The division of the mitzvah’s and chapters

1. The 14 books:

This title has been divided into 14 books.

The first book-Mada: Includes all of the commands relating to the fundamentals of Judaism, which a person must know before anything else such as God’s unity, and the prohibition of idolatry and the like.

The second book-Ahava: Includes all of the constant commands which were given in order to express one’s love of God and to remember Him. This includes the command of reading the Shema, praying to God, wearing tefillin, the blessing of the priests, and circumcision which is a mitzvah that reminds us of God constantly even at times that we are not wearing tefillin and Tzitzis.

The third book-Zemanim: Includes all the commands relating to holidays, such as Shabbos and Yom Tov.

The fourth book-Nashim: Includes all the commands relating to marriage including the laws of Kiddushin, divorce, Yibum and Chalitza.

The fifth book-Kedusha: Includes all the commands relating to forbidden relations and forbidden foods, which are two matters in which we the Jewish people are different than the Gentile nations.

The sixth book-Haflah: Includes all the commands relating to one who prohibited a certain matter upon himself, such as through an oath or vow.

The seventh book-Zeraim: Includes all the commands relating to agriculture, such as the laws of Shemita, Yoval, Terumos Umaasros.

The eighth book-Avoda: Includes all the commands relating to the temple and its public offering.

The ninth book-Karbanos: Includes all the commands relating to private offerings.

The tenth book-Taharah: Includes all the commands relating to purity and impurity.

The 11^th book-Nezikin: Includes all the commands relating to man and his fellow, which involves monetary damage or bodily injury.

The 12^th book-Kinyan: Includes all the commands relating to business, sales and purchases.

The 13^th book-Mishpatim: Includes all the commands relating to man and his fellow that do not involve damages, such as custodians, loans, and various claims.

The 14^th book-Shoftim: Includes all the commands relating to the Supreme Court, such as capital punishment, witnesses, and laws relating to a monarchy and war.

2. The detailed laws in each book:

We will now begin to detail the chapters and mitzvah’s included in each book:

Book 1-The book of Mada:

Number of subjects in book: Five.
- The laws which are the foundations of the Torah
- The laws relating to one’s character.
- The laws of Torah study.
- The laws of idolatry.
- The laws of repentance.

Hilchos Yisodei Hatorah-The laws which are the foundations of the Torah

Number of mitzvah’s included: Ten, six positive commands and four negative commands.
- To know that there is a G-d.
- Not to entertain the belief of existence of any other God.
- To unify Him.
- To love Him.
- To fear Him.
- To sanctify His name.
- Not to desecrate His name.
- Not to cause loss to items of which the name of God is associated with.
- To listen to the prophet who speaks in his name.
- To not challenge the prophet.

Hilchos Deios-The laws relating to one’s character

Number of mitzvah’s included: 11, five positive commands and six negative commands.
- To emulate God.
- To attach to those who know God.
- To love a fellow Jew.
- To love the convert.
- Not to hate another Jew.
- To give reproof.
- Not to shame a fellow Jew.
- Not to oppress those who are downtrodden.
- Not to gossip.
- Not to take vengeance.
- Not to hold a grudge.

Hilchos Talmud Torah-The laws relating to Torah study

Number of mitzvah’s included: Two positive commands.
- To study Torah.
- To honor those who study and have knowledge of Torah.

Hilchos Avodas Kochavim-The laws relating to idolatry

Number of mitzvah’s included: 51, two positive commands and 49 negative commands.
- Not to swerve after idolatry.
- Not to follow one’s forbidden thoughts and forbidden sights.
- Not to blaspheme God.
- Not to serve idols in the way their worship.
- Not to prostrate to an idol.
- Not to manufacture an idol for personal use.
- Not to manufacture an idol for others.
- Not to make sculptures even for purposes of beauty.
- Not to missionize for others to serve idolatry.
- To burn a city of idolatry.
- Not to rebuild a city of idolatry.
- Not to benefit from any of the assets of the city of idolatry.
- Not to missionize an individual to serve idolatry.
- To not love the missionary.
- To not stop hating the missionary.
- Not to save the missionary.
- Not to learn merit on the missionary.
- To not abstain from learning judgment on the missionary.
- Two not prophesies in the name of idols.
- To not adhere to prophecy said in the name of other gods.
- To not prophesies falsely.
- To not fear putting a false prophet to death.
- Not to swear in the name of idolatry.
- Not to perform the Ov witchcraft
- Not to perform the Yidoni witchcraft.
- Not to pass one child to the Molech.
- Not to build a monument for idolatry.
- Not to prostrate on a stone floor.
- Not to plant a tree for idolatry.
- To destroy idolatry.
- Not to benefit from idolatry.
- Not to benefit from the ornaments of idolatry.
- Not to make a treaty with idol worshipers.
- Not to give clemency to idol worshipers.
- Not to allow idol worshipers to settle in our lands.
- Not to act or dress like idol worshipers.
- Not to believe in superstitions.
- Not to perform sorcery.
- Not to perform Onen superstitions.
- Not to perform charms.
- Not to perform necromancy with the dead.
- Not to seek the counsel of an Ov.
- Not to seek the counsel of a Yidoni.
- Not to perform witchcraft.
- Not to shave the corners of one’s head.
- Not to shave the corners of one’s beard
- For a man not to cross-dress like a woman.
- For a woman not to cross-dress like a man.
- Not to make a tattoo on one’s body.
- Not to cut one’s body.
- Not to shave one’s head as a sign of mourning.

Hilchos Teshuvah-The laws of repentance

Number of mitzvah’s included: One positive command.
- To confess one sentence.

Total amount of mitzvah’s in this book:

The total amount of mitzvah’s in this book is 75. 16 positive commands and 59 negative commands.

Book 2-The book of Ahava:

Number of subjects in book: six.
- The laws of reading the Shema
- The laws of prayer and the priestly blessing.
- The laws of tefillin.
- The laws of Mezuzah.
- The laws of a Torah scroll.
- The laws of Tzitzis.
- The laws of blessings.
- The laws of circumcision.

1) Hilchos Kerias Shema-The laws of reading the Shema

Number of mitzvah’s included: One positive command.
- To read the Shema twice a day.

2) Hilchos Tefila Ubirchas Kohanim-The laws of prayer

Number of mitzvah’s included: To positive command.
- To serve God through prayer daily.
- For priest to bless Jewish people daily.

3) Hilchos Tefillin Umezzuzah, Usefer Torah-The laws of tefillin, mezuzah, and Torah scrolls

Number of mitzvah’s included: Five positive commands.
- To wear the head tefillin.
- To tie tefillin to the arm.
- To place a mezuzah on one store.
- For every Jew to write a Torah scroll.
- For a king to write a second Torah scroll for himself.

4) Hilchos Tzitzis-The laws of Tzitzis

Number of mitzvah’s included: One positive command.
- To tie Tzitzis on the corner of one’s garments.

5) Hilchos Brachos-The laws of blessings

Number of mitzvah’s included: One positive command.
- To bless God after eating.

6) Hilchos Mila-The laws of circumcision

Number of mitzvah’s included: One positive command.
- To circumcise male children on the eighth day.

The total amount of mitzvah’s in this book is 11 positive commands.

Book 3-The book of Zemanim:

Number of subjects in book: Ten.
- The laws of Shabbos.
- The laws of Eiruvin.
- Laws of Yom Kippur.
- The laws of Yom Tov.
- The laws of Chametz and Matzah.
- The laws of sukkah and Lulav.
- The laws of Shekalim.
- The laws of sanctifying the new month.
- The laws of fast.
- The laws of Megillah and Chanukah.

Book 4-The book of Nashim:

Number of subjects in book: Five.
- The laws of marriage.
- The laws of divorce.
- Laws of Yibum and Chalitza.
- The laws of Naarah Ubesula.
- The laws of Sotah.

Book 5-The book of Kedusha:

Number of subjects in book: Three.
- The laws of forbidden relations.
- The laws of forbidden foods.
- Laws of slaughtering.

Book 6-The book of Haflah:

Number of subjects in book: Four.
- The laws of oaths.
- The laws of vows.
- Laws of Nazir.
- The laws of consecration’s.

Book 7-The book of Zeraim:

Number of subjects in book: Seven.
- The laws of
- The laws of gifts to the poor.
- The laws of Teruma.
- Laws of Maaser.
- The laws of Maaser Sheiyni and Neta Rivai.
- The laws of Bikkurim.
- The laws of Shemita Veyoval

Book 8-The book of Avoda:

Number of subjects in book: Nine.
- The laws of the temple.
- The laws of the vessels of the temple and those who serve in it.
- The laws of entering the temple.
- The laws of forbidden sacrifices.
- Laws of the sacrifices.
- The laws of the Tamid and Musaf offerings.
- The laws of invalid offering.
- The laws of the Yom Kippur service
- the laws of Meilah.

Book 9-The book of Karbanos:

Number of subjects in book: Six.
- The laws of the Pesach sacrifice.
- The laws of the Chagiga sacrifice.
- The laws of the firstborn animals.
- The laws of unintentional transgressions.
- Laws of those who lack atonement.
- The laws of Temurah.

Book 10-The book of Taharah:

Number of subjects in book: Eight.
- The laws of impurity of a corpse.
- The laws of the red-Heifer.
- The laws of leprosy.
- The laws of impurity imparted on a bed and seat.
- The laws of other major categories of impurity.
- The laws of impurity relating to foods.
- Laws of impurity relating to vessels.
- The laws of a Mikveh.

7) Hilchos Tumas Meis-The laws of impurity of a corpse

Number of mitzvah’s included: One positive command.
- The laws relating to the impurity of a corpse.

8) Hilchos Parah Aduma-The laws of the red Heifer

Number of mitzvah’s included: Two positive command.
- The laws relating to the red heifer.
- The laws relating to purifying a person using the sprinkling waters.

9) Hilchos Tumas Tzara’as-The laws of leprosy

Number of mitzvah’s included: Eight commands. Six positive commands, and two negative comments.
- To follow the laws of leprosy written in the Torah.
- Not to cut the leprosy off the body.
- Not to shave the hair off a bald spot leper.
- For a leper to tear his clothing, and allow his hair to grow long, and cover his head.
- To purify a leper.
- For the leper to shave all the hair off his body.
- The laws of leprosy and clothing.
- The laws of leprosy on a home.

10) Hilchos Mitamei Mishkav Umoshav-The laws of impurity on beds and seats

Number of mitzvah’s included: Four positive command.
- The impurity of a Nidda.
- The impurity of a woman after birth
- The impurity of a Zavah.
- The impurity of a Zav.

11) Hilchos Shaar Avos Hatuma-The laws of other major categories of impurity

Number of mitzvah’s included: Three positive command.
- The impurity of a carcass.
- The impurity of a Sheretz.
- The impurity of semen.
- The rabbinical impurity of idolatry

12) Hilchos Tumas Ochlin-The laws of impurity relating to foods

Number of mitzvah’s included: One positive command.
- The impurity that’s contracted by food and drink.

13) Hilchos Keilim-The laws of impurity relating to vessels

The purpose of these laws is to clarify which vessels receive impurity which do not.

14) Hilchos Mikvaos-The laws of Mikvaos

Number of mitzvah’s included: One positive command.
- For an impure person to immerse in the waters of a mikvah.

The total amount of commands in this book are 20, which include 18 positive commands and two negative commands.

Book 11-The book of Nezikin:

Number of subjects in book: Five.
- The laws of property damage.
- The laws of stealing.
- The laws of robbery.
- The laws of bodily injury.
- The laws of murder and guarding one’s soul.

1) Hilchos Nizkei Mamon-The laws of monetary damages

Number of mitzvah’s included: Four positive command.
- The law of a goring ox.
- The law of the grazing animal.
- The law of the pit.
- The law of a fire.

2) Hilchos Gineiva-The laws of theft

Number of mitzvah’s included: Seven commands. Five positive commands and two negative commands
- Not to steal money.
- The law of the thief.
- To have proper scales and weights.
- Not to do injustice with weights and scales.
- Not to own incorrect weights and scales.
- Not to infringe another person’s property.
- Not to kidnap a person.

3) Hilchos Gezeila Viaveida-The laws of robbery and lost objects

Number of mitzvah’s included: Seven commands. Two positive commands and five negative commands.
- Not to rob.
- Not to withhold payment.
- Not to covet an item of another.
- Not the desire an item of another.
- To return a stolen object.
- Not to ignore a lost object.
- To return a lost object.

4) Hilchos Chovel Umazik-The laws of bodily injury

Number of mitzvah’s included: One positive command.
- One who injures his friend or damages his friends property.

5) Hilchos Rotzeiach Ushemiras Hanefesh-The laws of murder and protection of life

Number of mitzvah’s included: Seventeen commands. Seven positive commands and ten negative commands.
- Not to murder.
- Not to take money to redeem a murder.
- To exile an inadvertent murder.
- Not to take money to redeem an inadvertent murder.
- Not to kill the murderer prior to trial.
- To save the life of one who is being chased even by killing the person chasing him.
- Not to show any mercy to one who is pursuing someone.
- Not to stand idle when another person’s blood is being spilled.
- To prepare cities of refuge.
- To break the neck of the calf by the river.
- Not to work in the ground where the calf was killed.
- Not to allow dangerous situations.
- To put up a guardrail.
- Not to place a stumbling block before the innocent.
- To help unload an animal.
- To help load an animal.
- Not to leave him distraught with the burden on the road

This book contains a total of 36 mitzvah’s, 16 positive commands of 20 negative commands.

Book 12-The book of Kinyan:

Number of subjects in book: Five.
- The laws of sales.
- The laws of gifts.
- The laws of neighbors.
- The laws of agents.
- The laws of slaves.

1) Hilchos Mechira-The laws of sales

Number of mitzvah’s included: Four commands. One positive commands and three negative commands.
- The laws of sales.
- Not to cheat in business.
- Not to oppress another with words.
- Not to oppress a convert.

2) Hilchos Zechiya Umatana-The laws of gifts

This topic discusses the laws of acquisition relating to disowned items, and gifts.

3) Hilchos Shecheinim-The laws of neighbors

This topic discusses the laws of joint ownership of real estate, and the distancing of damages from a neighbor, and a Baal Metzer.

4) Hilchos Shluchin Veshutfin-The laws of partners and agents

Business laws relating to agents and partners.

5) Hilchos Avadim-The laws of slaves but

Number of mitzvah’s included: Thirteen commands. Five positive commands and eight negative commands.
- Acquiring a Jewish slave.
- Not to sell a Jewish slave like a regular slave.
- Not to work a Jewish slave too hard.
- Not to allow a Gentile to work him too hard.
- Not work him like a slave.
- To give him severance pay when he leaves.
- Do not allow him to leave empty-handed.
- To redeem a maidservant.
- To marry her off.
- To not sell her.
- To have a Canaanite slave work for you forever.
- Not to extradite a slave who fled to Israel.
- Not to oppress the slave.

There are a total of 18 mitzvah’s in this book 6 positive commands and 12 negative commands.

Book 13-The book of Mishpatim:

Number of subjects in book: Five.
- The laws of employees.
- The laws of custodians and borrowers.
- The laws of loans.
- The laws of claims.
- The laws of inheritance.

1) Hilchos Sechirus-The laws of employees

Number of mitzvah’s included: Seven commands. Three positive commands and for negative commands.
- The law of an employee and paid custodian.
- To pay an employee on time.
- Not to delay payment to an employee.
- To allow an employee to eat while on the job.
- For an employee not to eat from the foods attached to the ground.
- For an employee not to profit more than what he ate.
- Not to muzzle an animal during plowing.

Book 14-The book of Shoftim:

Number of subjects in book: Five.
- The laws of the Supreme Court.
- The laws of witnesses.
- The laws of a rebel.
- The laws of mourning.
- The laws of Kings and wars.