Talk:Mitzvah

message: Given the large number of mitzvot and the many points of view concerning the relative importance of the several commandments, I believe pulling out two favorites for display at the top of the article is not very encyclopedic, and may contravene neutral point of view and/or original research guidelines. If you are prepared to cite a source for the claim that these mitzvot are especially important, it may be appropriate to document that claim in the article. But I believe the section as currently written takes away from the flow and tone of the article. Any other opinions?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Scbomber (talk • contribs) 21:41, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Mitzvah#Imortant Mitzvot|Imortant Mitzvot]]

message: Why are we translating the word 'Mitzvot' as 'Commandments'?
I think many people think only of the 10 Dibrot when they hear the word commandment.
Within the context the word 'Law' is a better translation
Pburnstein1 (talk) 19:26, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Commandments? 

message: See subject. Thanks, --Shlishke (talk) 09:07, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It's certainly true that this article primarily presents classical Jewish viewpoints and sources; You're welcome to add a better presentation of e.g. contemporary and academic viewpoints with appropriate sources. The sources included are not necessarily ideal but they are reliable for the viewpoints offered. One last thing: there isn't really any such thing as an "npov source." All sources have biases and perspectives, the issue is simply if a source is reliable for the viewpoint presented. Best, --Shirahadasha (talk) 01:35, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Can someone please add some published, paper sources, (books, preferably) ,  [[npov]] kind?  thanks 

message: I know that there are also different ways to count the mitswot. 613 is the numbering used by Maimonides. but there are other numberings wich say there are less, or more mitswot. can anyone who knows more of this add some of this to the page...  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.81.220.80 (talk) 21:30, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  different way of counting 

message: Mitzvah itself perhaps is different.
But regarding a link here.
* "613 commandments" gets 8,840 hits on Google Books
* "613 mitzvoth" gets 247
* "613 mitzvot" gets 2,270
* "613 mitzvos" gets 447
Those that would count as WP:IRS are overwhelmingly in favour of English "commandment". 
And regarding categories, similarly compare with the following Google Books hits:
* positive commandment 9,110 + pl positive commandments 6,490 - and more WP:IRS
* positive mitzvah 545 + positive mitzvot 466 + positive mitzvoth 81, + positive mitzvos 164
It appears that some of the categories and articles in this area may have been created in good-faith unawareness of Wikipedia:naming conventions (use English)? In ictu oculi (talk) 08:28, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: [[613 Mitzvot]] or [[613 commandments]] per [[WP:EN]]

message: If one were to look at all times the word "mitzvah" was used in the last 100 years by those who call themselves Jews, including the non-Orthodox Jews who halakhically are unquestionably Jews, I'm sure there would be much more use of it as an informal synonym for "good deed" than as a reference to rabbinical mitzvot or anything along that line. Yet the article deals overwhelmingly with the latter, and has only one sentence on the former. This seems to me to be a distortion. deisenbe (talk) 04:56, 17 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Importance of mitzvah meaning "act of human kndness", good (but not specifically religious) deed 

message: I feel a distinction needs to be drawn between Mitzvah (as defined here) and mitzveh (yiddish, 'good deed'). Redirecting mitzveh to Mitzvah seems wrong to me.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.243.116.3 (talk) 07:54, 19 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mitzvah / Mitzveh 

message: The category Negative Mitzvoth has no definition, and no connection to this article.  If an editor with expertise in the topic could fix this is would be beneficial.  Thank you.  Magnolia677 (talk) 10:27, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[w:Category:Negative Mitzvoth|Category:Negative Mitzvoth]] 

message: Is this considered accurate?  I'm not going to edit it because I am not an expert on Jewish belief, but I know that the Deuteronomic law was given in speeches by Moses on the plains of Moab and includes commandments not previously recorded. That said, maybe Jewish tradition holds that Moses was just remembering laws given that day on Mount Sinai that were not previously written down. Brianlayman (talk) 00:36, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  "given in the Torah at biblical Mount Sinai"