wine vinegar (Num. 6:3).
A Nazarite must not eat fresh grapes (Num. 6:3).
A Nazarite must not eat dried raisins (Num. 6:3).
A Nazarite must not eat the seeds or inner kernels of grapes (Num. 6:4).
A Nazarite must not eat the outer skins or husks of grapes (Num. 6:4).
A Nazarite must not shave or cut any hair from their head during their vow period (Num. 6:5).
A Nazarite must not enter under the same roof or tent as a human corpse (Num. 6:6).
A Nazarite must not touch or defile themselves for a dead person, even for close family members (Num. 6:7).