The 248
Positive Commandments |
Mitzvah |
Lesson # |
1 - Believing in G-d |
5 |
2 - Unity of G-d |
5 |
3 - Loving G-d |
6 |
4 - Fearing G-d |
6 |
5 - Worshipping G-d |
21,22,23,24,25 |
6 - Cleaving to G-d |
8 |
7 - Taking an oath by G-d's Name |
108 |
8 - Walking in G-d's ways |
8 |
9 - Sanctifying G-d's Name |
6 |
10 - Reading the Shema twice daily |
20,21 |
11 - Studying and teaching Torah |
11 |
12 - Wearing Tefillin of the head |
26 |
13 - Wearing Tefillin of the hand |
27 |
14 - To make Tzitzis |
30 |
15 - To affix a Mezuzah |
28 |
16 - Hakhel during Sukkos |
183 |
17 - A king to write a Torah |
29 |
18 - Every person must write a Torah |
28 |
19 - Grace after Meals |
31,32,33,34 |
20 - To build a Sanctuary for G-d |
147 |
21 - Revering the Bais HaMikdash |
149 |
22 - Guarding the Mikdash |
150 |
23 - Levitical services in the Mikdash |
152 |
24 - Ablutions of the Priests |
155 |
25 - Kindling the lamps by the Priests |
166 |
26 - Priests blessing Israel |
26 |
27 - The Showbread |
166 |
28 - Burning the Incense |
166 |
29 - The perpetual fire on the Altar |
165 |
30 - Removing the ashes from the Altar |
165 |
31 - Removing the unclean persons from the camp |
154 |
32 - Honoring the Priests |
152 |
33 - The Priestly Garments |
153 |
34 - The Priests bearing the Ark on their shoulders |
151 |
35 - The Oil of Anointment |
150 |
36 - Priests ministering in watches |
152 |
37 - Priests defiling themselves for deceased relatives |
331 |
38 - The High Priest marrying only a virgin |
93 |
39 - The daily Burnt-Offerings |
165 |
40 - The High Priest's daily Meal-Offering |
166 |
41 - The Shabbos Additional Offering |
166 |
42 - The New Moon Additional Offering |
166 |
43 - The Pesach Additional Offering |
167 |
44 - The Meal-Offering of the Omer |
167 |
45 - The Shavuos Additional Offering |
167 |
46 - The bringing of the Two Loaves on Shavuos |
167 |
47 - The Rosh HaShanah Additional Offering |
167 |
48 - The Yom Kippur Additional Offering |
167 |
49 - The Service of Yom Kippur |
175,176 |
50 - The Sukkos Offering |
167 |
51 - The Shemini Atzeres Additional Offering |
167 |
52 - The three annual pilgrimages |
182 |
53 - Appearing before the L-rd during the Festivals |
182 |
54 - Rejoicing on the Festivals |
183 |
55 - Slaughtering the Pesach Offering |
179 |
56 - Eating the Pesach-Offering |
180 |
57 - Slaughtering the Pesach Sheni-Offering |
180 |
58 - Eating the Pesach Sheni-Offering |
180 |
59 - Blowing the trumpets in the Sanctuary |
66,67,68 |
60 - Minimum age of cattle to be offered |
158 |
61 - Offering only unblemished sacrifices |
156 |
62 - Salt being brought with every offering |
158 |
63 - The Burnt-Offering |
159 |
64 - The Sin-Offering |
160 |
65 - The Guilt-Offering |
160 |
66 - The Peace-Offering |
162 |
67 - The Meal-Offering |
162 |
68 - Offering of a Court that has erred |
191 |
69 - The Fixed Sin-Offering |
186 |
70 - The Suspensive Guilt-Offering |
187,188 |
71 - The Unconditional Guilt-Offering |
189 |
72 - The Offering of Higher or Lower Value |
190 |
73 - Making confession |
17,18,19,20 |
74 - Offering brought by a zav |
192 |
75 - Offering brought by a zavah |
191 |
76 - The offering of a woman after childbirth |
191 |
77 - Offering brought by a leper |
192 |
78 - The tithe of cattle |
185 |
79 - Sanctifying the first-born |
183 |
80 - Redeeming the first-born |
142 |
81 - Redeeming the firstling of a donkey |
142 |
82 - Breaking the neck of the firstling of a donkey |
143 |
83 - Bringing due offerings on the first festival |
163 |
84 - All offerings to be brought to the Sanctuary |
164 |
85 - Bringing all offerings due from outside Eretz Yisrael
to the Sanctuary |
164 |
86 - Redeeming blemished offerings |
157 |
87 - Holiness of substituted offering |
193 |
88 - The Priests eating the residue of the Meal Offerings |
163 |
89 - The Priests eating the meat of Consecrated Offerings |
161 |
90 - To burn consecrated Offerings that have become unclean |
174 |
91 - To burn the remnant of Consecrated Offerings |
173 |
92 - The Nazir letting his hair grow |
113 |
93 - Nazirite obligations on completion of vow |
116 |
94 - All oral commitments to be fulfilled |
109,110 |
95 - Revocation of vows |
112,113 |
96 - Defilement through carcasses of animals |
217,218,237 |
97 - Defilement through the carcasses of eight creeping creatures |
219,220 |
98 - Defilement of food and drink |
226,227,228,229 |
99 - The uncleanliness of a menstruant |
213,233 |
100 - The uncleanliness of a woman after childbirth |
214,234 |
101 - The uncleanliness of a leper |
207,232 |
102 - Garments contaminated by leprosy |
212 |
103 - A leprous house |
212 |
104 - The uncleanliness of a zav |
216,217,236 |
105 - The uncleanliness of semen |
221,222,223 |
106 - The uncleanliness of a zavah |
215,235 |
107 - Uncleanness of a corpse |
194,195,196,197,198,
199,200,201,202,230
|
108 - Law of the water of sprinkling |
205,206,207,231 |
109 - Immersing in a ritual bath |
238,239,240,241,242 |
110 - Cleansing from leprosy |
210 |
111 - A leper must shave his head |
211 |
112 - The leper to be made distinguishable |
209 |
113 - The ashes of the Red Heifer |
202,203,204 |
114 - Valuation of a person |
116 |
115 - Valuation of beasts |
117 |
116 - Valuation of houses |
117 |
117 - Valuation of fields |
117 |
118 - Restitution for sacrilege |
176 |
119 - The fruits of fourth-year planting |
138 |
120 - To leave Peah for the poor |
122 |
121 - To leave gleanings for the poor |
123 |
122 - To leave the forgotten sheaf for the poor |
124 |
123 - To leave defective grape-clusters for the poor |
123 |
124 - To leave grape-gleanings for the poor |
124 |
125 - To bring First-fruits to the Sanctuary |
139 |
126 - To set aside the great heave-offering |
126 |
127 - To set aside the first tithe |
131,132,133,134,135 |
128 - To set aside the second tithe |
135 |
129 - The Levites' tithe for the Priest |
126 |
130 - To set aside the poor man's tithe in the third and
sixth year |
125 |
131 - The avowal of the Tithe |
139 |
132 - Recital on bringing the first-fruits |
140 |
133 - To set aside the challah for the Priest |
141 |
134 - Renouncing as ownerless produce of the Sabbatical year |
144 |
135 - The land resting during the Sabbatical year |
143 |
136 - Sanctifying the Jubilee year |
145 |
137 - Blowing the Shofar in the Jubilee year |
145 |
138 - Reversion of land in the Jubilee year |
146 |
139 - Redemption of property in a walled city |
146 |
140 - Counting the years to the Jubilee |
145 |
141 - Canceling monetary claims in the Sabbatical year |
144 |
142 - Exacting debts from idolaters |
296 |
143 - The Priest's due in the slaughter of every clean animal |
141 |
144 - The first of the fleece to be given to the Priest |
141 |
145 - Devoted things to G-d and the Priest |
118 |
146 - Slaughtering animals before eating them |
100 |
147 - Covering the blood of slain birds and animals |
102 |
148 - Releasing the mother before taking its nest |
104 |
149 - Searching for the prescribed tokens of cleanliness
in cattle and animals |
95 |
150 - Searching for the prescribed tokens of cleanliness
in birds |
95 |
151 - Searching for the prescribed tokens of cleanliness
in grasshoppers |
95 |
152 - Searching for the prescribed tokens of cleanliness
in fishes |
95 |
153 - Determining the New Moon |
60,61,62,63,64,65,66 |
154 - Resting on Shabbos |
37,38 |
155 - Proclaiming the sanctity of the Shabbos |
45,46,47 |
156 - Removal of Chometz on Pesach |
54 |
157 - Recounting the Exodus from Egypt on the first night
of Pesach |
56 |
158 - Eating Matzah on the first night of Pesach |
55 |
159 - Resting on the first day of Pesach |
51 |
160 - Resting on the seventh day of Pesach |
51 |
161 - Counting the Omer |
168 |
162 - Resting on Shavuos |
52 |
163 - Resting on Rosh HaShanah |
52 |
164 - Fasting on Yom Kippur |
50 |
165 - Resting on Yom Kippur |
50 |
166 - Resting on the first day of Sukkos |
53 |
167 - Resting on Shemini Atzeres |
53 |
168 - Dwelling in a Sukkah for seven days |
57 |
169 - Taking a Lulav on Sukkos |
58 |
170 - Hearing the Shofar on Rosh HaShanah |
56 |
171 - Giving a half shekel annually |
59,60 |
172 - Heeding the Prophets |
7 |
173 - Appointing a king |
336 |
174 - Obeying the Great Court |
329 |
175 - Abiding by majority decision |
313 |
176 - Appointing Judges and Officers of the Court |
313 |
177 - Treating litigants equally before the law |
319 |
178 - Testifying in Court |
321 |
179 - Inquiring into the testimony of witnesses |
322 |
180 - Condemning witnesses who testify falsely |
328 |
181 - Eglah Arufah |
261 |
182 - Establishing Six Cities of Refuge |
260 |
183 - Assigning cities to the Levi'im |
147 |
184 - Building fences on the roof; removing sources of danger
from our habitations |
261 |
185 - Destroying all idol-worship |
15 |
186 - The law of the Apostate City |
13 |
187 - The law of the Seven Nations |
337 |
188 - The extinction of the seed of Amalek |
337 |
189 - Remembering the nefarious deeds of Amalek |
337 |
190 - The law of non-obligatory war |
338 |
191 - Appointing a Priest to speak to the people when going
to war |
339 |
192 - Preparing a place beyond the camp |
338 |
193 - Including a digging tool among war implements |
338 |
194 - A robber to restore the stolen article |
254 |
195 - To give charity |
125 |
196 - Lavishing gifts on a Hebrew bond-man on his freedom |
286 |
197 - Lending money to the poor |
295 |
198 - Lending money to the heathen with interest |
303 |
199 - Restoring a pledge to a needy owner |
298 |
200 - Paying wages on time |
289 |
201 - An employee to be allowed to eat of the produce among
which he is working |
290 |
202 - Unloading a tired animal |
262 |
203 - Assisting the owner in loading his burden |
262 |
204 - Returning lost property to its owner |
255 |
205 - Rebuking the sinner |
9 |
206 - Loving our fellow Jew |
8 |
207 - Loving the convert |
9 |
208 - The law of weights and measures |
248 |
209 - Honoring scholars |
12 |
210 - Honoring parents |
330 |
211 - Fearing parents |
330 |
212 - To be fruitful and multiply |
76,77 |
213 - The law of marriage |
69,70 |
214 - The bridegroom devoting himself to his wife for one
year |
339 |
215 - Circumcising one's son |
34,35 |
216 - The law of levirate marriage |
82 |
217 - The law of Chalitzah |
83 |
218 - A violator must marry the maiden whom he has violated |
85 |
219 - The law of the defamer of his bride |
85 |
220 - The law of the seducer |
85 |
221 - The law of the captive woman |
339 |
222 - The law of divorce |
78,79 |
223 - The law of a suspected adulteress |
86 |
224 - Whipping transgressors of certain Commandments |
316 |
225 - The law of unintentional man-slaughter |
259 |
226 - Transgressors of certain Commandments to be beheaded |
315 |
227 - Transgressors of certain Commandments to be strangled |
315 |
228 - Transgressors of certain Commandments to be burned |
314 |
229 - Transgressors of certain Commandments to be stoned |
314 |
230 - Transgressors of certain Commandments to be hanged
after execution |
315 |
231 - Burial on the day of execution |
315 |
232 - The law of a Hebrew bondman |
285 |
233 - A Hebrew bondmaid to be married by her master or his
son |
286 |
234 - Redemption of a Hebrew bondmaid |
286 |
235 - The law of a Canaanite bondman |
287 |
236 - Penalty of inflicting injury |
256,257,258,277,278,
279,280 |
237 - The law of injuries caused by an ox |
242 |
238 - The law of injuries caused by a pit |
244 |
239 - The law of theft |
247 |
240 - The law of damage caused by a beast |
243 |
241 - The law of damage by a fire |
245,246 |
242 - The law of an unpaid bailee |
294 |
243 - The law of a paid bailee |
288 |
244 - The law of a borrower |
292,293 |
245 - The law of buying and selling |
263,264,273,274,275,
276,281,282,283,284 |
246 - The law of litigants |
304,305,306,307,308,309 |
247 - Saving the life of the pursued |
260 |
248 - The law of inheritance |
309,310,311,312 |