Daily Rambam (1) Hakdama: List of Mitzvos Part 1 (Friday, 19th Shevat)

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Rambam’s List of Commands – Part 1

The positive commands:

  1. The first of the positive commands is to know that there is a G-d.
  2. To unify Him.
  3. To love Him.
  4. To fear Him.
  5. To pray to Him.
  6. To attach to Him.
  7. To swear using Him name.
  8. To act like Him in a good manner.
  9. To sanctify His name.
  10. To read Shema twice a day.
  11. To learn and teach Torah.
  12. To wear the head Tefillin.
  13. To wear the hand Tefillin.
  14. To tie Tzitzis.
  15. To put up a Mezuzah.
  16. To gather the nation to hear Torah.
  17. For every man to write a Sefer Torah
  18. For the king to write a Sefer Torah.
  19. To say a blessing after eating.
  20. To build the Temple.
  21. To fear the Temple.
  22. To guard the Temple.
  23. For the Levi to serve in the Temple.
  24. For the Kohen to sanctify his hands and feet.
  25. To set up candles in the Mikdash.
  26. For Kohanim to bless the Jewish people.
  27. To set up the Lechem Hapanim on the table.
  28. To offer Ketores twice a day.
  29. To place fire onto the Olah altar,
  30. To remove the ash from the altar.
  31. To banish the impure from the Temple.
  32. To show respect to the descendants of Araon.
  33. For the Kohanim to wear Bigdei Kehuna.
  34. To carry the Aron on the shoulders.
  35. To anoint the high priest and kings.
  36. For the Kohanim to serve in the Temple.
  37. For Kohanim to defile themselves to their relatives who have passed away.
  38. For the Kohen Gadol to marry a Besula.
  39. To offer the Tamid offering daily.
  40. For the Kohen Gadol to offer a Mincha daily.
  41. To bring the extra Shabbos offering.
  42. To bring the extra Rosh Chodesh offering.
  43. To bring the extra Pesach offering.
  44. To bring the Omer offering the day after Pesach.
  45. To bring the extra Shavuos offering.
  46. To bring the Shtei Halechem offering.
  47. To bring the extra Rosh Hashanah offering.
  48. To bring the extra Yom Kippur offering.
  49. To perform the Yom Kippur Avoda.
  50. To bring the extra Sukkos offering.
  51. To bring the extra Shemini Atzeres offering.
  52. To guard the festivals.
  53. To make a pilgrimage on the festivals.
  54. To rejoice on the festivals.
  55. To slaughter the Pesach lamb.
  56. To roast and eat the Pesach lamb on the night of the 15th.
  57. To perform the Pesach Sheiyni.
  58. To eat the meat of the Pesach Sheiyni.
  59. To blow the trumpets when offering Karbanos, and during suffering.
  60. To only bring offerings who are eight days old.
  61. For the offerings to be unblemished.
  62. To salt the offerings.
  63. To perform the Olah offering.
  64. To perform the Chatas offering.
  65. To perform the Asham offering.
  66. To perform the Shelamim offering.
  67. To perform the Mincha.
  68. For Beis Din to offer a sacrifice if they errored in their ruling.
  69. For an individual to bring a Chatas offering for a sin committed by error.
  70. For an individual to bring an Asham Taloiy offering for a questionable sin committed by error.
  71. For an individual to bring an Aasham offering for a sin of Meila or stealing, or Shifcha Charufa.
  72. For an individual to bring a Olah Veyored offering for the above sins if he cant afford it.
  73. To confess one’s sins before G-d.
  74. For a Zav to bring his offerings after he is purified.
  75. For a Zava to bring her offerings after she is purified.
  76. For a Yoledes to bring her offerings after she is purified.
  77. For a Mtzorah to bring his offerings after he is purified.
  78. To tithe animals.
  79. To sanctify the firstborn animals.
  80. To redeem the firstborn son.
  81. To redeem the firstborn donkey.
  82. To break the neck of the firstborn donkey.
  83. To bring all of one’s pledged offerings on the first Holiday that approaches.

 

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