RAV YESHUA ED UPDATED JUNE 2018 INTRODUCTION

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1 By RAV YESHUA ED UPDATED JUNE 2018 INTRODUCTION The Torah of Moses is given by God to all the people on earth. People become wicked once they rebel against the Law of Moses openly. The Righteous are the people who are keeping the Torah of Moses. All of the people on earth are subject to the Law of Moses. The Christian people who believe they are not under the Law are the children of the Devil in the eyes of God and Jesus the Promised Messiah. In the Holy Bible, the word torah is often translated to the English word law. The law refers to the entire body of the laws or the legislations written in the Pentateuch or the Torah of Moses. For instance, Leviticus 6:9 teaches us, This is the law (torah) of the burnt offering (KJV). Deuteronomy 4:44 discloses to us, This is the Torah which Moshe placed before the people of Isra el (CJB). There are so many references to the Torah of Moses in the entire Holy Bible for the written word of God is based entirely on this law (Joshua 1:7, Ezra 3:2; 7:6, Malachi (3:22) 4:4, Matthew 5:17-19, 1 John 3:4). According to Jewish tradition, the Torah not only existed before the children of Israel came to Mt. Sinai; it has been in 1

2 existence prior to the creation of the universe. The book of Genesis shows us that Abraham had indeed kept the Torah, which is the reason Paul had written in his letter that the Torah was repeated only to the children of Israel on Exodus time for they had forgotten it. The Torah of Moses refers to the five books written by Moses (Moshe Rabbeinu). Jewish traditions tell us that there are at least 613 commandments written in the Pentateuch. Of the 613 mitzvot within the Torah there are commandments that contain many laws and ordinances to follow and observe. Apparently, we have more than 613 laws in the Torah that guide and help us on how we may become righteous in the eyes of God. A nation on earth that observed the Torah of Moses faithfully becomes holy, pure and virgin before God. God has given the Torah to the people of Israel so they can impart the teachings of God to all the people and nations on earth. The 613 commandments of God were given by God to Moses and the people of Israel. The Torah guides the people of Israel on how their nation and their land would become holy in the eyes of God. There is no person living on earth that can keep all of the 613 commandments of God by himself alone. When a person says that he is keeping the Law of Moses, with all its statutes, ordinances and judgments, it means he or she is following all of the commandments of God in the Torah that has been designed especially for him or her. The Torah is the heavenly-made constitution of the holy nation of Israel. We know that the constitution of every nation here on earth embodies many laws or legislations that are made for all kinds of people living in the land. There are laws for the President of the nation, and there are laws also for all the rest of the people, as an individual and as a group. Laws are being made and enacted in a land so that peace and order can be maintained and controlled. Before God had brought the people of Israel in the Promised Land God had given them a set of laws and instructions to follow. 2

3 When the people of Israel rebelled against the Law of God (Torah of Moses), God expelled them all out of the land of Israel in accordance to what was written in the Torah. But there are also written instructions in the Torah on how the descendants of the rebellious people of Israel can return again to their own land, their place in the wilderness. The Jewish people throughout the years that they have spent in the Diaspora have kept and observed the Law of Moses---with the spirit of the law dino d malkuto dino (the law of the land is our law). As prophesied, God had made the Jewish people returned to their homeland located at the navel of the earth. It is the Torah of Moses that made it possible for the Jewish people to live and prosper in the land of Israel. God had written an instruction and guidance in the Torah of Moses that the Gentile people must also observe and keep the Law of Moses. The writings of the prophets also show us that the Gentile people will also obey the Law of Moses in the coming millennial rule of the Promised Messiah of Israel on earth. In sharp contrast to the teaching of many spiritual leaders on earth, the Torah is not given by God exclusively for the chosen people of Israel. The Law of Moses is the teachings of God that are designed to be followed by all the inhabitants on earth. The Law of Moses teaches us that the Gentiles can also become part of the Holy Nation of Israel if only they will keep and observe as well all of the commandments and laws that God had given to us through Moses the prophet. For this community there will be the same law for you as for the foreigner living with you; this is a permanent regulation through all your generations; the foreigner is to be treated the same way before Adonai as yourselves (Numbers 15:15, CJB). The same Torah and standard of judgment will apply to both you and the foreigner living with you (Numbers 15:16, CJB). 3

4 God had not really commanded the Gentile people to keep and follow only the seven Noahide laws. God had not given a different and conflicting law to the Gentiles like what the Jewish rabbis and Christian leaders are claiming today. The Law of Moses is for all of the people on Earth. It is the only way for all of us here on earth to have a lasting peace and happiness. When our Lord Jesus returns to Eretz Yisrael (land of Israel) the Law of Moses will be enforced with a rod of iron (Revelation 19:15). God repeatedly teaches us in the Pentateuch that there should be ONE LAW for both the people of Israel and the Gentile people. One LAW (Torah) shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you (Exodus 12:49, KJV). It is also written in the book of Leviticus, Ye shall have one manner of LAW (mishpat), as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I am the Lord your God (Leviticus 24:22, KJV). The entire body of the Torah of Moses is actually composed of many laws, ordinances, judgments, statutes and testimonies. Furthermore the true teachings and commandments of Jesus Christ in the Holy Bible also support and strengthen the Law of Moses. Jesus Christ had expounded and taught the Law of Moses very well like what the Orthodox Jewish rabbis are doing today. The people on earth that would wholeheartedly believe and follow Jesus must learn how to keep the Torah properly. Jesus had taught almost everything that the Jewish rabbis (teachers) of the Law are presently teaching in the most legal manner, with no loopholes included. And if there is something Jesus had not distinctly taught, He knows we would learn them from our Jewish fathers (the rabbis). 4

5 THE NEW TESTAMENT TEACHINGS During New Testament times, the true Church of God headquartered in the holy city of Jerusalem likewise followed the Torah of Moses. They taught also the Law to the gentiles who converted into the faith and religion of Yeshua HaMashiach. The Gentile converts were not forced to observe quickly those 612 plus commandments written in the Torah. They were initially instructed to follow what many religious people have erroneously interpreted as the four commandments of God suitable for non-jewish people. These four commandments are sometimes referred as the four fences in Judaism. Those commandments make our body ritually clean and pure. The kosher Jews would not be defiled by the Gentiles that would keep them and they would be well accepted in the Jewish community instead of being shunned completely. Therefore my judgment is that we should not trouble those of the Gentiles who turn to God, but should write to them to ABSTAIN from 1 the pollution of idols and 2 unchastity (fornication in KJV) and from 3 what is strangled and 4 from blood (Acts 15:19-20, RSV). The TEN COMMANDMENTS that God had uttered to the people of Israel on Mt. Sinai embody all of the 613 plus commandments in the Law of God. Similarly, the FOUR COMMANDMENTS that was given to the Gentile converts contained approximately 65 commandments of God that are part the Torah of Moses (1. See Idolatry section in the Law, 2. See Incest and Other Forbidden Relationship section, 1Cor. 6:9, 13, 16, 18; 24:1-4; 22: See Deuteronomy 14:21 4. See Dietary Laws section, 7:26-27). But the Gentiles were not admonished to follow and observe only those 65 mitzvot (commandments) of God. Like all of the baalei teshuvah (Jewish people who have done repentance) and proselytes of Judaism, the disciples and followers of Yeshua were also expected to learn and observe each of the 612 5

6 commandments in the Law of Moses. Jesus the Promised Messiah even taught His disciples and the Jewish people to follow the guidance and teachings of the Jewish rabbis and elders, and His twelve apostles for their enlightenment on most of the Torah commandments. Apparently, the Gentiles who converted to the religion of Judaism through the disciples and apostles of Yeshua were required to keep the Sabbath Days by worshipping in the Jewish synagogues located in their respective places and cities. The New Testament Church of God was only one of the sects of Judaism during the first century CE and its members worshiped God like most of the Torah observant Jews. That is the main reason why we find this thing written in Acts 15:21, For from early generations (the Law of) Moses has had in every city those who preach him, for he (the 5 book of Moses) is read every Sabbath in the synagogues (Acts 15:21, RSV). On every Sabbath day the Gentiles who were not familiar with the Law of God shall gradually learn what the other commandments, statutes, ordinances and judgments of God are that they must also observe. The gentile converts were supposed to learn Jewish traditions empirically from the Jewish people that were zealously keeping the Torah of Moses (Acts 21:20). Acts 13:13-15 undoubtedly bears witness to this fact. Now Paul and his company on the Sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat down. After the reading of the law (of Moses) and the (writings of) the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, Brethren, if you have any word of exhortation for the people say it (RSV). The Law of Moses is being read customarily in the Jewish synagogues all over the world since ancient times. Furthermore, it is also written, Ye shall have ONE LAW for him that sinneth through ignorance, both for him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them. But the soul that doeth aught presumptuously, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the Lord; and that soul shall be cut off from among 6

7 his people. Because he hath despised the word of the Lord, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him (Numbers 15:29-31, KJV). There are far too many Jewish rabbis today who are teaching the Jewish people to keep the Law of Moses in almost the same way that Jesus had done. Rabbinical Judaism discourages the Jewish people from believing in Jesus their Promised Messiah. The rationale behind this man-made tradition is simple. Most of the Jews that believe in Jesus were taught to forsake the Law of Moses and Jewish traditions. The Christian people and even the Messianic Jews have a terrible concept of the biblical Law of God. The version of the Law that they keep are entirely of their own creation and imagination. People imagine they could keep the Law of God written in the five books of Moses without any guidance from the Jewish Orthodox rabbis or the Talmud. In their dull attempt to keep and live within the framework of the Torah, they manage only to live in the way of the lost House of Israel during the reign of King Jeroboam the First. The Holy Bible shows us what become of the rebellious people of Israel. God had rejected them and expelled them all from the land of Israel. This is the same fate that is waiting for the religious people on earth who are proudly saying they are no longer under the Law of Moses. They would not be accepted in the Kingdom of God that Jesus will establish in Israel. True repentance comes only to the people that study and do the commandments of God in the Torah. No one can do an act of complete repentance (teshuvah) before the eyes of God with no understanding of the Law of Moses. It is required in the Jewish Holy Bible that the believers in Yeshua HaMashiach or a converts in Judaism should repent first of all sins prior to baptism (Acts 2:38) for without the knowledge of the Torah of Moshe, repentance is futile and in vain. 7

8 Our faith in God and His son Jesus Christ has power when we do what God expects us to do not what our human understanding is telling us to do and observe. We would not even know the truth from the teaching of the Jewish rabbis if we are not knowledgeable of the true teachings of God within the Torah. We toil in the study of the Torah so no one can deceive us into following erroneous interpretation of the written Law of Moses (Torah she-bi-khetav) bereft of the power and inspiration of the Holy Spirit of God. We might not be able to tell by simply looking who among the believers have the true Holy Spirit of God. But when we are familiar and knowledgeable of the Law of Moses we certainly could discern and perceive the saints and the true believers in the way they live and worship God. It is worth noting the fact that the Orthodox Jews have also change the law to suit them. There are many Jewish writers that said you will not find any of them following the Torah's injunction to forgive all loans every seven years, or to stone a rebellious child. But the changes that were made has internal coherence and consistent with the written Torah. Many of the original references and scriptures for the mitzvot of God in the Torah of Maimonides were made using the Jewish Tanakh (Old Testament) numbering system and written. Plenty of these references and biblical supports are erroneous. They have been changed, corrected and updated into the English translation of the Holy Bible for easy reference so all the people on earth would understand quickly each of the commandments of God. THE 248 POSITIVE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD 8

9 God NO. MITZVOT TORAH 001 You should believe in God Ex. 20:2 002 You should acknowledge the oneness of God 6:4 003 You should love the Lord our God 6:5 004 You should fear God 6: You should serve the Lord our God Ex. 23:25, 6: You should hold steadfastly and cling to the Lord our God 10: You should swear only in the name of God 10:20 28:9 008 You should imitate God by keeping all of His commandments 009 You should sanctify the name of God 22:32-33 ToRAh 010 You should recite the Shema in the morning and in 6:4 the evening 011 You should study and teach the Torah 6:7 012 You should bind a tefillim on your head 6:8 013 You should bind a tefillim on your arm 6:8 014 You should make a tzitzit at the borders of your Num. garment 15: You should fix a mezuzah in the doorposts of your 6:9 house 016 You should listen to the reading of the Law every seventh year 31: You should make the king write a copy of the book of the Law 17: You should write or have a copy of the book of the Law (Torah scroll) 17: You should bless (birkat hamazon) the Lord when you have eaten 8:10 The LaWs OF the Temple, and its PRiests. Biblical prophecy foretells that these commandments regarding the Temple and the Priesthoods shall be observed and will be followed 9

10 when the Messiah of Israel comes back or make His appearance. The Prophet Ezekiel reveals what is about to occur very quickly soon. And He said to me, Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place of the soles of My feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel forever Son of man, describe the temple to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities; and let them measure the pattern This is the law of the temple: The whole area surrounding the mountaintop shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the temple (Ezekiel 43:7-12, NKJV). This prophecy remarkably shows us that the temple will be built quickly soon and it will no longer be destroyed anymore. Read Ezekiel chapters You should build a sanctuary for God to dwell in Ex. 25:8 021 You should honor the place where God is worship 19: You should guard the sanctuary of God at all times Num. 18: You should serve in the temple of God Num. 18: You should wash before serving in the presence of Ex. 30:19 God 025 You should light the lamps in the temple everyday Ex. 27: You should bless the people of Israel Num. 6: You should set the bread before the table of presence Ex. 25:30 daily 028 You should burn incense before the Lord daily Ex. 30:7 029 You should keep the fire burning in the altar 6: You should remove the ashes of the burnt offering in 6:10 the altar 031 You should remove from the community every Num. 5:2 unclean person 032 You should honor the priests (kohanim) of the Lord 21:8 033 You should make holy garments for the priests Ex. 28:2 034 You should carry the holy things of the sanctuary in Num. 7:9 your shoulders 035 You should use the sacred anointing oil for its Ex. intended holy use 30: You should permit the Levites to minister before the Lord 18: You should allow yourself to be defiled by the dead of 21:2- your own family You should marry a virgin 21:

11 SACRIFICES 039 You should offer a daily burnt sacrifices twice, in the morning and in the afternoon Num. 28: You should offer daily grain offerings twice, half in 6:20- the morning and half in the afternoon You should offer an additional offerings on weekly Sabbath days Num. 28: You should offer an additional offerings on New Num. 28:11 Moon days 043 You should present additional offerings on Passover 23:8 (Pesach) days 044 You should present a wave sheaf offering after the weekly Sabbath on Pesach days 23: You should present additional grain offering on Shavuoth (Feast of Weeks) Num.28: You should present two loaves of bread for wave 23:17 offering on Shavuot (Feast of the Weeks) 047 You should present additional offerings on Rosh HaShannah (New Year Day) Num. 29: You should present additional offerings on Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) Num. 29: You should observe and keep the service on Yom 16:1- Kippur You should present additional offerings on Sukkot Num. 29: You should present additional offerings on the Eight Day (Shemini Atzeret) Num. 29: You should keep a feast unto the Lord, three times a Ex. 23:14 year 053 You should make all the male children of Israel Ex. 34:22- come to Jerusalem to appear before the Lord three 24, times a year in the appointed feasts of the Lord 16: You and your household should rejoice during the 16:14 appointed feasts of the Lord 055 You should slaughter the Passover lamb in the Ex. 12:6 afternoon of the 14 th of Nisan 056 You should feast on the Passover lamb on the night Ex. 12:8 of the 15 th of Nisan 057 You should have a second Passover service on the Num. 9:11 same time in the second month of Iyyar 058 You should eat the Passover lamb with unleavened Num. 9:11; bread (matzah) and bitter herbs (Mazor) 059 You should sound the trumpets when you go to war and on your feast days when you present your offerings to the Lord. 11 Ex. 12:8 Num. 10:9-10

12 060 You should present animal sacrifices of more than 22:27 eight days old 061 You should offer a perfect and unblemished animal 22:21 for sacrifice 062 You should put salt in all your grain offerings 2: You should bring a burnt offering to the Lord from 1:2 your cattle, from your herd or from your flock of sheep or goats and perform its rite in accordance to the Law. 064 You should present sin offering to the Lord in the 6:25 place where the burnt offering is killed 065 You should present trespass or guilt offering to the 7:1 Lord and perform its rite properly 066 You should present peace offering to the Lord and 3:1 perform its rite properly 067 You should present grain offering to the Lord and 2:1 perform its rite properly 068 You should present sin offering for the whole house 4:13 of Israel 069 You should present sin offering when you discover 4:27 your sin 070 You should present guilt offering for the 5:17 unintentional sin you have committed against the 18 Lord. 071 You should present guilt offering for unintentional sin you have done in any of the holy things of the Lord (e.g. tithes and offerings) 072 You should present sin offering before God in accordance to your means 073 You should confess the sin you have committed against the property of your neighbor and make restitution plus one-fifth of its actual value 074 You should present two young pigeons as sin offering and burnt offering when you are cured of your venereal disease (gonorrhoea) or any other kind of sexually transmitted diseases. 075 You should present two young pigeons as sin offering and burnt offering when you are cured of the continuous discharge of blood beyond your menstrual period. 076 You should bring a burnt offering and sin offering when you completed the days of purification after childbirth 077 You should bring a sacrifice after you are cleansed of your leprosy 12 5:15, 21 25; 19: :1 11 Num. 5:6 7 15: : :6 14:10

13 078 You should bring a tithe of your herd and cattle to the priests of the Lord 079 You should consecrate all the firstborn of the animals used for sacrifice and present them as an offering to the Lord 080 You should redeem the firstborn of man and those who are not redeem shall serve the Lord until they die 081 You should redeem the firstling of an ass with a lamb 082 You should break the neck of the firstling of an ass that is not redeemed 083 You should bring your offering to the dwelling place of God on earth 084 You should offer your sacrifices in the place that the Lord has chosen 085 You should take your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes and all your votive offerings to the altar of the Lord in the place that God has chosen. 086 You should eat sanctified animals for sacrifice that are blind or lame, or had any other blemished parts, within your towns and cities 087 You should treat as holy both the tithe animal and the exchange animal. 27:32 Ex. 13:2; Num. 18:17 Ex. 34:20; Num. 18:15 Ex. 34:20 Ex. 13:13 12:5 12:14; Zechariah 2:12 12:11, 26 15: : You should eat the remainder of the meal offering 6: You should eat the flesh of the sin offering and the Ex. 29:33; consecration offering 6: You should burn the consecrated flesh that becomes unclean 091 You should burn the consecrated flesh that is not eaten within its appointed time VOWS 29 7:19 7: You should shave your head at the start of your vow of separation and let your hair grows without cutting it until the period of your separation is complete. 093 You should shave your consecrated head at the temple when you complete your vow of separation and put your hair on the fire under the pot or Num. 6:5, Acts 18:18, Num. 6:18, Acts 21:

14 cauldron in which the ram for the peace offering is boiled 094 You should honor your vows and promises before the Lord 095 You should honor your vow or oath if your father or husband did not annul it in accordance to what s written in the law 23:23 Num. 30:2-16 RITUAL PURITY 096 You should avoid touching the carcass of unclean 11:2- animals 8, You should avoid touching the dead bodies of any one of the eight creeping animals including rat, mouse, 11:29 31 weasel, tortoise, crocodile, chameleon and all the species of reptiles 098 You should treat as unclean any food on which water is poured forth from the unclean vessel wherein the 11:34; dead body of any one of the eight creeping animals falls. 099 You should treat menstruous women as unclean seven days from her monthly period. 15: You should treat women as unclean for 40 days after 12:2- giving birth to a boy and 80 days if it is a girl You should treat a leprous person as unclean. 13:3 102 You should treat the leprous garment as unclean 13: You should treat the leprous house as unclean 14: You should treat the man with a running issue 15:2 (gonorrhea) as unclean and anyone who come in contact with his uncleanness 105 You should treat as unclean a man that has an involuntary emission of semen at night. 106 You should treat as unclean a woman with a continuous discharge of blood beyond her monthly period 107 You should treat as unclean any person who comes into a tent or a house where there is a dead man. 108 You should cleanse a person that become unclean through a corpse, a human bone or a grave on the third day with the water of purification 109 You should be baptized or immersed in the water of the mikvah or in a running water like a river or an ocean 15:16 16:5 Num. 19:4 Num. 19:12-20 Ex. 29:4 14

15 110 You should follow the law for the cleansing of leprosy 14:2 111 You should make the leper shave all the hair in his 14:9 body on the seventh day of cleansing 112 You should make the leper wear torn clothes and be bareheaded 13: You should use the ashes of the red heifer for the Num. ritual purification of sin 19:2-9 DONATIONS TO THE TEMPLE 114 You should give the value of a dedicated person according to the financial ability of the one that has taken a vow 115 You should give the value of a dedicated unclean animal according to the estimated price of the priest as donation to the temple and the priesthood of God 116 You should give the value of a dedicated house as donation to the temple or the work of the priests of the God of Israel in accordance to the price estimated by the priest based on the Law of Moses 117 You should give the value of a dedicated field or land as donation to the temple and the priesthood of the God of Israel according to the valuation of the priest in accordance to the Law 118 You should add one fifth or 20 % of the value of the tithes and offerings that you have spent and withheld from the Lord 119 You should treat as holy to the Lord all the fruits of the tree in the fourth year of its planting or growth. 120 You should leave the corners of your field unreaped during the time of harvest for the poor and the strangers 121 You should leave the gleanings of your harvest for the poor and the strangers 122 You should leave the forgotten sheaf in the field at the time of harvest for the benefit of the strangers, the fatherless and the widow 123 You should leave the gleaning of the grapes or the fallen grapes of your vineyard, when you harvest, for the poor and the stranger 124 You should leave the cluster of grapes with one or two grapes on it when you harvest for the poor and the stranger. 125 You should bring the first (or the tithe) of the first fruits (bikkurim) of your harvest (your income) to the 27:2-8 27: :14 27:16, : :24 19:9 19:9 24:19 19:10 19:10 Exo. 23:19, 15

16 temple of God and give them to the priests of the temple. 126 You should separate the tenth part of your corn, your wine, your oil, the tenth of the fleece of your sheep or the tenth part of all your harvest or income and give it to the priests of God. 127 You should separate a tenth portion of your increase or your harvest as your first tithe for they are holy to the Lord our God and should be presented to the priests as heave offering (terumah). 128 You should keep the tenth portion of your increase or income as your second tithe and use it in observance of the law of the feasts of the Lord. 129 You (the Levites) should separate a tenth portion of all the tithes you receive as your tithe of the tithes and offer it as heave offering (terumah) to the Lord and give it to the chosen priests of Yeshua HaMashiach---the 144,000 firstborn children of Israel. The Kohanim from the family of Aaron that planned for the death of Yeshua HaMashiach have already been removed as the priests of God. 130 You should separate a tenth part of all your increase or income in the third and sixth years of the seven year cycle as your third tithe. 131 You should recite the prayer of the tithe-giver on the third and sixth year of the seven year cycle during the Feast of Tabernacles after you have given all your tithes as the Lord commanded us. 132 You should recite the prayer arami abad avi after presenting the basket of your firstfruits (bikkurim) to the priests of God in the temple. 133 You should separate a portion of the dough (challah) you make for bread (Kiddush) as heave offering for the Jewish priests. (Give them to the Jewish people living in your country, preferably to the Levites and the Kohanim of the two orders---melchizedek and Aharon, instead of burning them.) Deut 16:2 18:1-5 Lev 27:30-33, Num. 18: :22-27 Num 18:26-30, Rev. 5:10; 7:4-8; 14:1-5, Matthew 21: : : :3-10 Num. 15:20 THE SABBATICAL YEAR 134 You should let the poor eat the fruits of the land on Exo. the seventh year 23: You should let the land rests and lie still on the Exo. seventh year 23: You should consecrate the Jubilee year (50 th year) Lev 25: You should sound the trumpet (shofar) on the tenth Lev 25:9 16

17 day of the seventh month (Yom Kippur) of the Jubilee year 138 You should return the land to its original owner during the Jubilee year 139 You should permit the land to be redeemed by its owner for the whole year after it is sold 140 You should count and announce yearly the year of the Jubilee 141 You should annul all debts of your brethren on the seventh year 142 You should collect and demand the debts of the foreigners on the seventh year Lev 25:24 Lev 25:29-30 Lev 25:8 Deut 15:3 15:3 CONCERNING ANIMALS FOR CONSUMPTION 143 You should give to the priest the shoulder, the two cheeks and the stomach of your animal sacrifice. 18:3 144 You should give the first of the fleece to the priest. 18:4 145 You should give immediately to the priest the animal you devoted or vowed to the Lord. 27:21, You should pour upon the earth like water the blood of the animal you kill. 12: You should cover with the dust of the earth the blood you poured on it. 17: You should let the mother bird go free when you take a bird s nest. 22: You should examine the animals that you will eat whether they are created for human consumption. 11: You should examine the fowls or birds that you will eat whether they are created for human consumption. 14: You should examine the winged insects that you will eat whether they are created for human consumption. 11: You should examine the fishes in the water that you 11:9- will eat whether they are created for human 12 consumption. FESTIVALS 153 You should sanctify the New Moon Days, the New Years and the Feasts of the Lord our God in their appointed times. 154 You and your household should rest on the weekly Sabbath Day Ex 12:2, Deut 16:1 Ex. 23:12, Ex. 17

18 155 You should declare the Sabbath Day as holy from sunset to sunset. 156 You should remove all leavenings out of your house before and on the night of the 14 th of Abib/Nisan 157 You should relate the story of the Exodus from Egypt on your Passover Seder on the night of the 15 th of Abib/Nisan 158 You should eat unleavened bread (mazzah) from the 14 th until the 21 st of Abib/Nisan 159 You should rest on the first day of the Feast of the Passover (Days of Unleavened Bread) 160 You should *keep the Sabbath (rest and worship) on the seventh day of the Feast of the Passover (Days of Unleavened Bread) 161 You should count 49 days starting on the first day of the week after the weekly Sabbath inside the Feast of the Passover. 20:10-11, Deut 5:13 Ex. 20:8, 23:32 Ex. 12:15 Ex. 12: 24-26; 13:8 Ex. 12:18 Ex. 12:16 (Ex. 23:12) Ex. 12:16 (Ex. 23:12) 23: You should rest on Shavuot/the Day of Pentecost 23: You should rest on Rosh HaShanah / Feast of Trumpets 23: You should fast on Yom Kippur/Day of Atonement 16: You should rest on Yom Kippur/Day of Atonement 23: You should rest on the first day of Chag HaSukkot/Feast of Tabernacles 167 You should rest on the Eight Day (shemini atzeret) of the Feast of Tabernacles 168 You should dwell in booths (sukkot) for seven days of the Feast of Booths 169 You should keep and observe the lulav-waving rite for seven days of the Feast of Tabernacles with the four species of plants 170 You should sound the trumpets on Rosh Hashanah/Feast of Trumpets COMMUNITY 23:35 23:36 23:42 23:40 Num. 29:1 18

19 The laws in this section are applicable to the judges, government officials and the members of the Sanhedrin even the people in the community of Israel. 171 You should give half-a-shekel to the Temple annually Ex. 30: You should obey the prophet of God 18: You should choose the king that God has chosen 17: You should obey the Kohanim, the Levites and the other members of Sanhedrin 17: You should follow the majority when they are right Ex. 23:2 176 You should appoint judges and officials in every town 16: You should judge the people impartially 16: You should tell the truth when called to testify in court 5:1 179 You should examine and investigate a complaint diligently 13:15; 19: You should do to a false witness what he is thinking of doing to his brother 181 You should deliver the innocent people of Israel from the sin of murder by beheading a heifer in a stream of water 182 You should establish six cities of refuge for the manslayers in the land of Israel 183 You should give forty-two cities with pastures round about them,and the six cities of refuge, for the children of Levi to dwell in 184 You should build fences in the roof of your new house 22:8 IDOLATRY 19:19 21:1-9 19:2-10 Num You should destroy everything that has something to do with the worship of idols 186 You should destroy a city of Israel and everything on it when its inhabitants have gone worshipping with idols 187 You should destroy all the Gentile nations in the land of Israel that worship idols and other gods 188 You should destroy all the people of Amalek (Palestinian Arabs) 12:2; 7:5 13: :17 25:19 19

20 189 You should remember what the people of Amalek did to Israel. 25:17-18 The Amalek refers to the Palestinian Arabs and the Muslim terrorists that are living in the land of Israel or wherever they could be found in the face of the earth. Anyone who hates the chosen people of Israel with unending hatred should be considered as an Amalekite. If they would not repent, God commanded the Israelites to wipe them all from the face of the earth. WAR 190 You should observe all the laws of wars written in the Torah. 20: You should hear the blessing of the priest of God before you go to war against your enemies. 20: You should keep your military camp holy. 23: You should be equipped with the necessary tools for the disposal of your excrement. 23:13 SOCIAL 194 You should restore the property of your neighbor that 6:4-5 you have taken with additional 20 percent of its cost 195 You should give tzedakah (charity) to the poor 15:8; 25: You should liberally give to your Hebrew slave when you set them free on the seventh year 15: You should lend money to your own brethren without Ex. 22:25 interest 198 You should lend money to the foreigners with interest 23: You should restore the raiment or clothing of your poor brethren that he has used as pledge for his loan 24:13; before sunset when he needs it. Ex. 22: You should pay the wages of your hired servants on time 24: You should permit your neighbors to eat some of your grapes and wheat in the field to satisfy their cravings 202 You should help the animal of your brother unload its burden so it could get up on its feet 20 23:25-26 Ex. 23:5

21 203 You should help the animal of your brother that has fallen to get up on its feet 22:4 204 You should restore the lost animal of your neighbor 22:1; Ex. 23:4 205 You should reprove wisely your brother and your neighbor when they sin 19: You should love your neighbor as yourself 19: You should show love to the foreigners in your country 208 You should use accurate weights and measures in your business FAMILY 21 10:19 19: You should honor the elder of your people 19: You should honor your father and mother Ex. 20: You should fear your mother and father 19:3 212 You should procreate in accordance to the law Gen. 1: You should get married in accordance to the law 24:1 214 You should rejoice with your wife at home for one year after marriage 24:5 215 You should circumcise your male children Gen. 17:10-13; 12:3 216 You should marry (yibbum) the widow of your childless brother 25: You should perform the chalitza ceremony to release yourselves from levirate marriage (yibbum) 25: You should take as your wife forever the girl whose virginity you have taken 22: You should punish a man who unjustly accuse his wife of premarital promiscuity 22: You should punish a man who entices a girl to lie with Ex. him 22: You should take a female captive as your wife in accordance to the torah 222 You should divorce your wife before you have sex with her, when the marriage has not been consummated completely 223 You should make a woman suspected of adultery to be tested according to the Law 21: :1 Num. 5:15-27

22 JUDICIAL These laws are for the Judges in the land and should be administered on the wicked people. This was what Paul referring to in 1 Timothy 1:9. Marriage is binding on a person even without a legal ceremony. 224 You should administer the punishment of flogging on the wicked in a legal suit between men 225 You should send the accidental manslayer in exile to the city of refuge 226 You should administer the death penalty by means of the sword to a man who killed another man intentionally in the same manner 227 You should administer the death penalty by strangulation to the kidnappers and the slave traders 228 You should administer the death penalty by fire to the man that has taken in marriage both the mother and her daughter 229 You should administer the death penalty by stoning as specified in the Torah. 230 You should hang on a tree the body of the wicked people after their execution 231 You should bury before sunset the body of the wicked hanged on a tree. 25:1-3 Num. 35:25 Ex. 21:20-25 Ex. 21:16 20:14 22:23-24; 20:2, 27 etc. 21:22 21:23 SLAVES 232 You should treat your Hebrew servants in accordance to the special laws applicable to them 233 You should marry the Hebrew female slave you purchase from his father 234 You should release from slavery your Hebrew female slave if you do not want to marry her 235 You should treat your foreign slaves according to the laws for the foreign slaves. Ex. 21:2-6 Ex. 21:7-8 Ex. 21:8 25:44-46 TORTS (CIVIL OR DAMAGE SUITS) 236 You should pay for the loss of time and the expenses that the person you have injured has incurred out of the injury you have given him. 237 You should pay for the injury or death that your Ex. 22 Ex. 21:18-19

23 animal has brought on your neighbor 21: You should pay for the price of the ox or ass that has Ex. been damaged by the deep pit you have dug on the 21:33-34 land 239 You should punish a thief in accordance to the laws Ex. 22:1- about stealing You should pay double for the cattle you have stolen Ex. 22:4 241 You should restore from the best in your own field Ex. 22:5- and vineyard, the field or the vineyard that you or 6 your beast has destroyed. 242 You should make the thief pay double for the money or any thing that is stolen in the house of the safekeeper 243 You should bring before the judges the safe-keeper that has lost the money or anything of high value belonging to his neighbor. 244 You should pay for the borrowed animal that becomes injured or die in your care 245 You should buy and sell according to the laws in the Torah 246 You should make restitution for the lost animals or any thing of value belonging to your neighbor that has been delivered to you for safekeeping 247 You should make the guilty pay the price in money equivalent to the injury he or she has made to another person, the cost of an eye for an eye, the cost of a hand for a hand and so on and so forth. 248 You should give the inheritance of a man without a son to his daughter, his brethren or his next of kin Ex. 22:7 Ex. 22:8 Ex. 22:14 25:14 Ex. 22: :12; Ex. 21:24 Num. 27:8-11 PROHIBITIONS: THE 365 NEGATIVE COMMANDMENTS IDOLATRY AND RELATED PRACTICES 001 You should not have any other gods beside me Ex. 20:3 002 You should not make carved images or idols for Ex. 20: worship 4/34: You should not make any form, image or likeness of anything in heaven, on earth and under water on earth (temunah) for worship Ex. 20: 4 23

24 004 You should not place any object of idolatry in the Ex. 20:23 place where you worship God 005 You should not bow down before idols Ex. 20:5 006 You should not serve before idols Ex. 20:5 007 You should not let any of your children worship 18:21 the gods of the Gentile nations or convert to the religion of the Gentiles 008 You should not consult a medium or the channel 19:31 of the spirits of the dead 009 You should not consult a fortune teller, a sorcerer, 19:31 a wizard or those people that practice black magic and witchcraft 010 You should not forsake the Lord our God for the 19:4 worship of idols 011 You should not set up a pillar (matzevah) for 16:22 worship 012 You should not set up a picture carved in a stone 26:1 wall (maskiyt) for worship 013 You should not set up an asherah or grove of any 16:21 trees in the sanctuary of the Lord 014 You should not swear by an idol Ex. 23: You should not lead or divert anyone into idolatry Ex. 23: You should not permit any worthless person lead your own people into idolatry 13: You should not consent and listen to your loved 13:6-9 ones who worship idols 018 You should not show mercy to your loved one who 13:8 entices you to worship idols (verse 9, 019 You should not pity your loved one that worships idols 020 You should not spare your loved one that practices idolatry 021 You should not hide your loved one or friend that entices you to worship idols. 022 You should not covet the silver and golden ornaments in the idols of your enemies 023 You should not rebuild any place of idolatry that has been destroyed 024 You should not keep anything of value from the place of idolatry that God has condemned for destruction 24 Tanach) 13:8 (verse 9, Tanach) 13:8 (verse 9, Tanach) 13:8 (verse 9, Tanach) 7:25 13: :18

25 025 You should not bring an idol or anything that has 7:26 something to do with the worship of idol into your house lest God will curse you for it. 026 You should not prophesy in the name of an idol or 18:20 elohim acherim (other gods) 027 You should not prophesy presumptuously or 18:20 falsely in the name of God 028 You should not listen to a prophet of other gods 13:3-4 (elohim acherim) or one who prophesies in the name of an idol. 029 You should not fear a false prophet 18: You should not follow the way or the customs and 20:23 traditions of the Gentile nations in their worship of idols 031 You should not practice black magic or sorcery 19: You should not practice soothsaying (i.e. 18:10 fortunetelling, palm-reading and the likes) 033 You should not practice enchantment (i.e. tell the future by consulting entrails of animals) 18: You should not practice sorcery or witchcraft 18: You should not consult a charmer or use charm and magical spell 18: You should not consult a wizard or a ghost (i.e. play Spirit of the Glass or Ouija board) 18: You should not consult a spirit medium or one with familiar spirits 18: You should not consult a necromancer 18: You should not wear a man s clothing (i.e. crossdress) 22:5 040 You should not wear a woman s clothing (i.e. 22:5 cross-dress) 041 You should not tattoo yourself 19: You should not wear sha-anetz (a cloth made of 22:11 wool and linen weaved together) 043 You should not shave the sides of your head to 19:27 mourn for the dead 044 You should not trim your beard to mourn for the 19:27 dead 045 You should not cut or tear your flesh to mourn for 16:1; the dead 14:1; also 19:28. 25

26 PROHIBITIONS RESULTING FROM HISTORICAL EVENTS God forbids the people of Israel from going and returning to Egypt or to whatever land they lived when they separated from God. The chosen people of Israel are being commanded by God to take possession of the land of Israel, their inheritance before God. 046 You should not return to Egypt to live there 17: You should not follow the desire of your own carnal Num. mind and your own carnal eyes that led the people of 15:39 Israel to worship idols 048 You should not make a covenant or a treaty with the seven Canaanite nations 049 You should not save the life of any person from the seven Canaanite nations that God had commanded you to destroy 050 You should not show mercy to any person of the seven Canaanite nation 051 You should not let the people from the seven Canaanite nations dwell in your own land 052 You should not permit any one of your own children to Ex. 23:32; 7:2 20:16 7:2 Ex. 23:33 7:3 intermarry with an idolater 053 You should not marry an Ammonite or a Moabite 23:4 054 You should not abhor utterly an Edomite 23:8 055 You should not abhor utterly an Egyptian 23:8 056 You should not make peace with the Ammonite or Moabite nations 23:7 057 You should not destroy fruit-bearing trees in time of war 20: You should not fear the seven Canaanite nations 7: You should not forget the evil done by the Amalekites (Palestinian Arabs) upon the people of Israel 25:19 BLASPHEMY 060 You should not blaspheme the name of the Lord 24: You should not make an oath falsely in the name of 19:12 God 062 You should not take the name of the Lord in vain Ex. 20:7 26

27 063 You should not profane the name of the Lord 22: You should not tempt the Lord your God 6: You should not break down the Jewish synagogues 12:3- and temples, or even destroy holy texts use in the 4 worship of God 066 You should not allow a dead body to remain hanging 21:23 on a tree at night TEMPLE 67 You should not be lax in guarding the temple Num. 18:5 68 You should not enter at all times in the Most Holy Place 16:2 (Kohen Hagadol) 69 You should not enter in the Holy Place near the veil when you are blemished 21:23 70 You should not serve in the Temple when you have a blemish in your body 21:17 71 You should not serve in the Temple even when your blemish is temporary in nature 21:18 72 You should not touch the holy vessels in the sanctuary and the altar (Levites) Num. 18:3 73 You should not drink wine or strong drink when you serve in the tabernacle or in the temple 10: You should not serve in the tabernacle or in the temple when you are not a priest (non-priests and gentiles) Num. 18:4 75 You should not serve in the tabernacle or the temple when you are unclean (priests) 22: You should not serve in the temple when you are not 21:6 holy (priests) 77 You should not enter in the temple of God when you Num. 5:3 are unclean 78 You should not come into the temple for one day when you become unclean due to nocturnal emission 23:11 79 You should not build an altar for the Lord God made of Ex. 20:25 hewn stone 80 You should not build an altar for the Lord God with Ex. 20:26 steps leading to it 81 You should not let the fire in the altar for burnt offering 6:12 be extinguished 82 You should not bring a strange incense or any offering Ex. 30:9 in the golden altar before the veil of separation 83 You should not manufacture holy anointing oil Ex. 30:32 84 You should not use the holy anointing oil for any other purpose other than its sacred application Ex. 30:32 27

28 85 You should not make incense for your self in accordance to the composition of the sweet incense for the sanctuary of the Lord 86 You should not remove the poles or staves from the rings at the side of the Ark 87 You should not remove the breastplate from the ephod of the high priest 88 You should not make any cutting or tear at the edge of the upper garment of the high priest for it should be one continuous weaving Ex. 30:37 Ex. 25:15 Ex. 28:28 Ex. 28:32 SACRIFICES 089 You should not offer sacrifice outside the Temple of 12:13 God 090 You should not slaughter consecrated animals 17:3-4 outside the Temple of God 091 You should not accept a blemished animal as an 22:20 offering before God 092 You should not slaughter a blemished animal as 22:22 burnt offering for God 093 You should not sprinkle the blood of a blemished 22:22 animal in the altar of the Lord (Jarchi) 094 You should not offer an animal with its testicles 22:24 bruised or cut or mutilated 095 You should not sacrifice an animal to the Lord even 17:1 if its blemished is temporary in nature 096 You should not sacrifice a blemished animal from 22:25 the hand of the Gentiles 097 You should not inflict a blemish on animal 22:22 consecrated for sacrifice 098 You should not make your grain offering (minchah) 2:11 with leaven or honey when you offer it by fire (olah) 099 You should not offer anything unsalted 2: You should not bring into the Temple of God an animal sacrifice that comes from a harlot or a male 23:17-18 prostitute (sodomite or homosexual) (KJV), (JPS) 101 You should not kill an animal and her young on the 22:28 same day 102 You should not use olive oil in a sin offering (chatat) 5: You should not use frankincense in a sin offering 5:11 (chatat) 104 You should not use oil in a jealousy offering (qinah) Num. 5: You should not use frankincense in a jealousy Num. 5:15 28