## Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot Mitzvah all

###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 1
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מִצְוָה רִאשׁוֹנָה מִמִּצְווֹת עֲשֵׂה, לֵידַע שֶׁיֵּשׁ שָׁם אֱלוֹהַּ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמָר: "אָנֹכִי ה' אֱלֹהֶיךָ" (שמות כ ב, דברים ה ו).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
The first of the positive commandments is the mitzvah to know that there is a God, as [Exodus 20:2] states: "I am God, your Lord."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 2
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לְיַחֲדוֹ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמָר: "ה' אֱלֹהֵינוּ, ה' אֶחָד" (דברים ו, ד).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To unify Him, as [Deuteronomy 6:4] states: "God is our Lord, God is one."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 3
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לְאָהֳבוֹ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמָר: "וְאָהַבְתָּ, אֵת ה' אֱלֹהֶיךָ" (דברים ו ה, יא א).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To love Him, as [Deuteronomy 6:5] states: "And you shall love God, your Lord."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 4
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לְיִרְאָה מִמֶּנּוּ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמָר: "אֶת-ה' אֱלֹהֶיךָ תִּירָא" (דברים ו יג, י כ).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To fear Him, as [Deuteronomy 6:13] states: "Fear God, your Lord."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 5
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לְהִתְפַּלַּל לוֹ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמָר: "וַעֲבַדְתֶּם, אֵת ה' אֱלֹהֵיכֶם" (שמות כג, כה) – עֲבוֹדָה זוֹ תְּפִלָּה.

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To pray, as [Exodus 23:25] states: "And you shall serve God, your Lord." This service is prayer.


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 6
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לְדָבְקָה בּוֹ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמָר: "וּבוֹ תִדְבָּק" (דברים י כ).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To cling to Him, as [Deuteronomy 10:20] states: "And you shall cling to Him."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 7
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לְהִשָּׁבַע בִּשְׁמוֹ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמָר: "וּבִשְׁמוֹ, תִּשָּׁבֵעַ" (דברים ו יג, י כ).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To swear in His name, as [Deuteronomy 10:20] states: "And you shall swear in His name."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 8
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לְהִדַּמּוֹת בִּדְרָכָיו הַטּוֹבִים וְהַיְּשָׁרִים, שֶׁנֶּאֱמָר: "וְהָלַכְתָּ, בִּדְרָכָיו" (דברים כח, ט).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To emulate His good and just ways, as [Deuteronomy 28:9] states: "And you shall walk in His ways."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 9
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לְקַדַּשׁ שְׁמוֹ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמָר: "וְנִקְדַּשְׁתִּי, בְּתוֹךְ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל" (ויקרא כב, לב).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To sanctify His name, as [Leviticus 22:32] states: "And I shall be sanctified amidst the children of Israel."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 10
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לִקְרוֹת קִרְיַת שְׁמַע פַּעֲמַיִם בְּכָל יוֹם, שֶׁנֶּאֱמָר: "וְדִבַּרְתָּ בָּם בְּשִׁבְתְּךָ בְּבֵיתֶךָ וּבְלֶכְתְּךָ בַדֶּרֶךְ וּבְשָׁכְבְּךָ וּבְקוּמֶךָ" (דברים ו, ז).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To recite the *Shema* twice daily, as [Deuteronomy 6:7] states: "And you shall speak of them when you lie down and when you arise."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 11
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לִלְמֹד תּוֹרָה וּלְלַמְּדָהּ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמָר: "וְשִׁנַּנְתָּם לְבָנֶיךָ" (דברים ו, ז).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To study Torah and to teach it [to others], as [Deuteronomy 6:7] states: "And you shall teach them to your children."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 12
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לִקְשֹׁר תְּפִלִּין בָּרֹאשׁ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמָר: "וְהָיוּ לְטֹטָפֹת בֵּין עֵינֶיךָ" (דברים ו, ח).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To tie *tefillin* upon our heads, as [Deuteronomy 6:8] states: "And they shall be an emblem between your eyes."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 13
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לִקְשֹׁר תְּפִלִּין בַּיָּד, שֶׁנֶּאֱמָר: "וּקְשַׁרְתָּם לְאוֹת עַל יָדֶךָ" (דברים ו, ח).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To tie *tefillin* upon our arms, as [Deuteronomy 6:8] states: "And you shall tie them for a sign upon your arms."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 14
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לַעֲשׂוֹת צִיצִית, שֶׁנֶּאֱמָר: "וְעָשׂוּ לָהֶם צִיצִת" (במדבר טו, לח).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To make *tzitzit*, as [Numbers 15:38] states: "And you shall make *tzitzit* for them."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 15
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לִקְבֹּעַ מְזוּזָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמָר: "וּכְתַבְתָּם עַל מְזוּזֹת בֵּיתֶךָ וּבִשְׁעָרֶיךָ" (דברים ו ט; יא, כ).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To affix a *mezuzah*, as [Deuteronomy 6:9] states: "And you shall write them on the doorposts of your home."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 16
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לְהַקְהִיל אֶת הָעָם לִשְׁמֹעַ תּוֹרָה בְּמוֹצָאֵי שְׁבִיעִית, שֶׁנֶּאֱמָר: "הַקְהֵל אֶת הָעָם..." (דברים לא, יב).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To collect the people to hear the Torah [being read] in the year following the *shemitah* year, as [Deuteronomy 31:12] states: "Gather together the people."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 17
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לִכְתֹּב כָּל אִישׁ סֵפֶר תּוֹרָה לְעַצְמוֹ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמָר: "כִּתְבוּ לָכֶם אֶת הַשִּׁירָה הַזֹּאת" (דברים לא, יט).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
For each man to write a Torah scroll for himself, as [Deuteronomy 31:19] states: "Write down this song."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 18
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לִכְתֹּב הַמֶּלֶךְ סֵפֶר תּוֹרָה לְעַצְמוֹ, יָתֵר עַל הָאֶחָד שֶׁלְּכָל אָדָם, עַד שֶׁיִּהְיֶה לוֹ שְׁתֵּי תּוֹרוֹת, שֶׁנֶּאֱמָר: "וְכָתַב לוֹ אֵת מִשְׁנֵה הַתּוֹרָה הַזֹּאת" (דברים יז, יח).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
For the king to write a second Torah scroll for himself in addition to the one which [he is required to write to fulfill the mitzvah incumbent upon] every man. Thus, he will have two Torah scrolls, as [Deuteronomy 17:19] states: "And he shall write for himself a copy of this Torah."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 19
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לְבָרַךְ אַחַר הַמָּזוֹן, שֶׁנֶּאֱמָר: "וְאָכַלְתָּ וְשָׂבָעְתָּ וּבֵרַכְתָּ אֶת יְיָ אֱלֹהֶיךָ" (דברים ח, י).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To bless [God] after eating, as [Deuteronomy 8:10] states: "[After] you eat and are satisfied, you shall bless God, your Lord."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 20
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לִבְנוֹת בֵּית הַבְּחִירָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמָר: "וְעָשׂוּ לִי מִקְדָּשׁ" (שמות כה, ח).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To build [God's] chosen house, [the Temple,] as [Exodus 25:8] states: "And you shall make a sanctuary for Me."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 21
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לְיִרְאָה מִבַּיִת זֶה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמָר: "וּמִקְדָּשִׁי תִּירָאוּ" (ויקרא יט ל; כו, ב).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To revere this house, as [Leviticus 19:30] states: "And revere My sanctuary."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 22
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לִשְׁמֹר בַּיִת זֶה תָּמִיד, שֶׁנֶּאֱמָר: "וְאַתָּה וּבָנֶיךָ אִתָּךְ לִפְנֵי אֹהֶל הָעֵדֻת" (במדבר יח, ב).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To keep watch over this house continuously, as [Numbers 18:2,4] states: "And you and- your descendants before the Tent of Testimony.... [And they shall keep the watch....]"


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 23
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לִהְיוֹת הַלֵּוִי עוֹבֵד בַּמִּקְדָּשׁ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמָר: "וְעָבַד הַלֵּוִי הוּא" (במדבר יח, כג).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
For the Levites to serve in the sanctuary, as [Numbers 18:23] states: "And the Levite shall serve...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 24
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לְקַדַּשׁ הַכּוֹהֵן יָדָיו וְרַגְלָיו בְּשָׁעַת הָעֲבוֹדָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמָר: "וְרָחֲצוּ אַהֲרֹן וּבָנָיו..." (שמות ל, יט).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
For a priest to sanctify his hands and feet at the time of service [in the Temple], as [Exodus 30:19] states: "And Aaron and his sons will wash...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 25
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לַעֲרֹךְ נֵרוֹת בַּמִּקְדָּשׁ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמָר: "יַעֲרֹךְ אֹתוֹ אַהֲרֹן וּבָנָיו" (שמות כז, כא).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To prepare the candles of the Sanctuary, as [Exodus 27:21] states: "Aaron and his sons shall prepare it."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 26
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לְבָרַךְ הַכּוֹהֲנִים אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל, שֶׁנֶּאֱמָר: "כֹּה תְבָרְכוּ אֶת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל" (במדבר ו, כג).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
For the priests to bless the Jews, as [Numbers 6:23] states: "In this manner, you shall bless the children of Israel."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 27
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לְהַסְדִּיר לֶחֶם וּלְבוֹנָה לִפְנֵי ה' בְּכָל שַׁבָּת, שֶׁנֶּאֱמָר: "וְנָתַתָּ עַל הַשֻׁלְחָן לֶחֶם פָּנִים" (שמות כה, ל).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To arrange bread and frankincense before God [in the Temple] on every Sabbath, as [Exodus 25:30] states: "And you shall place the showbread on the table."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 28
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לְהַקְטִיר קְטֹרֶת פַּעֲמַיִם בַּיּוֹם, שֶׁנֶּאֱמָר: "וְהִקְטִיר עָלָיו אַהֲרֹן קְטֹרֶת סַמִּים" (שמות ל, ז).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To burn a spice offering twice [each] day, as [Exodus 30:7] states: "And Aaron shall burn incense upon it...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 29
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לַעֲרֹךְ אֵשׁ בְּמִזְבַּח הָעוֹלָה תָּמִיד, שֶׁנֶּאֱמָר: "אֵשׁ תמיד תוקד על המזבח" (ויקרא ו, ו).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To keep a fire burning on the altar for burnt offerings continually, as [Leviticus 6:6] states: "And you shall keep a fire burning continuously on the altar."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 30
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לְהָרִים הַדֶּשֶׁן מֵעַל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ בְּכָל יוֹם, שֶׁנֶּאֱמָר: "וְהֵרִים אֶת הַדֶּשֶׁן" (ויקרא ו, ג).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To remove the ashes from the altar, as [Leviticus 6:3] states: "And he shall remove the ashes...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 31
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לשלח טמאים ממחנה שכינה שהוא המקדש, שנאמר: "וִישַׁלְּחוּ מִן הַמַּחֲנֶה כָּל צָרוּעַ וְכָל זָב וְכֹל טָמֵא לָנֶפֶשׁ" (במדבר ה, ב).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To send impure people out from the camp of the Divine Presence - i.e., the sanctuary - as [Numbers 5:2] states: "And you shall send from the camp all the leprous, any zav, and anyone who has contracted impurity because of a corpse."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 32
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לחלוק כבוד לזרעו של אהרן, ולהקדימו לכל דבר שבקדושה, שנאמר: "וְקִדַּשְׁתּוֹ" (ויקרא כא, ח).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To show honor to Aaron's descendants and to give them priority regarding all holy matters, as [Leviticus 21:8] states: "And you shall sanctify him."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 33
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להיות הכהנים לובשים לעבודה בגדי כהונה, שנאמר: "וְעָשִׂיתָ בִגְדֵי קֹדֶשׁ..." (שמות כח, ב).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To clothe the priests with the priestly garments for service [in the Temple], as [Exodus 28:2] states: "And you shall make holy garments...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 34
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לשאת הארון על הכתף כשנושאין אותו, שנאמר: "בַּכָּתֵף יִשָּׂאוּ" (במדבר ז, ט).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To carry the ark upon our shoulders when it is to be carried, as [Numbers 7:9] states: "And they shall carry it on their shoulders."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 35
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למשוח כהנים גדולים ומלכים בשמן המשחה, שנאמר: "שֶׁמֶן מִשְׁחַת קֹדֶשׁ יִהְיֶה זֶה" (שמות ל, לא).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To anoint the High Priests and kings with the anointing oil, as [Exodus 30:30-31] states: "[Anoint Aaron....] This shall be sacred anointing oil."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 36
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להיות הכהנים עובדין במקדש משמרות משמרות, ובמועדים עובדין כאחד, שנאמר: "וְכִי יָבוֹא הַלֵּוִי..." (דברים יח, ו) "לְבַד מִמְכָּרָיו עַל הָאָבוֹת" (שם, ח).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
For the priests to serve in the sanctuary in individual watches; and for them to all serve as one on the festivals, as [Deuteronomy 18:6-8] states: "When the Levite shall come... [he can serve]...with the exception of that which is theirs by ancestral right."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 37
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להיות הכהנים מיטמאין לקרוביהם, ומתאבלין עליהן כשאר ישראל שהן מצווין להתאבל, שנאמר: "לָהּ יִטַּמָּא" (ויקרא כא, ג).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
For the priests to become ritually impure and mourn for their relatives in the same manner as other Jews who are commanded to mourn, as [Leviticus 21:3] states: "He shall become impure for her."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 38
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להיות כהן גדול נושא בתולה, שנאמר: "וְהוּא אִשָּׁה בִּבְתוּלֶיהָ יִקָּח" (ויקרא כא, יג).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
For a High Priest to marry a virgin, as [Leviticus 21:13] states: "And he shall marry a woman who is a virgin."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 39
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להקריב תמידין בכל יום, שנאמר: "שְׁנַיִם לַיּוֹם עוֹלָה תָמִיד" (במדבר כח, ג).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To offer the *tamid* offerings each day, as [Numbers 28:3] states: "[This is the fire offering...] two each day continuously."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 40
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להקריב כהן גדול מנחה בכל יום, שנאמר: "זֶה קָרְבַּן אַהֲרֹן וּבָנָיו" (ויקרא ו, יג).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
For the High Priest to offer a meal offering each day, as [Leviticus 6:13] states: "This is the sacrifice of Aaron and his descendants."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 41
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להוסיף קרבן אחר בכל שבת, שנאמר: "וּבְיוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת שְׁנֵי כְּבָשִׂים" (במדבר כח, ט).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To offer an additional sacrifice every Sabbath, as [Numbers 28:9] states: "On the Sabbath day, two lambs...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 42
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להוסיף קרבן בכל ראש חודש וחודש, שנאמר: "וּבְרָאשֵׁי חָדְשֵׁיכֶם תַּקְרִיבוּ..." (במדבר כח, יא).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To offer an additional sacrifice every Rosh Chodesh, as [Numbers 28:11] states: "On your Rashei Chodashim...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 43
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להוסיף קרבן בחג הפסח, שנאמר: "שִׁבְעַת יָמִים תַּקְרִיבוּ אִשֶּׁה לַיי" (ויקרא כג, לו).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To offer an additional sacrifice on Pesach, as [Leviticus 23:36] states: "For seven days, you will bring a fire offering unto God...."¹

footnotes:
¹ There is a slight difficulty with the Rambam's statements: The verse cited refers to the sacrifices offered on Sukkot, and not those offered on Pesach. Perhaps the intended prooftext is Leviticus 23:8: "And you shall offer a burnt offering for God for seven days."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 44
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להקריב מנחת העומר ממחרת יום ראשון של פסח עם כבש אחד, שנאמר: "וַהֲבֵאתֶם אֵת עֹמֶר רֵאשִׁית קְצִירְכֶם אֶל הַכֹּהֵן" (ויקרא כג, י).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To bring the meal offering of the *omer* on the day after the first day of Pesach together with a single lamb, as [Leviticus 23:10] states: "And you shall bring the *omer...."*


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 45
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להוסיף קרבן ביום עצרת, שנאמר: "וּבְיוֹם הַבִּכּוּרִים..." (במדבר כח, כו) "וְהִקְרַבְתֶּם עוֹלָה לְרֵיחַ..." (במדבר כח, כז).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To offer an additional sacrifice on Shavuot, as [Numbers 28:26] states: "On the day of the first fruits *[Bikkurim]...."*


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 46
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להביא שתי הלחם עם הקרבנות הקרבים בגלל הלחם ביום עצרת, שנאמר: "מִמּוֹשְׁבוֹתֵיכֶם תָּבִיאוּ לֶחֶם תְּנוּפָה" (ויקרא כג, יז) "וְהִקְרַבְתֶּם עַל הַלֶּחֶם" (שם, יח).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To bring two loaves and the sacrifices which accompany the loaves on Shavuot, as [Leviticus 23:17] states: "From your dwellings, bring bread as a wave offering. And you shall offer upon the bread...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 47
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להוסיף קרבן בראש השנה, שנאמר: "וּבַחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי בְּאֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ [...] וַעֲשִׂיתֶם..." (במדבר כט, א).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To offer an additional sacrifice on Rosh HaShanah, as [Numbers 29:1] states: "And in the seventh month, on the first of the month...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 48
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להוסיף קרבן ביום הצום, שנאמר: "וּבֶעָשׂוֹר לַחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי..." (במדבר כט, ז).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To offer an additional sacrifice on the fast [of Yom Kippur], as [Numbers 29:7] states: "On the tenth of the seventh month...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 49
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לעשות עבודת היום ביום הצום, שנאמר: "בְּזֹאת יָבֹא אַהֲרֹן אֶל הַקֹּדֶשׁ בְּפַר בֶּן בָּקָר" (ויקרא טז, ג), וכל העבודה הכתובה בפרשת "אחרי מות".

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To carry out the service of the fast [of Yom Kippur], as [Leviticus 16:3] states: "In this manner, Aaron will enter the [inner] sanctuary, with a young bull...." All the [particulars of] this service are stated in the *parashah* of *Acharei Mot.*


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 50
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להוסיף קרבן בחג הסוכות, שנאמר: "וְהִקְרַבְתֶּם עוֹלָה אִשֵּׁה רֵיחַ נִיחוֹחַ" (במדבר כט, יג).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To offer an additional sacrifice on the holiday of Sukkot, as [Numbers 29:13] states: "And you shall present a burnt offering as a pleasing fragrance...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 51
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להוסיף קרבן ביום שמיני עצרת, כי רגל בפני עצמו הוא, שנאמר: "בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁמִינִי" (במדבר כט, לה).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To offer an additional sacrifice on *Shemini Atzeret,* for it is a festival in its own right, as [Numbers 29:35] states: "And on the eighth day....


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 52
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לחוג ברגלים, שנאמר: "שָׁלֹשׁ רְגָלִים תָּחֹג לִי" (שמות כג, יד).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To celebrate on the festivals, as [Exodus 23:14] states: "And you shall celebrate three festivals for Me."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 53
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להיראות ברגלים, שנאמר: "שָׁלֹשׁ פְּעָמִים בַּשָּׁנָה יֵרָאֶה כָּל זְכוּרְךָ" (שמות כג יז; שם לג, כג; דברים טז טז.

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To appear [before God in the Temple] on the festivals, as [Deuteronomy 16:16] states: "On three occasions during the year, all your males shall appear...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 54
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לשמוח ברגלים, שנאמר: "וְשָׂמַחְתָּ בְּחַגֶּךָ" (דברים טז, יד).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To rejoice on the festivals, as [Deuteronomy 16:14] states: "And you shall rejoice on your festivals."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 55
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לשחוט כבש הפסח, שנאמר: "וְשָׁחֲטוּ אֹתוֹ כָּל קְהַל " (שמות יב, ו).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To slaughter the Paschal lamb, as [Exodus 12:6] states: "And the entire congregation shall slaughter it...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 56
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לאכול בשר הפסח צלי בלילי חמישה עשר מניסן, שנאמר: "וְאָכְלוּ אֶת הַבָּשָׂר" (שמות יב, ח).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To eat the meat of the Paschal sacrifice roasted on the night of the fifteenth of Nisan, as [Exodus 12:8] states: "And they shall eat the meat...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 57
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לעשות פסח שני, שנאמר: "בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִי בְּאַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר" (במדבר ט, יא).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To offer the second Paschal sacrifice, as [Numbers 9:11] states: "In the second month, on the fourteenth of the month...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 58
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לאכול את בשר פסח שני על מצה ומרור, שנאמר: "עַל מַצּוֹת וּמְרוֹרִים יֹאכְלוּהוּ" (במדבר ט, יא).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To eat the meat of the second Paschal offering together with matzot and bitter herbs, as [Numbers 9:11] states: "And you shall eat it with matzot and bitter herbs."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 59
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לתקוע בחצוצרות על הקרבנות ובשעת הצרות, שנאמר: "וּתְקַעְתֶּם בַּחֲצוֹצְרֹת" (במדבר י, י).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To sound the trumpets when the sacrifices [are offered] and in times of difficulty, as [Numbers 10:10] states: "And you shall sound the trumpets...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 60
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להיות כל קרבנות בהמה מיום שמיני והלאה, שנאמר: "מִיּוֹם הַשְּׁמִינִי וָהָלְאָה" (ויקרא כב, כז).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
For all animals to be sacrificed after their eighth day [of life], as [Leviticus 22:27] states: "And on the eighth day and afterwards...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 61
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להיות כל קרבן בהמה תמים, שנאמר: "תָּמִים יִהְיֶה לְרָצוֹן" (ויקרא כב, כא).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
For all animal offerings to be unblemished, as [Leviticus 22:21] states: "[When it is] unblemished, it will be desirable...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 62
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למלוח כל קרבן, שנאמר: "עַל כָּל קָרְבָּנְךָ תַּקְרִיב מֶלַח" (ויקרא ב, יג).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To salt all the sacrifices, as [Leviticus 2:13] states: "Offer salt on all your sacrifices."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 63
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מעשה העולה, שנאמר: "אִם עוֹלָה קָרְבָּנוֹ" (ויקרא א, ג).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
The burnt offering, as [Leviticus 1:3] states:"If his is a burnt offering...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 64
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מעשה חטאת, שנאמר: "זֹאת תּוֹרַת הַחַטָּאת" (ויקרא ו, יח).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
The sin offering, as [Leviticus 6:18] states: "These are the laws of the sin offering...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 65
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מעשה האשם, שנאמר: "זֹאת תּוֹרַת הָאָשָׁם" (ויקרא ז, א).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
The guilt offering, as [Leviticus 7:1] states: "These are the laws of the guilt offering...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 66
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מעשה זבח השלמים, שנאמר: "וְזֹאת תּוֹרַת זֶבַח הַשְּׁלָמִים" (ויקרא ז, יא).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
The peace offering, as [Leviticus 7:11] states: "These are the laws of the peace offering...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 67
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מעשה המנחה, שנאמר: "וְנֶפֶשׁ כִּי תַקְרִיב קָרְבַּן מִנְחָה" (ויקרא ב, א).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
The meal offering, as [Leviticus 2:1] states: "When a person presents a meal offering...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 68
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להקריב בית דין קרבן אם טעו בהוראה, שנאמר: "וְאִם כָּל עֲדַת יִשְׂרָאֵל יִשְׁגּוּ" (ויקרא ד, יג).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
For the [High] Court to offer a sacrifice if it renders an erroneous decision, as [Leviticus 4:13] states: "If the entire congregation of Israel shall err...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 69
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להקריב היחיד קרבן חטאת אם שגג במצות לא תעשה שחייבים עליה כרת, שנאמר: "וְנֶפֶשׁ כִּי תֶחֱטָא" (ויקרא ה, א).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
For each individual to offer a sin offering if he unintentionally violates a negative commandment punishable by *karet*², as [Leviticus 5:1] states: "When a person sins...."³ it appears to be an error, for the passage it introduces deals with the adjustable guilt offering (Positive Mitzvah 72). The verse which introduces the laws of the sin offerings is Leviticus 4:27: "If one person sins...."

footnotes:
² Karet refers to premature death at the hand of God, the death of one's children, and a severe spiritual punishment for the soul. (See Hilchot Teshuvah 8:1.)
³ Though this prooftext is quoted in the printed editions of the Mishneh Torah,


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 70
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להקריב היחיד קרבן אם נסתפק לו אם חטא חטא שחייבים עליו חטאת או לא חטא, שנאמר: "וְלֹא יָדַע וְאָשֵׁם וְהֵבִיא אֶת אֲשָׁמוֹ" (ויקרא ה, יז) וזה הוא נקרא אשם תלוי.

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
For an individual to offer a sacrifice if he is in doubt whether or not he transgressed a prohibition for which he would be liable for a sin offering, as [Leviticus 5:17-18] states: "If he does not know, he still bears responsibility...and he shall bring his guilt offering." This is referred to as "the conditional guilt offering."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 71
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להקריב השוגג במעילה, או החוטא בגזילה, או בשפחה חרופה, או שכפר בפיקדון ונשבע; מביא קרבן אשם, וזה הוא הנקרא אשם ודאי.

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
For [the following individuals:] a person who unknowingly used sacred property, a person who sinned by stealing, one [who had relations with] a maidservant designated for another person, or one who denied possession of an entrusted object and took a [false] oath, to bring a guilt offering. This is referred to as "the unconditional guilt offering."⁴

footnotes:
⁴ Perhaps the Rambam does not cite a specific prooftext for this mitzvah because there is a different passage in the Torah which deals with each of the guilt offerings which he mentions.


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 72
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להקריב קרבן עולה ויורד, שנאמר: "ואם לא תגיע ידו" (ויקרא ה,ז), "ואם לא תשיג ידו" (ויקרא ה,יא).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To offer "the adjustable guilt offering" [as atonement for the violation of certain transgressions], as [Leviticus 5:1,11] states: "If his means are not sufficient.... If his means do not suffice...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 73
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להתוודות לפני ה' מכל חטא שיעשה האדם, בשעת הקרבן ושלא בשעת הקרבן, שנאמר: "והתוודו, את חטאתם אשר עשו" (במדבר ה,ז).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
For a person to confess before God for any sin which he has committed. [This applies] when he brings a sacrifice [for atonement] and when he does not bring a sacrifice, as [Numbers 5:6] states: "And they shall confess the sins that they committed."⁵ the Rambam defines this mitzvah as return to God and repentance, a more encompassing service, of which confession is only one facet.(See *Hilchot Teshuvah* 2:2.)

footnotes:
⁵ Note that in Hilchot Teshuvah,


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 74
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להקריב הזב קרבן אחר שיטהר, שנאמר: "וכי יטהר הזב, מזובו" (ויקרא טו,יג).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
For a *zav* to offer a sacrifice when he becomes purified [after his affliction], as [Leviticus 15:13] states: "When a *zav* will become pure...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 75
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להקריב הזבה קרבן אחר שתטהר, שנאמר: "ואם טהרה, מזובה" (ויקרא טו,כח).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
For a *zavah* to offer a sacrifice when she be-comes purified [after her affliction], as [Leviticus 15:28] states: "When she becomes pure from [the condition] of *zavah...."*


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 76
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להקריב היולדת קרבן אחר שתטהר, שנאמר: "ובמלאות ימי טוהרה" (ויקרא יב,ו).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
For a woman who gave birth to offer a sacrifice after she becomes purified, as [Leviticus 12:6] states: "And after the conclusion of her pure days...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 77
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להקריב המצורע קרבן אחר שיטהר, שנאמר: "וביום השמיני ייקח" (ויקרא יד,י).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
For a person afflicted with *tzara’at* to offer a sacrifice after he becomes purified, as [Leviticus 14:1] states: "On the eighth day, he shall take...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 78
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לעשר הבהמה, שנאמר: "וכל מעשר בקר וצאן" (ויקרא כז,לב).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To tithe one's herds, as [Leviticus 27:32] states: "And all the tithes of your cattle and sheep...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 79
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לקדש בכור הבהמה הטהורה ולהקריבו, שנאמר: "כל הבכור אשר יולד" (דברים טו,יט).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To sanctify the firstborn of a kosher animal and offer it as a sacrifice, as [Deuteronomy 15:19] states: "Every firstling which shall be born...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 80
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לפדות בכור אדם, שנאמר: "אך פדה תפדה, את בכור האדם" (במדבר יח,טו).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To redeem firstborn sons, as [Numbers 18:15] states: "However, you must surely redeem first-born humans."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 81
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לפדות פטר חמור, שנאמר: "ופטר חמור תפדה בשה" (שמות לד,כ).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To redeem a firstling donkey, as [Exodus 34:20] states: "Redeem a firstling donkey with a sheep."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 82
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לערוף פטר חמור, שנאמר: "ואם לא תפדה וערפתו" (שמות יג,יג; שמות לד,כ).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To decapitate a firstling donkey [which is not redeemed], as [Exodus 34:20] states: "If you do not redeem it, you must decapitate it."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 83
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להביא כל הקרבנות שיש על האדם בחובה או בנדבה ברגל ראשון שפגע בו, שנאמר: "ובאת שמה" (דברים יב,ה), "והבאתם שמה" (דברים יב,ו).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
For a person to bring all the sacrifices for which he is liable, be they obligatory or voluntary offerings, on the first pilgrimage festival that occurs, as [Deuteronomy 12:5-6] states: "And you shall come there... and you shall bring there...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 84
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להקריב כל הקרבנות בבית הבחירה, שנאמר: "ושם תעשה, כול אשר אנוכי מצווך" (דברים יב,יד).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To sacrifice all the offerings in [God's] chosen house, [i.e., the Temple,], as [Deuteronomy 12:14] states: "There, you will perform all that I command you."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 85
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להיטפל בהבאת הקרבנות מחוצה לארץ לבית הבחירה, שנאמר: "רק קודשיך אשר יהיו לך, ונדריך, תישא ובאת" (דברים יב,כו); מפי השמועה למדו שאינו מדבר אלא בקודשי חוצה לארץ.

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To tend to all the offerings from the Diaspora and bring them to *Eretz* [*Yisrael*], to [God's] chosen house, [i.e., the Temple,] as [Deuteronomy 12:26] states: "Take the sacred offerings which you possess, and your pledges, and come [to the place that God will choose]." Based on the oral tradition, we have learned that this applies to sacred offerings from the Diaspora.


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 86
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לפדות קודשים בעלי מומים ויהיו מותרים באכילה, שנאמר: "רק בכל אוות נפשך תזבח ואכלת בשר" (דברים יב,טו); מפי השמועה למדו שאינו מדבר אלא בפסולי המוקדשין שייפדו.

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To redeem sacred offerings that have become blemished, and thus have them to be permitted [for mundane use], as [Deuteronomy 12:15] states: "But whenever you desire, you may slaughter...." Based on the oral tradition, we have learned that this refers only to sacred offerings which have become disqualified and have been redeemed.


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 87
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להיות התמורה קודש, שנאמר: "והיה הוא ותמורתו יהיה קודש" (ויקרא כז,י; ויקרא כז,לג).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
That an animal substituted for a sacred offering be regarded as sacred, as [Leviticus 27:33] states: "Both [the original animal] and the one substituted for it shall be consecrated."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 88
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לאכול שיירי מנחות, שנאמר: "והנותרת ממנה, יאכלו אהרון ובניו" (ויקרא ו,ט).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To eat the remains of the meal offerings, as [Leviticus 6:9] states: "Aaron and his sons will eat the remainder of it."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 89
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לאכול בשר חטאת ואשם, שנאמר: "ואכלו אותם אשר כופר בהם" (שמות כט,לג).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To eat the flesh of the sin and guilt offerings,⁶ the Rambam includes eating other sacrifices and sacred foods in the scope of this mitzvah. as [Exodus 29:33] states: "And they shall eat [the sacrifices] with which atonement was made for them."

footnotes:
⁶ In Sefer HaMitzvot,


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 90
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לשרוף בשר קודש שנטמא, שנאמר: "והבשר אשר ייגע בכל טמא" (ויקרא ז,יט).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To burn sacred meat which became impure, as [Leviticus 7:19] states: "And the flesh which touches anything impure... [shall be burnt]."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 91
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לשרוף הנותר, שנאמר: "והנותר, מבשר הזבח--ביום, השלישי, באש, יישרף" (ויקרא ז,יז).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To burn the leftovers [from the sacrifices], as [Leviticus 7:17] states: "The leftovers from the flesh of the sacrifice shall be burnt with fire on the third day."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 92
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לגדל הנזיר שיערו, שנאמר: "גדל פרע, שיער ראשו" (במדבר ו,ה).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
For a Nazirite to grow his hair long, as [Numbers 6:5] states: "He shall let the hair of his head grow without cutting it."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 93
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לגלח הנזיר שיערו על קרבנותיו במלאות ימי נזרו, או בתוך ימי נזרו אם נטמא, שנאמר: "וכי ימות מת עליו" (במדבר ו,ט).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
For a Nazarite to shave his hair when bringing his sacrifices at the conclusion of his term as a Nazirite, or during his Nazirite term if he becomes impure, as [Numbers 6:9] states: "Should a person die in his presence,... [he must shave....]"


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 94
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לקיים אדם כל מה שהוציא בשפתיו, מקרבן או צדקה וכיוצא בהם, שנאמר: "מוצא שפתיך, תשמור ועשית" (דברים כג,כד).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
For a person to fulfill any [promise] which he utters, be it a sacrifice, [a gift to] charity, or the like, as [Deuteronomy 23:24] states: "What you have spoken, take heed to fulfill...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 95
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לדון בהפרת נדרים בכל הדינים האמורין בפרשה.

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To carry out the laws regarding the nullification of vows, as mentioned in the Torah.


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 96
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להיות כל נוגע בנבילה טמא, שנאמר "וכי ימות מן הבהמה" (ויקרא יא, לט).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
For everyone who comes in contact with the corpse of an animal to become impure, as [Leviticus 11:39] states: "Should an animal die...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 97
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להיות שמונה שרצים מטמאין, שנאמר "וזה לכם הטמא" (ויקרא יא, כט).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
For the [dead bodies of] the eight species of crawling animals [mentioned in the Torah] to impart ritual impurity, as [Leviticus 11:19] states: "These shall be impure for you...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 98
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להיות האוכלין מיטמאין, שנאמר "מכל האוכל אשר יאכל" (ויקרא יא, לד).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
For [certain] foods to impart impurity, as [Leviticus 11:34] states: "From all the food which you will eat...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 99
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להיות הנידה טמאה ומטמאה לאחרים.

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
For [a woman in the] *niddah* state to be impure and to impart impurity to others.


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 100
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להיות היולדת טמאה כנידה.

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
For [a woman] who gives birth to be impure [like a woman] in the *niddah* state.


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 101
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להיות המצורע טמא ומטמא.

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
For a person afflicted with *tzara’at* to be impure and to impart impurity.


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 102
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להיות בגד מנוגע טמא ומטמא.

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
For a garment afflicted with *tzara’at* to be impure and to impart impurity.


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 103
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להיות בית מנוגע מטמא.

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
For a house afflicted with *tzara’at* to impart impurity.


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 104
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להיות הזב מטמא.

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
For *a zav* to impart impurity.


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 105
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להיות שכבת זרע מטמאה.

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
For semen to impart impurity.


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 106
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להיות זבה מטמאה.

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
For a *zavah* to impart impurity.


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 107
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להיות המת מטמא.

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
For a corpse to impart impurity.


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 108
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להיות מי נדה מטמאין לאדם טהור, ומטהרין מטומאת מת בלבד. וכל אלו הדינין של טומאות אלו, רוב משפט כל טומאה וטומאה מהן מבואר בתורה שבכתב.

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
For the sprinkling water [used for the purification process involving the red heifer] to impart impurity to a person who is ritually pure, and to impart ritual purity to a person who is ritually impure solely because of contact with a human corpse. All the laws dealing with these different types of impurity and the majority of the judgments regarding all types of ritual purity and impurity are explained explicitly in the Written Law.⁷

footnotes:
⁷ It is somewhat curious that although the Rambam makes this statement, he does not cite prooftexts for these mitzvot.


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 109
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להיות הטהרה מכל הטמאות בטבילה במי מקוה, שנאמר: "וְרָחַץ בַּמַּיִם אֶת כָּל בְּשָׂרוֹ" (ויקרא טו, טז) למדו מפי השמועה שרחיצה זו במים שכל גופו עולה בהן בבת אחת.

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
For the process of purification from all types of ritual impurity to involve immersion in the waters of a *mikveh*, as [Leviticus 15:16] states: "And he shall wash all his flesh in water." Based on the oral tradition, we have learned that this washing [involves immersion in a body of] water in which one's entire body can immerse at one time.


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 110
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להיות הטהרה מן הצרעת בין צרעת אדם בין צרעת בית בעץ ארז ואיזוב ושני תולעת ושתי ציפורים ומים חיים, שנאמר: "זֹאת תִּהְיֶה תּוֹרַת הַמְּצֹרָע" (ויקרא יד, ב).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
For the process of purification from *tzara’at*, be it a person afflicted with *tzara’at* or a house afflicted with *tzara’at*, [to involve] a staff of cedar, a hyssop, the crimson wool, two birds, and spring water, as [Leviticus 14:2] states: "This shall be the purification process for the person afflicted with *tzara’at*...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 111
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להיות המצורע מגלח כל שערו, שנאמר: "וְהָיָה בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי יְגַלַּח אֶת כָּל שְׂעָרוֹ" (ויקרא יד, ט).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
For a person afflicted with *tzara’at* to shave all of his hair, as [Leviticus 14:9] states: "And it shall be on the seventh day, he shall shave all his hair."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 112
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להיות המצורע ידוע לכל בדברים האמורים בו "בְּגָדָיו יִהְיוּ פְרֻמִים וְרֹאשׁוֹ יִהְיֶה פָרֻעַ וְעַל שָׂפָם יַעְטֶה וְטָמֵא טָמֵא יִקְרָא" (ויקרא יג, מה). וכן כל שאר הטמאים צריכין להודיע את עצמן.

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
For a person afflicted with *tzara’at* to make known his condition to all others, according to the instructions mentioned in [Leviticus 13:45]: "His garments shall be torn, his hair shall grow uncut, he shall cover his face to the lip, and he shall cry out: `Impure! Impure!"' Similarly, all others who are ritually impure must make known their condition.


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 113
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לעשות פרה אדומה להיות אפרה מוכן, שנאמר: "וְהָיְתָה לַעֲדַת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל" (במדבר יט, ט).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To prepare the red heifer so that its ashes will be ready, as [Numbers 19:9] states: "And it will be a keepsake for the congregation of Israel."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 114
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להיות מעריך אדם נותן דמים הקצובין בפרשה, שנאמר: "אִישׁ כִּי יַפְלִא נֶדֶר" (ויקרא כז, ב).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
For a person who makes an endowment valuation to give the specific amount of money stated in the [Torah] portion, as [Leviticus 27:2] states: "When a person expresses a vow...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 115
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להיות מעריך בהמה טמאה נותן דמיה, שנאמר: "וְהֶעֱמִיד אֶת הַבְּהֵמָה" (ויקרא כז, יא).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
For a person who makes an endowment valuation concerning a non-kosher animal to give [the required amount of] money, as [Leviticus 27:11] states: "And he shall cause the animal to stand...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 116
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להיות מעריך ביתו נותן כערך הכהן, שנאמר: "וְאִישׁ כִּי יַקְדִּישׁ" (ויקרא כז, יד).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
For a person who makes an endowment valuation concerning his home to give the value determined by the priest, as [Leviticus 27:14] states: "And the priest shall determine its value."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 117
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להיות מקדיש שדהו נותן בערך הקצוב בפרשה, שנאמר: "וְהָיָה עֶרְכְּךָ כְּפִי זַרְעוֹ" (ויקרא כז, טז).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
For a person who consecrates his field to give the fixed amount determined by the [Torah], as [Leviticus 27:16] states: "And the value you attach to it shall be according to the amount of seed."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 118
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לשלם השוגג במעילה מה שמעל לה' ולהוסיף חומש, שנאמר: "וְאֵת אֲשֶׁר חָטָא מִן הַקֹּדֶשׁ יְשַׁלֵּם" (ויקרא ה, טז).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
For a person who unintentionally makes use of a sacred object to make restitution for what he misused [when] sinning against God, and for him to add one fifth of its value, as [Leviticus 5:17] states: "For that which he sinned, [using something] sacred, he shall pay...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 119
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להיות נטע רבעי קודש, שנאמר: "יִהְיֶה כָּל פִּרְיוֹ קֹדֶשׁ הִלּוּלִים" (ויקרא יט, כד).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
For the produce of the fourth year to be sacred, as [Leviticus 19:24] states: "Its produce shall be sacred, [an object of] praise to God...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 120
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להניח פיאה.

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To leave *pe'ah.*


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 121
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להניח לקט.

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To leave *leket.*


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 122
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להניח עומר השכחה.

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To leave a forgotten sheaf.


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 123
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להניח עוללות בכרם.

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To leave the incompletely formed grape clusters.


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 124
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להניח פרט הכרם לפי שבכל אלו נאמר "לֶעָנִי וְלַגֵּר תַּעֲזֹב אֹתָם" (ויקרא יט, י) (ויקרא כג, כב) וזו היא מצות עשה שלהם.

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To leave the individual fallen grapes. With regard to all these [five mitzvot], [Leviticus 19:10] states: "Leave them for the poor and the stranger." This [verse states] the positive commandment for all these.⁸ the Rambam notes that the command to leave a forgotten sheaf in the field is derived, not from this verse, but from Deuteronomy 24:19, which states: "When you reap your harvest... and forget a sheaf in the field..., it shall be for the stranger..."

footnotes:
⁸ In Sefer HaMitzvot,


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 125
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להביא ביכורים לבית הבחירה, שנאמר: "רֵאשִׁית בִּכּוּרֵי אַדְמָתְךָ" (שמות כג, יט) (שמות לד, כו).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To bring the first fruits to God's chosen house, [the Temple,], as [Exodus 23:19] states: "The first fruits of your land...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 126
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להפריש תרומה גדולה לכהן, שנאמר: "רֵאשִׁית דְּגָנְךָ תִּתֵּן לוֹ" (דברים יח, ד).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To separate the greater *terumah* [and give it] to the priest, as [Deuteronomy 18:4] states: "Give him the first of your grain."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 127
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להפריש מעשר דגן ללוים, שנאמר: "כָּל מַעְשַׂר הָאָרֶץ" (ויקרא כז, ל).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To separate a tithe of grain [and give it] to the Levites, as [Leviticus 27:30] states: "All the land's tithes...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 128
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להפריש מעשר שני להיאכל לבעליו בירושלים, שנאמר: "עַשֵּׂר תְּעַשֵּׂר" (דברים יד, כב) מפי השמועה למדו שזה הוא מעשר שני.

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To separate the second tithe so that it can be eaten by its owners in Jerusalem, as [Deuteronomy 14:22] states: "You shall surely tithe...." According to the oral tradition, we learn that this refers to the second tithe.


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 129
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להיות הלוים מפרישין מעשר מן המעשר שלקחו מישראל ונותנין אותו לכהנים, שנאמר: "וְאֶל הַלְוִיִּם תְּדַבֵּר" (במדבר יח, כו).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
For the Levites to separate a tenth from the tenth which they took from the Israelites and give it to the priests, as [Numbers 18:27] states: "Speak to the Levites:...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 130
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להפריש מעשר עני תחת מעשר שני בשלישית ובשישית בשבוע, שנאמר: "מִקְצֵה שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים תּוֹצִיא אֶת כָּל מַעְשַׂר תְּבוּאָתְךָ" (דברים יד, כח).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To separate the tithe for the poor instead of the second tithe in the third and sixth years of the seven-year [agricultural cycle], as [Deuteronomy 14:28] states: "At the end of three years, remove a tithe of all your crops...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 131
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להתוודות וידוי מעשר, שנאמר: "ואמרת לפני ה' אלוהיך ביערתי הקודש" (דברים כו,יג).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To give thanks, [reciting] the declaration concerning the tithes, as [Deuteronomy 26:13] states: "And you shall declare before God, your Lord, `I have removed the sacred [foods]...."'


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 132
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לקרות על הביכורים, שנאמר: "וענית ואמרת לפני ה' אלוהיך" (דברים כו,ה).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To read the statement [acknowledging thanks] for the first fruits, as [Deuteronomy 26:5] states: "And you shall respond and say before God, your Lord:...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 133
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להפריש חלה לכוהן, שנאמר: "ראשית, עריסותיכם--חלה, תרימו תרומה" (במדבר טו,כ).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To separate *challah* [and give it] to the priest, as [Numbers 15:20] states: "The first of your dough, the *challah,* you shall separate as an offering...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 134
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להשמיט קרקע, שנאמר: "והשביעית תשמטנה ונטשתה" (שמות כג,יא).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To let the land lie fallow [in the seventh year], as [Exodus 23:11] states: "In the seventh year, you shall let it lie fallow and withdraw from it."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 135
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לשבות מעבודת הארץ, שנאמר: "בחריש ובקציר, תשבות" (שמות לד,כא).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To refrain from agricultural work [in the seventh year], as [Exodus 34:21] states: "From plowing and harvesting, you shall rest."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 136
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לקדש שנת יובל בשביתה כשמיטה, שנאמר: "וקידשתם, את שנת החמישים" (ויקרא כה,י).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To sanctify the Jubilee year by refraining [from agricultural work], as is done in the *shemitah,* as [Leviticus 25:10] states: "And you shall sanctify the fiftieth year...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 137
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לתקוע בשופר בשנת היובל, שנאמר: "והעברת שופר תרועה" (ויקרא כה,ט).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To sound the shofar in the Jubilee year, as [Leviticus 25:9] states: "And you shall sound the shofar blasts."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 138
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ליתן גאולה לארץ בשנת היובל, שנאמר: "ובכול, ארץ אחוזתכם, גאולה, תיתנו לארץ" (ויקרא כה,כד).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To free all land in the Jubilee year, as [Leviticus 25:24] states: "For all your ancestral lands, there will be redemption for the land."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 139
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להיות גאולה בבתי ערי חומה עד שנה, שנאמר: "ואיש, כי ימכור בית מושב" (ויקרא כה,כט).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To allow houses in a walled city to be redeemed within a year, as [Leviticus 25:29] states: "If a person shall sell a residential house in a walled city...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 140
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למנות שני יובל שנים ושמיטים, שנאמר: "וספרת לך, שבע . . ." (ויקרא כה,ח).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To count the years of the Jubilee year and the *shemitah* years within it, as [Leviticus 25:8] states: "And you shall count seven *shemitah* years."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 141
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להשמיט כספים בשביעית, שנאמר: "שמוט כל בעל משה ידו" (דברים טו,ב).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To remit all financial [obligations] in the seventh year, as [Deuteronomy 15:2] states: "Every creditor must remit...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 142
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לנגוש לנוכרי, שנאמר: "את הנוכרי, תיגוש; ואשר יהיה לך" (דברים טו,ג).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To seek to collect [a debt] from a gentile [in the seventh year], as [Deuteronomy 15:3] states: "Seek to collect [a debt] from a gentile. However, what your brother owes you must remit...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 143
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ליתן מן הבהמה לכוהן הזרוע והלחיים והקיבה, שנאמר: "ונתן, לכוהן, הזרוע" (דברים יח,ג).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To give a priest the shankbone, the jaw, and the maw from an animal [which is slaughtered], as [Deuteronomy 18:3] states: "And you shall give the priest the shankbone...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 144
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ליתן ראשית הגז לכוהן, שנאמר: "וראשית גז צאנך--תיתן לו" (דברים יח,ד).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To give the first portion of the fleece to a priest, as [Deuteronomy 18:4] states: "Give him the first portion of the shearing of your sheep."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 145
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לדון בדיני חרמים, מהם לה' ומהם לכוהן, שנאמר: "אך כל חרם אשר יחרים" (ויקרא כז,כח).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To render judgment with regard to property which is dedicated, whether dedicated to God or dedicated to the priests, as [Leviticus 27:28] states: "However, any dedication that will be made...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 146
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לשחוט בהמה חיה ועוף ואחר כך יאכל בשרם, שנאמר: "וזבחת מבקרך ומצאנך" (דברים יב,כא).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To slaughter an animal, beast, or fowl and afterwards to eat their meat, as [Deuteronomy 12:21] states: "And you shall slaughter your cattle and your sheep."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 147
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לכסות דם חיה ועוף, שנאמר: "ושפך, את דמו, וכיסהו, בעפר" (ויקרא יז,יג).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To cover the blood of beasts and fowl [which are slaughtered], as [Leviticus 17:13] states: "And you shall pour out its blood and cover it with dust."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 148
[Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 148](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishneh%20Torah%2C%20Positive%20Mitzvot/r/148)

לשלח הקן, שנאמר: "שלח תשלח את האם ואת הבנים תיקח לך" (דברים כב,ז).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To send away [the mother bird] from the nest [when taking the young], as [Deuteronomy 22:7] states: "You shall surely send away the mother."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 149
[Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 149](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishneh%20Torah%2C%20Positive%20Mitzvot/r/149)

לבדוק בסימני בהמה, שנאמר: "זאת החיה אשר תאכלו" (ויקרא יא,ב).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To check the signs [with which] animals [are identified], as kosher, as [Leviticus 11:2] states: "These are the animals which you may eat...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 150
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לבדוק בסימני העוף עד שיבדיל בין טמא לטהור, שנאמר: "כל ציפור טהורה, תאכלו" (דברים יד,יא).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To check the signs of fowl in order to differentiate between one which is kosher and one which is not kosher, as [Deuteronomy 14:11] states: "All birds which...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 151
[Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 151](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishneh%20Torah%2C%20Positive%20Mitzvot/r/151)

לבדוק בסימני חגבים לידע טהור מן הטמא, שנאמר: "אשר לו כרעיים" (ויקרא יא,כא).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To check the signs of grasshoppers in order to know which is kosher and which is not kosher, as [Leviticus 11:21] states: "Those which possess jointed [leg like] extensions...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 152
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לבדוק בסימני דגים, שנאמר: "את זה, תאכלו, מכול, אשר במים" (ויקרא יא,ט; דברים יד,ט).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To check the signs [with which] fish [are identified as kosher], as [Leviticus 11:9] states: "These are the animals which you may eat from all that is found in water...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 153
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לקדש חודשים ולחשב שנים וחודשים בבית דין בלבד, שנאמר: "החודש הזה לכם, ראש חודשים" (שמות יב,ב).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To sanctify the months and to calculate the years and months. [This mitzvah is incumbent on] the court alone, as [Exodus 12:2] states: "This month will be for you the first of the months."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 154
[Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 154](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishneh%20Torah%2C%20Positive%20Mitzvot/r/154)

לשבות בשבת, שנאמר: "וביום השביעי תשבות" (שמות כג,יב; שמות לד,כא).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To rest on the Sabbath, as [Exodus 23:12] states: "Rest on the seventh day...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 155
[Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 155](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishneh%20Torah%2C%20Positive%20Mitzvot/r/155)

לקדש שבת, שנאמר: "זכור את יום השבת, לקדשו" (שמות כ,ז).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To sanctify the Sabbath, as [Exodus 20:8] states: "Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 156
[Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 156](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishneh%20Torah%2C%20Positive%20Mitzvot/r/156)

לבער חמץ, שנאמר: "ביום הראשון, תשביתו שאור מבתיכם" (שמות יב,טו).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To destroy *chametz* [before Pesach], as [Exodus 12:15] states: "On the day before [the holiday], obliterate *chametz* from your homes."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 157
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לספר ביציאת מצריים בלילה הראשון של חג המצות, שנאמר: "והגדת לבנך" (שמות יג,ח).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To relate the narrative of the exodus of Egypt on the first night of the Feast of Matzot, as [Exodus 13:8] states: "And you shall tell your son on that day,...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 158
[Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 158](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishneh%20Torah%2C%20Positive%20Mitzvot/r/158)

לאכול מצה בליל זה, שנאמר: "בערב, תאכלו, מצות" (שמות יב,יח).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To eat *matzah* on this night, as [Exodus 12:18] states: "In the evening, you shall eat *matzot*."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 159
[Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 159](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishneh%20Torah%2C%20Positive%20Mitzvot/r/159)

לשבות בראשון של פסח, שנאמר: "וביום הראשון, מקרא קודש" (שמות יב,טז).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To rest on the first day of Pesach, as [Exodus 12:16] states: "And on the first day, it shall be a sacred holiday."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 160
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לשבות בשביעי בו, שנאמר: "וביום השביעי, מקרא קודש" (שמות יב,טז; במדבר כח,כה).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To rest on the seventh day [of the festival], as [Exodus 12:16] states: "On the seventh day, there will be a sacred holiday."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 161
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לספור מקצירת העומר תשעה וארבעים יום, שנאמר: "וספרתם לכם, ממוחרת השבת" (ויקרא כג,טו).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To count 49 days from the harvesting of the *omer,* as [Leviticus 23:15] states: "And you shall count from the day following the day of rest...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 162
[Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 162](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishneh%20Torah%2C%20Positive%20Mitzvot/r/162)

לשבות ביום חמישים, שנאמר: "וקראתם בעצם היום הזה, מקרא קודש" (ויקרא כג,כא).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To rest on the fiftieth day [after Pesach], as [Leviticus 23:21] states: "And you shall proclaim a sacred holiday on that selfsame day."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 163
[Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 163](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishneh%20Torah%2C%20Positive%20Mitzvot/r/163)

לשבות בראשון של חודש השביעי, שנאמר: "באחד לחודש, יהיה לכם שבתון" (ויקרא כג,כד).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To rest on the first day of the seventh month, as [Leviticus 23:24] states: "On the first day of [this] month, you shall have a day of rest."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 164
[Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 164](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishneh%20Torah%2C%20Positive%20Mitzvot/r/164)

להתענות בעשירי בו, שנאמר: "ובעשור לחודש תענו את נפשותיכם" (ראה ויקרא טז,כט; במדבר כט,ז).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To fast on the tenth [of this month, Yom Kippur,] as [Leviticus 16:29] states: "On the tenth of the month, you shall afflict your souls."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 165
[Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 165](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishneh%20Torah%2C%20Positive%20Mitzvot/r/165)

לשבות ביום הצום, שנאמר: "שבת שבתון" (ויקרא טז,לא; ויקרא כג,לב).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To rest on [this] fast day, as [Leviticus 16:31] states: "It shall be a Sabbath of Sabbaths...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 166
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לשבות בראשון של חג הסוכות, שנאמר: "ביום הראשון, מקרא קודש" (ויקרא כג,לה).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To rest on the first day of the festival of Sukkot, as [Leviticus 23:35] states: "On the first day, there shall be a sacred holiday."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 167
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לשבות בשמיני של חג, שנאמר: "וביום השמיני מקרא קודש" (ראה ויקרא כג,לו).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To rest on the eighth day of the festival of Sukkot, as [Leviticus 23:36] states: "On the eighth day, there shall be a sacred holiday."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 168
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לישב בסוכה שבעת ימים, שנאמר: "בסוכות תשבו, שבעת ימים" (ויקרא כג,מב).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To dwell in a sukkah for seven days, as [Leviticus 23:42] states: "And you shall dwell in sukkot for seven days."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 169
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ליטול לולב, שנאמר: "ולקחתם לכם ביום הראשון, פרי עץ הדר כפות תמרים" (ויקרא כג,מ).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To take the lulav [and the other three species on Sukkot], as [Leviticus 23:40] states: "And you shall take for yourselves on the first day, the fruit of a beautiful tree, a palm branch,...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 170
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לשמוע קול שופר בראש השנה, שנאמר: "יום תרועה, יהיה לכם" (במדבר כט,א).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To hear the sound of the shofar on Rosh HaShanah, as [Numbers 29:1] states: "It will be a day of [shofar] blasts for you."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 171
[Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 171](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishneh%20Torah%2C%20Positive%20Mitzvot/r/171)

ליתן מחצית השקל בכל שנה ושנה, שנאמר: "זה ייתנו, כל העובר על הפקודים" (שמות ל,יג).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To give a half-shekel each year, as [Exodus 30:13] states: "This shall be given by all those included in the census...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 172
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לשמוע מכל נביא שיהיה בכל דור ודור אם לא יוסיף ולא יגרע, שנאמר: "אליו, תשמעון" (דברים יח,טו).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To listen to any prophet who will arise in any era, provided he does not add or detract [from the Torah's commandments], as [Deuteronomy 18:15] states: "You shall listen to him."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 173
[Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 173](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishneh%20Torah%2C%20Positive%20Mitzvot/r/173)

למנות מלך, שנאמר: "שום תשים עליך מלך" (דברים יז,טו).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To appoint a king, as [Deuteronomy 17:15] states: "You shall surely set a king upon yourselves."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 174
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לשמוע מכל בית דין הגדול שיעמדו להם לישראל, שנאמר: "ועל המשפט אשר יאמרו לך--תעשה" (דברים יז,יא).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To obey the High Court regarding all [the ordinances] they establish for Israel, as [Deuteronomy 17:11] states: "Carry out the judgment which they render for you."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 175
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לנטות אחרי רבים אם תהיה מחלוקת בין הסנהדרין בדינין, שנאמר: "אחרי רבים--להטות" (שמות כג,ב).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To follow the majority if there is a difference of opinion in the *Sanhedrin* concerning a law, as [Exodus 23:2] states: "Follow after the majority."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 176
[Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 176](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishneh%20Torah%2C%20Positive%20Mitzvot/r/176)

למנות שופטים ושוטרים בכל קהל וקהל מישראל, שנאמר: "שופטים ושוטרים, תיתן לך" (דברים טז,יח).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To appoint judges and court officers in each and every Jewish community, as [Deuteronomy 16:18] states: "Appoint judges and court officers...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 177
[Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 177](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishneh%20Torah%2C%20Positive%20Mitzvot/r/177)

להשוות בין בעלי דינין בשעה שעומדין בדין, שנאמר: "בצדק, תשפוט עמיתך" (ויקרא יט,טו).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To treat litigants equally when they appear [in court] to be judged, as [Leviticus 19:15] states: "Judge your fellow man with righteousness."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 178
[Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 178](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishneh%20Torah%2C%20Positive%20Mitzvot/r/178)

להעיד בבית דין למי שיש לו עדות, שנאמר: "והוא עד, או ראה או ידע" (ויקרא ה,א).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
For anyone who has evidence to testify in court, as [Leviticus 5:1] states: "If he was a witness, saw, or knew...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 179
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לחקור העדים הרבה, שנאמר: "ודרשת וחקרת ושאלת, היטב" (דברים יג,טו).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To cross-examine the witnesses thoroughly, as [Deuteronomy 13:15] states: "You must investigate and probe, making careful enquiry."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 180
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לעשות לעדים זוממין כמו שזמו לעשות, שנאמר: "ועשיתם לו, כאשר זמם" (דברים יט,יט).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To [punish] false witnesses [by] giving them the same penalty that they wish to have imposed [on the defendant], as [Deuteronomy 19:19] states: "And you shall do to him what he plotted to do to his brother."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 181
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לערוף את העגלה כמצותה, שנאמר: "וערפו שם את העגלה, בנחל" (דברים כא,ד).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To decapitate the calf [brought as atonement for an unsolved murder] as required, as [Deuteronomy 21:4] states: "You shall decapitate the calf there in the river."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 182
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להכין שש ערי מקלט, שנאמר: "תכין לך, הדרך, ושילשת" (דברים יט,ג).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To prepare six refuge cities, as [Deuteronomy 19:3] states: "Prepare the way and divide into three [the boundary]...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 183
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לתת ללויים ערים לשבת, וגם הן קולטות, שנאמר: "ונתנו ללויים . . . ערים" (במדבר לה,ב).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To give the Levites cities in which to dwell - they also serve as refuge centers - as [Numbers 35:2] states: "And you shall give cities to the Levites...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 184
[Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 184](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishneh%20Torah%2C%20Positive%20Mitzvot/r/184)

לעשות מעקה, שנאמר: "ועשית מעקה לגגך" (דברים כב,ח).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To construct a guard rail, as [Deuteronomy 22:8] states: "And you shall construct a guard rail for your roof."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 185
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לאבד עבודה זרה וכל משמשיה, שנאמר: "אבד תאבדון את כל המקומות" (דברים יב,ב).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To destroy false gods and all their objects of worship, as [Deuteronomy 12:2] states: "You shall surely destroy...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 186
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להרוג אנשי עיר הנידחת ולשרוף את העיר, שנאמר: "ושרפת באש את . . . כל שללה" (דברים יג,יז).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To slay the inhabitants of an apostate city and burn the city, as [Deuteronomy 13:17] states: "And you shall burn the city and all its spoil with fire."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 187
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לאבד שבעה עממים מארץ ישראל, שנאמר: "החרם תחרימם" (דברים כ,יז).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To destroy the seven nations [that dwelled in] *Eretz Yisrael,* as [Deuteronomy 20:17] states: "You shall utterly destroy them."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 188
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להכרית זרעו של עמלק, שנאמר: "תמחה את זכר עמלק" (דברים כה,יט).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To exterminate the seed of Amalek, as [Deuteronomy 25:19] states: "Blot out the memory of Amalek."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 189
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לזכור מה שעשה לנו עמלק תדיר, שנאמר: "זכור, את אשר עשה לך עמלק" (דברים כה,יז).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To constantly remember what Amalek did to us, as [Deuteronomy 25:17] states: "Remember what Amalek did to you."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 190
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לעשות במלחמת הרשות כמשפט הכתוב בתורה, שנאמר: "כי תקרב אל עיר" (דברים כ,י).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To wage a voluntary war according to the laws prescribed by the Torah, as [Deuteronomy 20:10] states: "When you approach the city...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 191
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למשוח כוהן למלחמה, שנאמר: "והיה, כקורבכם אל המלחמה; וניגש הכוהן" (דברים כ,ב).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To anoint a priest [who will address the people before] battle, as [Deuteronomy 20:2] states: "And it shall come to pass, when you approach the battle, the priest will come forward and speak to the people...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 192
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להתקין יד במחנה, שנאמר: "ויד תהיה לך, מחוץ למחנה" (דברים כג,יג).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To prepare a place [outside] the [army] camp [for use as a latrine], as [Deuteronomy 23:13] states: "Prepare a place for yourselves outside the camp."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 193
[Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 193](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishneh%20Torah%2C%20Positive%20Mitzvot/r/193)

להתקין יתד, שנאמר: "ויתד תהיה לך, על אזנך" (דברים כג,יד).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To prepare a shovel [to cover one's excrement], as [Deuteronomy 23:14] states: "You shall have a shovel in addition to your weapons."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 194
[Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 194](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishneh%20Torah%2C%20Positive%20Mitzvot/r/194)

להשיב את הגזל, שנאמר: "והשיב את הגזילה אשר גזל" (ויקרא ה,כג).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To return a stolen object, as [Leviticus 5:23] states: "And he shall return the object which he stole."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 195
[Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 195](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishneh%20Torah%2C%20Positive%20Mitzvot/r/195)

ליתן צדקה, שנאמר: "פתוח תפתח את ידך" (דברים טו,ח; דברים טו,יא).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To give charity, as [Deuteronomy 15:8] states: "You shall surely open your hand [to your poor brother]."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 196
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להעניק לעבד עברי, שנאמר: "הענק תעניק, לו" (דברים טו,יד); וכן אמה עברייה.

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To give a severance gift to a Hebrew servant, as [Deuteronomy 15:14] states: "You shall surely give him gifts...." Similarly, [this gift is given] to a Hebrew maidservant.


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 197
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להלוות לעני, שנאמר: "אם כסף תלווה את עמי" (שמות כב,כד); "אם" זה אינו רשות אלא מצוה, שנאמר: "והעבט, תעביטנו" (דברים טו,ח).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To lend to the poor, as [Exodus 22:24] states: "If you will lend money to my people...." In this instance, the word "if" does not refer to a matter left to one's volition, but to a commandment, as [Deuteronomy 15:8] states: "You shall surely lend him."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 198
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להלוות לנוכרי בריבית, שנאמר: "לנוכרי תשיך" (דברים כג,כא); מפי השמועה למדו שזו מצות עשה.

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To lend to a gentile at interest, as [Deuteronomy 23:21] states: "Take interest from a gentile." Based on the oral tradition, we have learned that this is a positive commandment.


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 199
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להשיב המשכון לבעליו, שנאמר: "השב תשיב לו את העבוט" (דברים כד,יג).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To return security to its owner, as [Deuteronomy 24:13] states: "You shall surely return the security to him."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 200
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ליתן שכר שכיר בזמנו, שנאמר: "ביומו תיתן שכרו" (דברים כד,טו).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To pay a worker his wage on time, as [Deuteronomy 24:15] states: "Pay him his wage on the day it is due."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 201
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להיות השכיר אוכל בזמן שכירותו, שנאמר: "כי תבוא בכרם ריעך" (דברים כג,כה), "כי תבוא בקמת ריעך" (דברים כג,כו).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
For a hired worker to be allowed to eat [from produce] while he is working with it, as [Deuteronomy 23:25-26] states: "When you enter your neighbor's vineyard... When you enter your neighbor's standing grain...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 202
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לעזוב מעל חברו או מעל בהמתו, שנאמר: "עזוב תעזוב, עימו" (שמות כג,ה).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To assist a colleague in unloading a burden which he or his beast [is carrying], as [Exodus 23:5] states: "You shall surely help him."b


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 203
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להקים המשא על הבהמה, שנאמר: "הקם תקים, עימו" (דברים כב,ד).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To [help a colleague] load a burden unto a beast, as [Deuteronomy 22:4] states: " You shall lift it up with him."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 204
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להשיב האבידה, שנאמר: "השב תשיבם, לאחיך" (דברים כב,א).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To return a lost object, as [Deuteronomy 22:1] states: "You shall surely return them to your brother."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 205
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להוכיח החוטא, שנאמר: "הוכח תוכיח את עמיתך" (ויקרא יט,יז).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To rebuke a person who sins, as [Leviticus 19:17] states: "You shall surely rebuke your fellow men."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 206
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לאהוב כל בני אדם מבני ברית, שנאמר: "וְאָהַבְתָּ לְרֵעֲךָ כָּמוֹךָ" (ויקרא יט, יח).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To love every member of our people, as [Leviticus 19:18] states: "And you shall love your neighbor as yourself."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 207
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לאהוב את הגר, שנאמר: "ואהבתם את הגר" (דברים י, יט).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To love a convert, as [Deuteronomy 10:19] states: "And you shall love a convert."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 208
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לצדק מאזניים עם המשקלות, שנאמר: "מאזני צדק אבני צדק" (ויקרא יט, לו).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To balance scales with correct weights, as [Leviticus 19:36] states: "You shall have correct scales, with correct weights."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 209
[Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 209](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishneh%20Torah%2C%20Positive%20Mitzvot/r/209)

לכבד החכמים, שנאמר: "מפני שיבה תקום" (ויקרא יט, לב).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To honor the Sages, as [Leviticus 19:32] states: "Rise before an elder."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 210
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לכבד אב ואם, שנאמר "כַּבֵּד אֶת אָבִיךָ וְאֶת אִמֶּךָ" (שמות כ, יא); (דברים ה, טו).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To honor one's father and mother, as [Exodus 20:12] states: "Honor your father and mother."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 211
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ליראה מאב ואם, שנאמר: "אִישׁ אִמּוֹ וְאָבִיו תִּירָאוּ" (ויקרא יט, ג).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To fear one's father and mother, as [Leviticus 19:3] states: "A person must fear his mother and his father."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 212
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לפרות ולרבות, שנאמר: "פרו ורבו" (בראשית ט, ז).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To be fruitful and multiply, as [Genesis 9:7] states: "Be fruitful and multiply."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 213
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לבעול בקידושין, שנאמר: "כי יקח איש אשה ובא אליה" (דברים כב, יג) וראה דברים כד, א.

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To have sexual relations [only within] marriage, as [Deuteronomy 24:1] states: "If a man takes a woman [as a wife]...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 214
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לשמח חתן את אשתו שנה, שנאמר: "נקי יהיה לביתו שנה אחת" (דברים כד, ה).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
For a groom to rejoice together with his wife for a year, as [Deuteronomy *24:5]* states: "He shall be free for his home for one year."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 215
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למול את הבן, שנאמר: "וביום השמיני ימול בשר ערלתו" (ויקרא יב, ג).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To circumcise a son, as [Leviticus 12:3] states: "On the eighth day, the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised."⁹ 7:6.)

footnotes:
⁹ The Rambam cites this verse, rather than a verse from Genesis, Chapter 17, which describes the circumcision of Abraham, because he prefers to cite a prooftext that was given after the giving of the Torah. Nevertheless, we also learn some particulars regarding this mitzvah from the passage from Genesis. (See also the Rambam's Commentary on the Mishnah, Chulin


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 216
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לייבם אשת אח, שנאמר: "יבמה יבוא עליה" (דברים כה,ה).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To marry the widow of one's brother who died childless, as [Deuteronomy 25:5] states: "Her *yavam* shall come unto her."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 217
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לחלוץ ליבם, שנאמר: "וחלצה נעלו מעל רגלו" (דברים כה,ט).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To remove the *yavam's* shoe [if he does not marry his brother's widow], as [Deuteronomy 25:9] states: "And she shall remove his shoe from his foot."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 218
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לישא אונס שנאמר: "ולו תהיה לאישה" (דברים כב,כט).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
For a rapist to marry the woman he raped, as [Deuteronomy 22:29] states: "She shall become his wife."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 219
[Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 219](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishneh%20Torah%2C%20Positive%20Mitzvot/r/219)

לישב מוציא שם רע עם אשתו כל ימיו, שנאמר: "ולו תהיה לאישה" (דברים כב,יט).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
For a person who made defamatory remarks about his wife to remain married to her for his entire life, as [Deuteronomy 22:19] states: "She shall become his wife. He may not send her away for his entire life."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 220
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לדון במפתה בחמישים שקל עם שאר דינין, שנאמר: "כי יפתה איש" (שמות כב,טו).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To carry out the judgment concerning a seducer, fining him fifty shekels and carrying out the other laws regarding this matter, as [Exodus 22:15] states: "If a person will seduce...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 221
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לעשות ליפת תואר ככתוב, שנאמר: "וראית, בשביה, אשת, יפת תואר" (דברים כא,יא).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To carry out the procedure [the Torah] prescribes for *a yefat to'ar,* as [Deuteronomy 21:11] states: "And if you see a beautiful woman among the captives...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 222
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לגרש בשטר, שנאמר: "וכתב לה ספר כריתות ונתן בידה" (דברים כד,א; דברים כד,ג).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To divorce with a *get,* as [Deuteronomy 24:1] states: "And he shall write a bill of divorce for her and place it in her hand."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 223
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לעשות לסוטה כתורה, שנאמר: "ועשה לה הכוהן, את כל התורה הזאת" (במדבר ה,ל).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To carry out the [procedure] prescribed for a *sotah,* as [Numbers 5:30] states: "And the priests will carry out all these laws for her."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 224
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להלקות הרשעים, שנאמר: "והפילו השופט והכהו" (דברים כה,ב).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To whip the wicked, as [Deuteronomy 25:2] states: "The judge will cast him down and beat him."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 225
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להגלות רוצח בשגגה, שנאמר: "וישב בה, עד מות הכוהן" (במדבר לה,כה).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To exile a person who accidentally kills a person, as [Numbers 35:25] states: "And he shall dwell there until the High Priest dies...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 226
[Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 226](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishneh%20Torah%2C%20Positive%20Mitzvot/r/226)

להיות בית דין הורגין בסיף, שנאמר: "נקום, יינקם" (שמות כא,כ).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
For a court to execute by decapitation, as [Exodus 21:20] states: "Revenge shall surely be taken."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 227
[Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 227](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishneh%20Torah%2C%20Positive%20Mitzvot/r/227)

להיות בית דין הורגין בחנק, שנאמר: "מות יומת הנואף, והנואפת" (ויקרא כ,י).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
For a court to execute by strangulation, as [Leviticus 20:10] states: "The adulterer and the adulteress shall die."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 228
[Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 228](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishneh%20Torah%2C%20Positive%20Mitzvot/r/228)

להיות בית דין שורפין באש, שנאמר: "באש ישרפו אותו, ואתהן" (ויקרא כ,יד).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
For a court to execute by burning [the condemned] with fire, as [Leviticus 20:14] states: "They shall burn him and them with fire."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 229
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להיות בית דין סוקלין באבנים, שנאמר: "וסקלתם אותם" (דברים כב,כד).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
For a court to execute by stoning [the condemned] with stones, as [Deuteronomy 22:24] states: "And you shall stone them."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 230
[Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 230](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishneh%20Torah%2C%20Positive%20Mitzvot/r/230)

לתלות מי שנתחייב תלייה, שנאמר: "ותלית אותו, על עץ" (דברים כא,כב).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To hang [the corpses] of those liable for hanging, as [Deuteronomy 21:22] states: "And you shall hang them on a gallows."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 231
[Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 231](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishneh%20Torah%2C%20Positive%20Mitzvot/r/231)

לקבור הנהרג ביומו, שנאמר: "כי קבור תקברנו ביום ההוא" (דברים כא,כג).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To bury [the body of] an executed person on the day of his execution, as [Deuteronomy 21:22] states: "For you shall surely bury him on that day."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 232
[Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 232](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishneh%20Torah%2C%20Positive%20Mitzvot/r/232)

לדון בעבד עברי כהלכותיו, שנאמר: "כי תקנה עבד עברי" (שמות כא,ב).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To carry out the laws concerning a Hebrew servant, as [Exodus 21:2] states: "When you purchase a Hebrew servant...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 233
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לייעד אמה עברייה, שנאמר: "אשר לו יעדה" (שמות כא,ח), "ואם לבנו, ייעדנה" (שמות כא,ט).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To marry a Hebrew maidservant, as [Exodus 21:8] states: "Who has designated her for himself... and she will be redeemed."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 234
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לפדות אמה עברייה, שנאמר: "והפדה" (שמות כא,ח).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To redeem a Hebrew maidservant, as [Exodus, ibid.] states: "And she will be redeemed."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 235
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לעבוד בעבד כנעני לעולם, שנאמר: "לעולם, בהם תעבודו" (ויקרא כה,מו).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To have a Canaanite servant serve forever, as [Leviticus 25:46] states: "You shall have them serve you forever."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 236
[Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 236](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishneh%20Torah%2C%20Positive%20Mitzvot/r/236)

להיות החובל משלם ממון, שנאמר: "וכי יריבון אנשים--והכה איש" (שמות כא,יח).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
For a person who injures [a colleague] to pay him damages, as [Exodus 21:18] states: "If men will quarrel and one man will strike [his colleague]...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 237
[Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 237](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishneh%20Torah%2C%20Positive%20Mitzvot/r/237)

לדון בנזקי בהמה, שנאמר: "וכי ייגוף שור איש את שור ריעהו" (שמות כא,לה).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To judge regarding the damages caused by an ox, as [Exodus 21:35] states: "If an ox belonging to one person gores an ox belonging to a colleague...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 238
[Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 238](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishneh%20Torah%2C%20Positive%20Mitzvot/r/238)

לדון בנזקי הבור, שנאמר: "כי יפתח איש בור" (שמות כא,לג).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To judge regarding the damages caused by a pit, as [Exodus 21:33] states: If a person will open a pit...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 239
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לדון לגנב בתשלומין או במיתה, שנאמר: "וכי יגנוב" (ראה שמות כא,לז), "אם במחתרת" (שמות כב,א), "וגונב איש ומכרו" (שמות כא,טז).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To judge a thief, obligating him for payment or execution, as [Exodus 21:37] states: "Should a theft be perpetrated," as [Exodus 22:1] states: "If when breaking in," and, as [Exodus 21:16] states: "If one kidnaps a person and sells him,…. "¹⁰

footnotes:
¹⁰ The Rambam cites these different verses because each involves a different punishment. (See also Negative Mitzvot 243 and 244.)


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 240
[Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 240](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishneh%20Torah%2C%20Positive%20Mitzvot/r/240)

לדון בנזקי הבער, שנאמר: "כי יבער איש, שדה או כרם" (שמות כב,ד).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To judge regarding the damages caused by grazing, as [Exodus 22:4] states: "If a person will graze [his animals] in a field or vineyard...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 241
[Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 241](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishneh%20Torah%2C%20Positive%20Mitzvot/r/241)

לדון בנזקי האש, שנאמר: "כי תצא אש ומצאה קוצים" (שמות כב,ה).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To judge regarding the damages caused by fire, as [Exodus 22:5] states: "If fire will break out and catch in thorns...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 242
[Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 242](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishneh%20Torah%2C%20Positive%20Mitzvot/r/242)

לדון בדין שומר חינם, שנאמר: "כי ייתן איש אל ריעהו כסף או כלים" (שמות כב,ו).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To render judgment [in questions] regarding an unpaid watchman, as [Exodus 22:6] states: "If a person will give a colleague money or utensils [to watch]...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 243
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לדון בדין נושא שכר ושוכר, שנאמר: "כי ייתן איש אל ריעהו חמור או שור" (שמות כב,ט).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To render judgment [in questions] regarding a paid watchman, as [Exodus 22:9] states: "Should a person give a donkey or an ox...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 244
[Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 244](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishneh%20Torah%2C%20Positive%20Mitzvot/r/244)

לדון בדין השואל, שנאמר: "וכי ישאל איש מעם ריעהו" (שמות כב,יג).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To render judgment [in questions] regarding a borrower, as [Exodus 22:13] states: "If a person will borrow from a colleague...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 245
[Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 245](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishneh%20Torah%2C%20Positive%20Mitzvot/r/245)

לדון בדין מקח וממכר, שנאמר: "וכי תמכרו ממכר לעמיתך" (ויקרא כה,יד).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To render judgment [in questions] regarding business transactions, as [Leviticus 22:14] states: "If you sell merchandise to your colleague...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 246
[Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 246](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishneh%20Torah%2C%20Positive%20Mitzvot/r/246)

לדון בדין טוען וכופר, שנאמר: "על כל דבר פשע" (שמות כב,ח).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To render judgment [in questions] regarding claims made by one person against another, as [Exodus 22:8] states: "For every matter of trespass, concerning an ox, concerning a donkey, or concerning a sheep...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 247
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להציל הנרדף ואפילו בנפש הרודף, שנאמר: "וקצותה, את כפה" (דברים כה,יב).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To save a person who is being pursued even if it is necessary to kill the pursuer, as [Deuteronomy 25:12] states: "And you shall cut off her hand...."


###### Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot 248
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לדון בדיני נחלות, שנאמר: "איש כי ימות, ובן אין לו" (במדבר כז,ח).

**Mishneh Torah, trans. by Eliyahu Touger. Jerusalem, Moznaim Pub. c1986-c2007:**
To render judgment [in questions] regarding inheritances as [Numbers 27:8] states: "If a person dies without having a son...."