num_pages: 517
description: By Talmudic tradition, there are 613 mitzvoth in the 248 positive precepts, commanding us what we are to do, and 365 negative precepts - what we must not do. Yet what exactly are the 613 mitzvoth? Only later in time did scholars Only later in time did the scholars make their detailed listings. The clearest work we have on the subject is the famed Sefer beMitzvoth (the Book of Precepts) by Rambam (Maimonides). And this gave rise, in a way, bto the Sefer baHinnuch. In 13th-century Spain, a certain scholar, un-identified till recently, decided to arrange the 613 mitzvoth, as Rambam wrote of them, in a novel way. For each sidrah (weekly portion of the Written Torah read Sabbath morning in the prayer service) he would write about the mitzvoth which the Torah commands in that particular portion. Why would he want to do this? In his Preface our author gives his reason - quite certainty the most unusual and most charnming reason why a classic work of Torah literature was ever written in
language: Hebrew
title: Sefer Hahinnuch: The Book of Mitzvah Education: 3
titlecomplete: Sefer Hahinnuch: The Book of Mitzvah Education: 3 (English and Hebrew Edition)
publisher: Feldheim Pub