Gate Four

The detailed explanation of the level of Tzaddik

To be a Tzaddik, (that is, someone who successfully battles his evil inclination-Yetzer HaRa and keeps it in check), one must be zealous in fulfilling all the mitzvot that apply in our times, with all his might. Now, since there are several opinions regarding how to enumerate the 613 mitzvot, I will present them first according to Rambam (Maimonides), of blessed memory. Following this I will present additional mitzvot according to the count of other Torah authorities and the Zohar, including the enumeration of the positive mitzvot of the Torah, as well as the positive mitzvot of the Scribes. These will be divided into five sections:

1. Mitzvot that are applicable during the prayers of the regular weekdays. 2) Mitzvot that are dependent on time-factors. 3) Mitzvot that are applicable when the opportunity arises. 4) Mitzvot that a person must pursue to fulfill them. 5) Mitzvot that are not within a person’s ability to pursue. Rather, the Holy One, blessed is he, brings about the opportunity to fulfill them. They are as follows:

1. To realize HaShem’s-יהו"ה existence⁷⁹ when reciting the verse,⁸⁰. “Listen Israel, HaShemיהו"ה- is our God;” to realize HaShem’s-יהו"ה unity when completing the verse with the words, “*HaShem-*יהו"ה is One;”⁸¹ to put fringes (Tzitzit) upon a four-cornered garment and to wrap oneself in it;⁸² to don the head Tefillin⁸³ according to the opinions of Rashi, Rabbeinu Tam, Shimoosha Rabba [and Raavad], to don the arm Tefillin in like manner;⁸⁴ to recite the Shema Yisrael twice daily;⁸⁵ to pray the Amidah prayer every day; to remember what Amalek did to us every day when answering, “Amen, Yehei Shmei Rabbah” during Kaddish and when reciting,⁸⁶ recital “Draw us close to Your Great Name, [*HaShem-*יהו"ה] our King,” as scripture says,⁸⁷ “For a hand is [raised in oath] by the throne of God, ‘HaShem-יהו"ה will wage war against Amalek from generation to generation;’”⁸⁸ to confess every day⁸⁹ after the Amidah prayer and during the prayer of, “Shema Koleinu;” and that the Cohanim should bless the congregation of Israel every day.⁹⁰

footnotes: ⁷⁹ Sefer HaMitzvoth, positive mitzvah 1 ⁸⁰ Deuteronomy 6:4 – The Shema Yisroel ⁸¹ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 2 ⁸² Ibid. pos. mitzvah 14 ⁸³ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 12 ⁸⁴ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 13 ⁸⁵ Ibid. pos mitzvah 10 ⁸⁶ In the blessings of the Shema ⁸⁷ Exodus 17:16 ⁸⁸ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 189 ⁸⁹ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 73 ⁹⁰ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 26

2. To recite Kiddush on wine at the commencement of Shabbat and Havdalah at its conclusion;⁹¹ to cease all activity that is forbidden on Shabbat;⁹² to nullify Chametz in his heart on the fourteenth of the month of Nissan.⁹³ To recite the story of the exodus from Egypt from the Hagadah on the first night of Passover (Pesach);⁹⁴ to cease all activity that is forbidden on the first day of Passover;⁹⁵ to eat Matzah on the first night of Passover;⁹⁶ to cease all forbidden activity on the seventh day of Passover;⁹⁷ to rejoice on the three holidays of Passover, Shavuot and Sukkot, and to gladden his wife, his children and the poor, each in the appropriate fashion;⁹⁸ to count Sefirat HaOmer for forty-nine full days, beginning with the evening of the sixteenth of the month of Nissan;⁹⁹ to cease all forbidden activity on the holiday of Shavuot;¹⁰⁰ to cease all forbidden activity on Rosh HaShanah;¹⁰¹ to hear the sound of the shofar on Rosh HaShanah;¹⁰² to cease all forbidden activity on Yom Kippur;¹⁰³ to fast on Yom Kippur;¹⁰⁴ to cease all forbidden activity on the first day of Sukkot;¹⁰⁵ to cease all forbidden activity on Shemini Atzeret;¹⁰⁶ to dwell in a *Succah-*booth for the seven days of Sukkot;¹⁰⁷ to wave the four species on the first day of Sukkot.¹⁰⁸

footnotes: ⁹¹ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 155 ⁹² Ibid. pos. mitzvah 154 ⁹³ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 156 ⁹⁴ Ibid. pos mitzvah 157 ⁹⁵ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 159 ⁹⁶ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 158 ⁹⁷ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 160 ⁹⁸ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 54 ⁹⁹ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 161 ¹⁰⁰ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 162 ¹⁰¹ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 163 ¹⁰² Ibid. pos. mitzvah 170 ¹⁰³ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 165 ¹⁰⁴ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 164 ¹⁰⁵ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 166 ¹⁰⁶ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 167 ¹⁰⁷ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 168 ¹⁰⁸ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 169

3. To write a Sefer Torah;¹⁰⁹ to affix a mezuzah on the doorposts of the house;¹¹⁰ to recite grace after meals;¹¹¹ to learn and teach Torah every day;¹¹² to be fruitful and multiply;¹¹³ to marry by way of Kiddushin;¹¹⁴ to circumcise one’s male-child;¹¹⁵ to separate challah from dough in the land of Israel;¹¹⁶ to give charity;¹¹⁷ to lend to the poor;¹¹⁸ to return a deposit on time,¹¹⁹ to make a hand-rail on one’s roof;¹²⁰ to honor the Cohanim;¹²¹ to honor Torah scholars;¹²² to honor one’s father and mother;¹²³ to respect one’s father and mother;¹²⁴ to love one’s fellow Jews;¹²⁵ to love converts;¹²⁶ to pay one’s employees on time;¹²⁷ to feed one’s employees;¹²⁸ to check for the signs of kosher domesticated and undomesticated animals;¹²⁹ to check for the signs of kosher fowl;¹³⁰ to check for the signs of kosher fish,¹³¹ and locust;¹³² to mourn upon the death of one’s close relatives;¹³³ to rebuke one’s fellow if he strays from the ways of Torah and mitzvot;¹³⁴ to keep your word by fulfilling that which you have uttered to fulfill;¹³⁵ to adhere to HaShem-יהו"ה,¹³⁶ and to go in His ways,¹³⁷ to fear *HaShem-יהו"ה,*¹³⁸ to distance oneself from sin, to love¹³⁹ HaShem-יהו"ה in all the ways that our sages, of blessed memory, mentioned.

footnotes: ¹⁰⁹ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 18 ¹¹⁰ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 15 ¹¹¹ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 19 ¹¹² Ibid, pos. mitzvah 11 ¹¹³ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 212 ¹¹⁴ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 213 ¹¹⁵ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 215 ¹¹⁶ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 133 ¹¹⁷ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 195 ¹¹⁸ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 197 ¹¹⁹ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 199 ¹²⁰ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 184 ¹²¹ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 32 ¹²² Ibid. pos mitzvah 209 ¹²³ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 210 ¹²⁴ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 211 ¹²⁵ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 206 ¹²⁶ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 207 ¹²⁷ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 200 ¹²⁸ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 201 ¹²⁹ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 149 ¹³⁰ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 150 ¹³¹ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 152 ¹³² Ibid. pos. mitzvah 151 ¹³³ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 37 ¹³⁴ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 205 ¹³⁵ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 94 ¹³⁶ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 6 ¹³⁷ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 8 (To imitate His good and upright ways.) ¹³⁸ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 4 ¹³⁹ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 3

4. To separate the “Big Terumah offering;¹⁴⁰ to separate the tithed Terumah;¹⁴¹ to separate the first tithing,¹⁴² to separate the second tithing,¹⁴³ to separate the tithing for the poor,¹⁴⁴ to leave the harvest of the corner of the field or orchard for the poor (Peah);¹⁴⁵ to leave the gleanings of the harvest for the poor (Lekket);¹⁴⁶ to leave the forgotten sheaves for the poor (Shichechah),¹⁴⁷ to leave the single grapes of the vineyard for the poor (Perret),¹⁴⁸ and to leave the gleanings of the vineyard for the poor (Oleloth);¹⁴⁹ to redeem a firstborn donkey,¹⁵⁰ to break the neck of a firstborn donkey if you do not wish to redeem it;¹⁵¹ that the fruit of fruit-bearing trees be sanctified (Kodesh) in the fourth year of their planting (Neta Revaee);¹⁵² to give the priest the due portions of the carcass of cattle, the shoulder, the two cheeks, and the maw (Zroa Lechayaim VeKeibah);¹⁵³ To give the first fleece of the shearing to the Cohen;¹⁵⁴ to return a lost object;¹⁵⁵ to return a stolen object;¹⁵⁶ To lend to non-Jews with interest;¹⁵⁷ to compel non-Jews to pay their debts;¹⁵⁸ to destroy idolatry;¹⁵⁹ to correct scales, weights and measures;¹⁶⁰ to help unload an animal that is buckling under its load,¹⁶¹ and to help reload it;¹⁶² to swear in HaShem’s-יהו"ה name at court;¹⁶³ to send away the mother bird;¹⁶⁴ to properly slaughter domesticated and undomesticated animals and fowl;¹⁶⁵ to cover the blood of the slaughtered undomesticated animal and fowl;¹⁶⁶ to cry out and plead to HaShem-יהו"ה during prayer;¹⁶⁷ to blast trumpets or ram horns in times of public emergency;¹⁶⁸ to cease working the land every seventh year;¹⁶⁹ not to sell the fruits of the seventh year,¹⁷⁰ although there is a controversy as to whether this is of biblical or rabbinic origin; To divorce with a bill of divorce (Get);¹⁷¹ that the Nazarite permit his hair to grow;¹⁷² to save the pursued;¹⁷³ that the rapist marry the raped,¹⁷⁴ and that he not be permitted to divorce her for the duration of his life;¹⁷⁵ to sanctify the Name HaShem-יהו"ה, blessed is He, with self-sacrifice;¹⁷⁶ to appoint judges and marshals;¹⁷⁷ to regard both sides of a litigation equally;¹⁷⁸ to testify at court;¹⁷⁹ to convict false witnesses;¹⁸⁰ to interrogate the witnesses;¹⁸¹ that a groom remain with his bride for the first full year of marriage;¹⁸² to decide in cases of annulment of vows according to the rules set forth in Torah;¹⁸³ to pay damages for destroyed or damaged property,¹⁸⁴ to pay for damages caused by one’s animal,¹⁸⁵ and damages caused by the tooth,¹⁸⁶ pit¹⁸⁷ or fire,¹⁸⁸ damages of an unpaid keeper,¹⁸⁹ a paid keeper¹⁹⁰ and a borrower;¹⁹¹ business laws;¹⁹² laws of claims¹⁹³ and inheritance;¹⁹⁴ payments for theft;¹⁹⁵ to render and pass judgment according to the majority of judges.¹⁹⁶

footnotes: ¹⁴⁰ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 126 – Terumah Gedolah ¹⁴¹ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 129 – Terumat Ma’aser ¹⁴² Ibid. pos. mitzvah 127 – Ma’aser Rishon ¹⁴³ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 128 – Ma’aser Sheini ¹⁴⁴ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 130 – Ma’aser Ani ¹⁴⁵ Ibid. pos mitzvah 120 ¹⁴⁶ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 121 ¹⁴⁷ Ibid. pos mitzvah 122 ¹⁴⁸ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 124 ¹⁴⁹ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 123 ¹⁵⁰ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 81 ¹⁵¹ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 82 ¹⁵² Ibid. pos. mitzvah 119 ¹⁵³ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 143 ¹⁵⁴ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 144 ¹⁵⁵ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 204 ¹⁵⁶ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 194 ¹⁵⁷ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 198 ¹⁵⁸ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 142 ¹⁵⁹ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 185 ¹⁶⁰ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 208 ¹⁶¹ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 202 ¹⁶² Ibid. pos. mitzvah 203 ¹⁶³ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 7 ¹⁶⁴ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 148 ¹⁶⁵ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 146 ¹⁶⁶ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 147 ¹⁶⁷ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 5 ¹⁶⁸ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 59 ¹⁶⁹ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 135 ¹⁷⁰ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 134 ¹⁷¹ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 222 ¹⁷² Ibid. pos mitzvah 92 ¹⁷³ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 247 ¹⁷⁴ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 218 ¹⁷⁵ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 219 ¹⁷⁶ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 9 ¹⁷⁷ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 176 ¹⁷⁸ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 177 ¹⁷⁹ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 178 ¹⁸⁰ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 180 ¹⁸¹ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 179 ¹⁸² Ibid. pos. mitzvah 214 ¹⁸³ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 95 ¹⁸⁴ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 236 ¹⁸⁵ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 237 ¹⁸⁶ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 240 ¹⁸⁷ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 238 ¹⁸⁸ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 241 ¹⁸⁹ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 242 ¹⁹⁰ Ibid. pos mitzvah 243 ¹⁹¹ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 242 ¹⁹² Ibid. pos. mitzvah 245 ¹⁹³ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 246 ¹⁹⁴ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 248 ¹⁹⁵ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 194 ¹⁹⁶ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 175

5. To redeem the first-born son;¹⁹⁷ levirate marriage;¹⁹⁸ to perform the Chalitzah ceremony thereby exempting one from levirate marriage.¹⁹⁹

footnotes: ¹⁹⁷ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 80 ¹⁹⁸ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 216 ¹⁹⁹ Ibid. pos. mitzvah 217

The following mitzvot are of Rabbinic origin:

Lighting the Shabbat candles;²⁰⁰ lighting the Chanukah lights;²⁰¹ hearing the reading of the book of Esther;²⁰² washing one’s hands when waking from sleep and before meals;²⁰³ the laws of enclosures (Eruvin),²⁰⁴ including enclosures of courtyards (Eiruv Chatzeirot), enclosures of localities on Shabbat for the purpose of a mitzvah (Eiruv Techumin), enclosures for the purpose of cooking on a holiday for Shabbat (Eiruv Tavshilin), enclosures between alleyways (Shitoophei Mevouoth); The four fast days²⁰⁵ of the 17th of Tammuz, the 9th of Av, the 3rd of Tishrei, the 10th of Tevet, as well as the fast of Esther, and fasting on special decreed fast days of public emergency.²⁰⁶

footnotes: ²⁰⁰ Talmud Bavli, Shabbat 25b; Mishneh Torah, Hilchot Shabbat 5:1 ²⁰¹ Talmud Bavli, Shabbat 21b; Mishneh Torah, Megillah v’Chanukah 3:3; ²⁰² Talmud Bavli, Megillah 3a; Mishneh Torah, Megillah v’Chanukah 1:1 ²⁰³ Talmud Bavli, Brachot 60b; Shabbat 108b; Chullin 106a; Mishneh Torah, Brachot Ch. 6. ²⁰⁴ See Talmud Bavli, Tracate Eruvin; Mishneh Torah, Hilchot Eruvin ²⁰⁵ See Talmud Bavli, Tractate Ta’anit ²⁰⁶ The seventh mitzvah of Rabbinical origin is the recitation of blessings on things from which one derives benefit (Birchat HaNehenin), which is mentioned later in Part Three, Gate Eight. See Talmud Bavli, Brachot 35a; Menachot 43b and elsewhere.

The following are Torah mitzvoth according to other Torah authorities and according to the Holy Zohar:

To recall the exodus from Egypt while reciting the verses about Tzitzit day and night;²⁰⁷ to remember the Shabbat day every day;²⁰⁸ to remember the day of the giving of the Torah;²⁰⁹ to remember that we angered HaShem-יהו"ה in the desert;²¹⁰ to remember the incident involving Miriam;²¹¹ to make a special blessing before reading the Torah;²¹² to look upon the Tzitzit while reciting “and you shall look upon it;”²¹³ to fully repent;²¹⁴ to have fear of HaShem-יהו"ה when reciting the order of the sacrifices in the morning and when reciting the Pesookei D’Zimra which follow them; to love HaShem-יהו"ה during the blessing of “An eternal love etc.,”²¹⁵ and during the verse,²¹⁶ “And you shall love HaShem-יהו"ה your God” etc., to bless Him with “Yishtabach” and in “Yotzer Ohr” and in “Yotzer HaMeorot” and during the seven blessings that accompany the “Shema” morning and evening; to sanctify HaShem’s-יהו"ה name by potentially giving over one’s soul unto death when reciting the verse,²¹⁷ “Listen Israel, HaShem-יהו"ה is our G-d, HaShem-יהו"ה is one;” to sanctify His name when reciting “Nakdeeshach;” to give one’s soul over unto death and to adhere to Him when reciting the verse, “To You HaShem-יהו"ה, I give over my soul;”²¹⁸ to know that HaShem-יהו"ה is God when reciting the verse, “Shema Yisroel – Listen Israel, HaShem-יהו״ה is our God, HaShem-יהו״ה is one,” to delight on Shabbat;²¹⁹ to do the Havdalah ceremony at the end of the Holidays, to say the Hallel prayers at their specific times; to swear in His Name to fulfill a mitzvah; to recite special blessings when enjoying anything of the world;²²⁰ to afflict oneself with the five afflictions of the day of atonement-Yom Kippur;²²¹ to burn the leavening on the 14th day of Nissan;²²² to honor those who are advanced in years or in wisdom;²²³ to be modest in the lavatory;²²⁴ to praise Divine justice on all occasions;²²⁵ to give offerings to HaShem-יהו"ה from the choicest of our goods; to build a house of prayer;²²⁶ to destroy the name of idolatry,²²⁷ to only mention them for disgrace, to chop down an Asherah grove,²²⁸ to burn an Asherah grove,²²⁹ to break their idols,²³⁰ to destroy their high places,²³¹ to destroy their alters,²³² to destroy instruments used for idolatry;²³³ to separate from one’s wife before her menstrual period;²³⁴ to refrain from marital relations during her menstrual period;²³⁵ to have awe and fear of Torah scholars;²³⁶ to circumcise one’s heart;²³⁷ to love being rebuked;²³⁸ to go beyond the letter of the law in keeping the mitzvot;²³⁹ to walk wholeheartedly with HaShem-יהו"ה your God, and not go in the ways of the Chaldeans;²⁴⁰ to love one’s fellow Jew;²⁴¹ especially to always judge others favorably even when they are not before you;²⁴² to try to make peace between people;²⁴³ to give charity to the poor;²⁴⁴ To return any fixed interest charged to a Jew;²⁴⁵ to fulfill the laws that relate to saving a life and the perpetuation of life;²⁴⁶ to annul the vows of one’s wife and children;²⁴⁷ to instruct, render, and teach Torah law;²⁴⁸ that a judge must fulfill the verse,²⁴⁹ “Distance yourself from a false word;”²⁵⁰ to render proper Torah judgments in the laws that govern partnerships, divisions of land and inheritances, and all other types of legal claims and suits.

footnotes: ²⁰⁷ Talmud Bavli, Brachot 12b; Exodus 13:3; Deuteronomy 16:3 ²⁰⁸ Exodus 20:7 ²⁰⁹ Deuteronomy 4:9 ²¹⁰ Deuteronomy 9:7 ²¹¹ Deuteronomy 24:9 ²¹² Talmud Bavli, Brachot 21a ²¹³ Numbers 15:39; Talmud Bavli, Brachot 12b; Menachot 43b ²¹⁴ Mishneh Torah, Hilchot Teshuvah ²¹⁵ In the liturgy of the blessings of the Shema ²¹⁶ Deuteronomy 6:5, the first paragraph of the Shema recital ²¹⁷ Deuteronomy 6:4, the Shema ²¹⁸ Zohar II 200b, 202b; Zohar III 120b – The Nefilat Apayim prayer ²¹⁹ Talmud Bavli, Shabbat 118a; Mishneh Torah, Hilchot Shabbat Ch. 30 ²²⁰ Talmud Bavli, Brachot 35a ²²¹ Mishnah Yoma 8:1; Taanit 1:6; Mishneh Torah, Hilchot Shevitat Asor 1 ²²² Mishnah Pesachim 2:1 ²²³ Leviticus 19:32; Talmud Bavli, Kiddushin 32b and on; Mishneh Torah, Hilchot Talmud Torah, Ch. 6; Sefer HaMitzvot pos. mitzvah 209; Zohar HaRakia, pos. mitzvah 24 ²²⁴ Sefer Mitzvot Katan pos. mitzvah 57; Mishneh Torah, Hilchot De’ot, 5:6 ²²⁵ Sefer Mitzvot Gadol pos. mitzvah 17; Sefer Mitzvot Katan pos. mitzvah 5 ²²⁶ Mishneh Torah, Hilchot Tefilah 11:1 ²²⁷ Mishneh Torah, Hilchot Avoda Zarah 7:1 ²²⁸ Sefer Mitzvot Katan pos. mitzvah 39 ²²⁹ Sefer Mitzvot Katan pos. mitzvah 40 ²³⁰ Sefer Mitzvot Katan pos. mitzvah 38 ²³¹ Sefer Mitzvot Katan pos. mitzvah 41 ²³² Sefer Mitzvot Katan pos. mitzvah 42 ²³³ Sefer Mitzvot Katan pos. mitzvah 43 ²³⁴ Talmud Bavli, Niddah 63b; Mishneh Torah, Hilchot Issurei Bi’ah 4:12 ²³⁵ Mishneh Torah, Hilchot Issurei Bi’ah 4 ²³⁶ Talmud Bavli, Pesachim 22b; Bechorot 6b; Bava Kamma 41b; Mishneh Torah, Hilchot Talmud Torah 5:1; Sefer HaYirah 200 and elsewhere. ²³⁷ Deuteronomy 10:16; Sefer Mitzvot Katan pos. mitzvah 9 ²³⁸ Talmud Bavli, Tamid 28a; Sefer Mitzvot Katan pos. mitzvah 9 ²³⁹ Talmud Bavli, Bava Metziya 30b; Mishneh Torah, Hilchot Yesodei HaTorah 5:11; Hilchot De’ot 1:5 ²⁴⁰ Deuteronomy 18:13; Sefer Mitzvot Katan, pos. mitzvah 10 ²⁴¹ Leviticus 19:18; Mishneh Torah, Hilchot De’ot 6:3; Sefer HaMitzvot pos. mitzvah 206; Sefer Mitzvot Gadol pos. mitzvah 9; Sefer Mitzvot Katan pos. mitzvah 8 and elsewhere. ²⁴² Mishnah Avot 1:6; Talmud Bavli, Shabbat 127b; Sifra Kedoshim Ch. 4; Orchot Tzaddikim 25 ²⁴³ Mishnah Pe’ah 1:1; Avot 1:12; Mishneh Torah, Hilchot De’ot 5:7 ²⁴⁴ Leviticus 25:36; Mishneh Torah, Hilchot Matnot Aniyim 7:1 ²⁴⁵ Mishneh Torah, Hilchot Malveh v’Loveh 4:6-7 ²⁴⁶ Mishneh Torah, Hilchot Yesodei HaTorah 5:1 and elsewhere. ²⁴⁷ Mishneh Torah, Nedarim 3; Tur and Shulchan Aruch 341 and elsewhere. ²⁴⁸ Mishneh Torah, Hilchot Talmud Torah 4-5 ²⁴⁹ Exodus 23:7 ²⁵⁰ Sefer HaMitzvot neg. mitzvah 281; Sefer Yereim 235

The following positive mitzvot are of rabbinical origin:

To make vessels kosher through boiling them;²⁵¹ to ritually immerse new vessels in a ritual bath (Mikvah);²⁵² to search for any leavened bread (Chametz) on the night of the fourteenth of Nissan;²⁵³ to eat the bitter herb (Maror) on the first night of Passover;²⁵⁴ to recite blessings on all the mitzvot, and to bless HaShem-יהו״ה, blessed is He, for all the miracles and occurrences that happen to him;²⁵⁵ to read from the Torah scroll at the times that were affixed by Moshe, peace be upon him, on the Shabbat and festivals etc.²⁵⁶

footnotes: ²⁵¹ Sefer Mitzvot Katan, pos. mitzvah 198 ²⁵² Sefer Mitzvot Katan, pos. mitzvah 199 ²⁵³ Mishneh Torah, Hilchot Chametz u’Matzah 2:3 ²⁵⁴ Mishneh Torah, Hilchot Chametz u’Matzah 7:12 ²⁵⁵ Sefer Mitzvot Katan pos. mitzvah 150 ²⁵⁶ Talmud Bavli, Bava Kamma 82a