The commandments: Sefer Ha-Mitzvoth of Maimonides
By: translated from the Hebrew with foreword, notes, glossary, appendices and indices by Rabbi Dr. Charles B. Chavel.
Contributors: Chavel, Charles Ber, 1906- tr.; Kafaḥ, Yosef, 1917-
Publisher: Soncino P.
Published: 1967
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng; heb; ara
Subjects: Commandments, Six hundred and thirteen -- Early works to 1800
Description: Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon (known as Rambam or Maimonides) was the acknowledged leader of Spanish Jewry during the twelfth century, and is today widely recognized as one of the leading Torah authorities in all of Jewish history. Sefer haMitzvoth (Book of the Commandments) was one of his most significant works. In it, he drew upon the vast spectrum of rabbinic literature as he enumerated and explained the most fundamental teachings of Judaism--each and every one of the taryag mitzvoth, the 613 commandments. At the same time, he clarified the principles used in determining which precepts were to be included in this number.
Notes: Bibliography: v. 2, p. [427]-431.
This English translation is based upon R. Joseph Kapach's Hebrew translation of the original Arabic text, Kitab al-farāʼid.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. The positive commandments.; title: v. 2. The negative commandments.