248 Positive Mitzvot

 

1 Believing in HaShem Ex. 20.2
2 Unity of HaShem Deut. 6.4
3 Loving HaShem Deut. 6.4
4 Fearing HaShem Deut. 6.13
5 Worshiping HaShem Ex. 23.25
6 Cleaving to HaShem Deut. 10.20
7 Taking an oath by HaShem’s Name Deut. 10.13/10.20
8 Walking in HaShem’s ways Deut. 28.9
9 Sanctifying HaShem’s Name Lev. 22.32
10 Reading the Shema twice daily Deut. 6.7
11 Studying and teaching Torah Deut. 6.7
12 Wearing Tefillin of the head Deut. 6.8
13 Wearing Tefillin of the hand Deut. 6.8
14 To make Tzitzit Num. 15.38
15 To affix a Mezuzah Deut. 6.9
16 Hakhel during Sukkot Deut. 31.12
17 A king should write a Torah Deut. 17.18
18 Everyone should write a Torah Deut. 31.19
19 Grace after meals Deut. 8.10
20 Building a Sanctuary for HaShem Ex. 25.8
21 Revering the Beit Hamikdash Ex. 25.8
22 Guarding the Mikdash Num. 18.2
23 Levitical services in the Mikdash Num. 18.23
24 Ablutions of the Kohanim Ex. 27.21
25 Kindling the lamps by the Kohanim Ex. 27.20
26 Kohanim blessing Israel Num. 6.23
27 The Show bread Ex. 25.30
28 Burning the Incense Ex. 30.7
29 The perpetual fire on the Altar Lev. 6.6
30 Removing the ashes from the Altar Lev. 6.10
31 Removing tameh persons from the camp Num. 5.2
32 Honoring the Aaronites Lev. 21.8
33 The Priestly garments Ex. 28.2
34 Kohanim bearing the Ark on their shoulders Num 7.9
35 The oil of the Anointment Ex. 30.31
36 Kohanim ministering in watches Deut. 18.6-9
37 Kohanim defiling themselves for deceased relatives Lev 21.3
38 Kohein Gadol should only marry a virgin Lev. 21.13
39 Daily Burnt Offerings Num. 28.3
40 Kohein Gadol’s daily Meal Offering Lev. 6.13
41 The Shabbat Additional Offering Num. 28.9
42 The New Moon Additional Offering Num. 28.11
43 The Pesach Additional Offering Lev. 23.36
44 The Meal Offering of the Omer Lev. 23.10
45 The Shavuot Additional Offering Num. 28.26
46 Bring Two Loaves on Shavuot Lev. 23.17
47 The Rosh Hashana Additional Offering Num. 29.1
48 The Yom Kippur Additional Offering Num. 29.7
49 The Service of Yom Kippur Lev. 16.3
50 The Sukkot Offering Num. 29.35
51 The Shemini Atzeret Additional Offering Num. 29.35
52 The three annual pilgrimages Ex. 23.14
53 Appearing before the L-rd during the Festivals Deut. 16.16
54 Rejoicing on the Festivals Deut. 16.14
55 Slaughtering the Pesach Offering Ex. 12.6
56 Eating the Pesach Offering Ex 12.8
57 Slaughtering the Pesach Sheini Offering Num 9.2-11
58 Eating the Pesach Sheini Offering Num 9.11
59 Blowing the trumpets in the Sanctuary Num 10.10
60 Minimum age of cattle to be offered Lev 22.27
61 Offering only unblemished sacrifices Lev 22.21
62 Bringing salt with every offering Lev 2.13
63 The Burnt-Offering Lev 1.3
64 The Sin-Offering Lev 6.18
65 The Guilt-Offering Lev 7.1
66 The Peace-Offering Lev 7.11
67 The Meat-Offering Lev 2.1
68 Offerings of a Court that has erred Lev 4.13
69 The Fixed Sin-Offering Lev 4.27; 5.1
70 The Suspensive Guilt-Offering Lev 5.17-18
71 The Unconditional Guilt-Offering Lev 5.15-20; 19.21
72 The Offering of a Higher or Lower Value Lev 5.7-11
73 Making confession Num 5.7
74 Offering brought by a zav (man with a discharge) Lev 15.13
75 Offering brought by a zavah (woman with a discharge) Lev 15.28
76 Offering of a woman after childbirth Lev 12.6
77 Offering brought by a leper Lev 14.10
78 Tithe of Cattle Lev 27.32
79 Sanctifying the First-born Calf Deut 15.19
80 Redeeming the First-born Num 18.15
81 Redeeming the firstling of a donkey Ex 13.13
82 Breaking the neck of the firstling of a donkey Ex 13.13
83 Bringing due offerings on the first festival Deut 12.5-6
84 All offerings to be brought to the Sanctuary Deut 12.14
85 Bring all offerings due from outside Eretz Yisroel to Sanctuary Deut 12.26
86 Redeeming blemished offerings Deut 12.15
87 Holiness of substituted offerings Lev 27.10
88 Kohanim eat the residue of the Meal Offerings Lev 6.9
89 Kohanim eat the meat of the Consecrated Offerings Ex 29.33
90 To burn Consecrated Offerings that have become tameh Lev 7.19
91 To burn the remnant of the Consecrated Offerings Lev 7.17
92 The Nazir letting his hair grow Num 6.5
93 Nazirite obligations on completion of vow Num 6.9
94 All oral submissions to be fulfilled Deut 23.23
95 Revocation of vows Num 30.3
96 Defilement through carcasses of animals Lev 11.39
97 Defilement through carcasses of eight creeping creatures Lev 11.29-30
98 Defilement of food and drink Lev 11.34
99 Tumah of a menstruant Lev 15.19
100 Tumah of a woman after childbirth Lev 12.2
101 Tumah of a leper Lev 13.3
102 Garments contaminated by leprosy Lev 13.47
103 A leprous house Lev 14.35
104 Tumah of a zav (man with a discharge) Lev 15.16
105 Tumah of semen Lev 15.32
106 Tumah of a zavah (woman with a discharge) Lev 15.19
107 Tumah of a corpse Num 19.14
108 The law of the water of sprinkling Num 19.21
109 Immersing in a mikvah Lev 15.16
110 Cleansing from Leprosy Lev 14.2
111 A leper must shave his head Lev 14.9
112 The leper must be made distinguishable Lev 14.9
113 Ashes of the Red Heifer Num 19.9
114 Valuation of a person Lev 27.2
115 Valuation of beasts Lev 27.11
116 Valuation of houses Lev 27.14
117 Valuation of fields Lev 27.16
118 Restitution for Sacrilege Lev 5.16
119 The fruits of the fourth-year planting Lev 19.24
120 To leave the corners (Peah) for the poor Lev 19.9
121 To leave gleanings for the poor Lev 19.10
122 To leave the forgotten sheaf for the poor Lev 19.10
123 To leave defective grape clusters for the poor Deut 24.19
124 To leave grape gleanings for the poor Deut 24.19
125 To bring First-fruits to the Sanctuary Ex 23.19
126 To set aside the great Heave-offering Deut 18.4
127 To set aside the first tithe Num 18:24/Lev 27:30
128 To set aside the second tithe Deut 14.22
129 The Levites’ tithe for the Kohenim Num 18.26
130 To set aside the poor-man’s tithe in the third and sixth year Deut 14.28
131 The avowal of the tithe Deut 26.13
132 Recital on bringing the First-fruits Deut 26.5
133 To set aside the Challah for the Kohen Deut 26.5
134 Renouncing as ownerless produce of the Sabbatical year Ex 23.11
135 Resting the land on the Sabbatical year Ex 34.21
136 Sanctifying the Jubilee year Lev 25.10
137 Blowing the Shofar in the Jubilee year Lev 25.9
138 Reversion of the land in the Jubilee year Lev 25.24
139 Redemption of property in a walled city Lev 25.29
140 Counting the years till the Jubilee year Lev 25.8
141 Canceling monetary claims in the Sabbatical year Deut 15.2
142 Exacting debts from idolaters Deut 15.3
143 The Kohen’s due in the slaughter of every clean animal Deut 18.3
144 The first of the fleece to be given to the Kohen Deut 18.4
145 Devoted thing to HaShem and the Kohen Lev 27.21-28
146 Slaughtering animals before eating them Deut 12.21
147 Covering the blood of slain birds and animals Lev 17.13
148 Releasing the mother before taking the nest Deut 22.7
149 Searching for the prescribed signs in cattle and animals Lev 11.2
150 Searching for the prescribed signs in birds Deut 14.11
151 Searching for the prescribed signs in grasshoppers Lev 11.21
152 Searching for the prescribed signs in fishes Lev 11.9
153 Determining the New Moon Ex 12.2
154 Resting on Shabbat Ex 23.12
155 Proclaiming the sanctity of Shabbat Ex. 20.8
156 Removal of chometz on Pesach Ex 12.15
157 Recounting Exodus from Egypt on first night of Pesach Ex 13.8
158 Eating Matzah on the first night of Pesach Ex 12.18
159 Resting on the first day of Pesach Ex 12.16
160 Resting on the seventh day of Pesach Ex 12.16
161 Counting the Omer Lev 23.15
162 Resting on Shavuot Lev 23.21
163 Resting on Rosh Hashana Lev 23.24
164 Fasting on Yom Kippur Lev 16.29
165 Resting on Yom Kippur Lev 23.32
166 Resting on the first day of Sukkot Lev 23.35
167 Resting on Shemini Atzeret Lev 23.36
168 Dwelling in a Sukkah for seven days Lev 23.42
169 Taking a Lulav on Sukkot Lev 23.40
170 Hearing a Shofar on Rosh Hashana Num 29.1
171 Giving half a shekel annually to charity Ex 30.13
172 Heeding the Prophets Deut 18.15
173 Appointing a King Deut 17.15
174 Obeying the Great Court Deut 17.11
175 Abiding by a majority decision Ex 23.2
176 Appointing Judges and Officers of the Court Deut 16.18
177 Treating litigants equally before the law Lev 19.15
178 Testifying in Court Lev 5.1
179 Inquiring into the testimony of witnesses Deut 13.15
180 Condemning witnesses who testify falsely Deut 19.19
181 Eglah Arufah Deut 21.4
182 Establishing Six Cities of Refuge Deut 19.3
183 Assigning cities to the Levi’im Num 35.2
184 Building fences on roof Deut 22.8
185 Destroying all idol-worship Deut 12.2
186 The law of the apostate city Deut 13.16
187 The law of the Seven Nations Deut 20.17
188 The extinction of the seed of Amalek Deut 25.19
189 Remembering the nefarious deeds of Amalek Deut 25.17
190 The law of the non-obligatory war Deut 20.10
191 Appoint a Kohein for war Deut 20.2
192 Preparing a place beyond the camp Deut 23.13
193 Including a digging tool among war implements Deut 23.13
194 A robber to restore the stolen article Lev 5.23
195 To give charity Deut 15.8-11
196 Lavishing gifts on a Hebrew bondman on his freedom Deut 15.14
197 Lending money to the poor Deut 15.8
198 Lending money to the heathen with interest Deut 23.21
199 Restoring a pledge to a needy owner Deut 24.13
200 Paying wages on time Deut 24.15
201 An employee is allowed to eat the produce he’s working in Deut 24.26
202 Unloading a tired animal Ex 23.5
203 Assisting the owner in loading his burden Deut 22.4
204 Returning lost property to its owner Deut 22.4
205 Rebuking the sinner Lev 19.17
206 Loving our Fellow Jew Lev 19.17
207 Loving a Stranger Deut 10.19
208 The law of weights and measures Lev 19.36
209 Honoring scholars Lev 19.32
210 Honoring parents Ex 20.12
211 Fearing parents Lev 20.12
212 Be fruitful and multiply Gen 1.28
213 The law of marriage Deut 24.1
214 Bridegroom devotes himself to his wife for one year Deut 24.5
215 Circumcising one’s son Gen 17.10 / Lev 12.3
216 Law of the Levirite Marriage Deut 25.5
217 Law of Chalitzah Deut 25.9
218 A violator must marry the maiden he has violated Deut 22.29
219 The law of the defamer of his bride Deut 22.29
220 The law of the seducer Ex 22.15
221 The law of the captive woman Deut 21.11
222 The law of divorce Deut 24.1
223 The law of a suspected adulteress Num 5.29-30
224 Whipping transgressors of certain commandments Deut 25.2
225 The law of unintentional manslaughter Num 35.25
226 Beheading transgressors of certain commandments Ex 21.20
227 Strangling transgressors of certain commandments Lev 20.10
228 Burning transgressors of certain commandments Lev 20.14
229 Stoning transgressors of certain commandments Deut 22.24
230 Hanging after execution for certain commandments Deut 21.22
231 Burial on the day of execution Deut 21.23
232 The law of the Hebrew bondman Ex 21.2
233 Hebrew bondmaid to be married by her master or his son Ex 21.8
234 Redemption of a Hebrew bondmaid Ex 21.8
235 The law of a Canaanite bondman Lev 25.46
236 Penalty of inflicting injury Ex 21.18
237 The law of injuries caused by an ox Ex 21.35
238 The law of injuries caused by an pit Ex 21.35
239 The law of theft Ex 21.16/22.1
240 The law of damage caused by a beast Ex 22.4
241 The law of damage caused by a fire Ex 22.5
242 The law of an unpaid bailee Ex 22.7
243 The law of a paid bailee Ex 22.10
244 The law of a borrower Ex 22.14
245 The law of buying and selling Lev 25.14
246 The law of litigants Ex 22.8
247 Saving the life of the pursued Deut 25.12
248 The law of inheritance Num 27.8