This section is named קדושת הגוף וקדושת דמים.

Commandment 532 of the 613 commandments deals with the rules pertaining to an attractive female prisoner of war a soldier wishes to wed.

Commandment 533 prohibits the sale of such a prisoner of war once she has become the soldier's wife. The Torah (21,14) writes: "She must not be sold."

Commandment 534 forbids the soldier to rape or otherwise abuse such a prisoner of war after the initial intercourse. The Torah (21,14) warns: "You must not enslave her."

Commandment 535 provides for the hanging of a corpse in cases where the Torah has provided for this procedure. The Torah (21,22) states: "You must hang him on a tree."

Commandment 536 rules that people who have been executed by due process must be buried. The same applies to people who have died normally. The Torah (21,23) demands: "You must make sure that you bury him on the same day (the day of the execution)."

Comandment 537 forbids leaving overnight a corpse which has been hanged without burying it. The Torah (21,23) says: "You must not allow his corpse to remain hanging on the tree."

Commandment 538 stipulates that found objects must be returned to the person who has lost same. The Torah (22,1) states: "You must make repeated efforts to restore them" (the lost animal or object).

Commandment 539 forbids one to ignore a stray animal (which obviously belongs to someone). The Torah (22,1) says: "Do not ignore them."

Commandment 540 orders us to assist in loading a person or an animal when they need assistance. The Torah (22,4) says: "You must help him raise it."

Commandment 541 forbids us to ignore the plight of an animal or human being which has broken down under an excess load. We must assist in helping remove the load ensuring that the person or animal can get up. The Torah (22,4) says: "You must not watch the ass of your brother break down, etc…..and ignore the situation."

Commandment 542 prohibits a man from wearing women's jewelry.

Commandment 543 forbids a women from wearing man's jewelry or clothing, such as a uniform, etc. The Torah (22,5) warns: "Men's clothing should not be worn by women nor women's clothing by men."

Commandment 544 enjoins us to send away the mother bird before snatching the eggs or fledglings from her nest. The Torah (22,6) says: "Let the mother go and take only her young."

Commandment 545 forbids taking the mother bird and leaving the fledglings. The Torah (22,6) writes: "Do not take the mother together with the young."

Commandment 546 requires us to build a fence around the edges of our roofs to help prevent someone falling off. The Torah (22,8) directs: "Construct a railing."

Commandment 547 forbids the placing of obstacles anywhere within our houses or our country. The Torah (22,8) says: "Do not bring bloodguilt on your house."

Commandment 548 forbids the planting of grain in the midst of a vineyard. The Torah (22,9) writes: "You shall not sow your vineyard with a second variety."

Commandment 549 prohibits eating the proceeds of such a mixture. The Torah (22,9) continues: "And the yield of the vineyard may not be used."

Commandment 550 forbids the use of two differnt species of animals in pulling one plow. The Torah (22,10) writes: "You shall not plow with an ox and an ass together."

Commandment 551 forbids the wearing of a mixture of wool and linen. The Torah (22,11) says: "Do not wear cloth combining wool and linen."

Commandment 552 legislates that marrying a woman must involve certain means of קנין, acquisition. The Torah (22,13) says: "When a man acquires a woman, etc."

Commandment 553 provides that a person who has defamed a woman's chastity unjustly must marry her provided she was betrothed to him. The Torah (22,14) says: "She will become his wife."

Commandment 554 forbids the husband of such a woman to divorce her. The Torah (22,19) writes: "He cannot send her away as long as he lives."

Commandment 555 stipulates that the penalty of stoning must be carried out on persons guilty of such punishment. The Torah (22,21) says: "The people of her town shall stone her to death."

Commandment 556 states that someone who commits a sin under duress (such as rape) must not be punished. The Torah (22,26) writes: "Do not do anything to the girl."

Commandment 557 provides that a rapist must marry his victim. The Torah (22,29) states: "She will be his wife."

Commandment 558 forbids the husband of a woman he has raped ever to divorce her. The Torah (22,29) writes: "He cannot divorce her as long as he lives."

Commandment 559 forbids a castrated man from marrying a Jewish girl. The Torah (23,2) says: "No one whose testes are crushed or whose member is cut off shall be admitted into the congregation of the Lord."

Commandment 560 forbids a Mamzer (product of a forbidden sexual union) to marry an Israelite. The Torah (23,3) says: "A Mamzer must not become a member of the congregation of Israel."

Commandment 561 stipulates that a Moabite or Ammonite must not marry an Israelite woman. The Torah (23,4) states so expressly.

Commandment 562 prohibits denying members of descendants of Esau who wish to join the Jewish people from doing so. The Torah (23,8) writes: "Do not abhor the Edomite."

Commandment 563 prohibits excluding the Egyptians from joining Judaism. The Torah (23„8) says: "Do not abhor the Egyptian."

Commandment 564 enjoins us from actively promoting the welfare of the Ammonites or Moabites. The Torah (23,7) says: "Do not concern yourself with their welfare as long as you live."

Commandment 565 stipulates that someone who is ritually impure must not enter the camp of the Levites. The Torah (23,11) says: "Anyone who is not pure must not enter the Levites' camp while in such a state."

Commandment 566 directs that provision must be made outside the camp for sites where to relieve oneself. The Torah (23,13) says: "You shall have a place, etc."

Commandment 567 directs that one must equip oneself with suitable tools to bury one's excrement. The Torah (23,14) says: "With your gear you shall have a spike, etc."

Commandment 568 forbids a Jew to extradite a Gentile slave who escaped into Israel or who escaped from a Gentile master within Israel to a Jewish environment. The Torah (23,16) says: "Do not extradite a slave who escaped."

Commandment 569 prohibits us from exploiting such a slave. The Torah (23,17) says: "You must not ill-treat him."

Commandment 570 enjoins you from having sexual intercourse with a woman who did not receive a marriage contract from you. The Torah (23,18) states: "No Israelite woman shall be a prostitute."

Commandment 571 prohibits that the payment for the services of a whore or the proceeds from the sale of a dog be offered as a sacrifice on the altar in the Holy Temple. The Torah (23,19) writes: "You shall not bring the fee of a whore or the pay of a dog to the house of the Lord."

Commandments 572 and 573 forbid a Jew to either charge or accept interest payments in any transaction with a fellow-Jew. The Torah (23,20) warns: "Do not deduct interest from loans to your countrymen." On the other hand the Torah directs in verse 21 that we should charge interest to a Gentile. This is the interpretation of Maimonides. The author of the Semag disagrees and feels that charging or paying of interest in dealings with a Gentile is permitted but not obligatory.

Commandment 574 directs that any vows must be paid up not later than the third of the three festivals which involve a pilgrimage to Jerusalem and the Holy Temple. The Torah (23,22) states: "Do not be tardy in fulfilling your vow."

Commandment 575 warns us to fulfil verbal commitments. The Torah (23,24) states: "You must fulfil what crosses your lips."

Commandment 576 directs that hired workers must be permitted to eat while harvesting crops of the fields or of the tree. The Torah (23,25) writes: "When you enter another man's vineyard and you eat grapes you may do so until you are full."

Commandment 577 forbids said labourer to "fill a doggie bag," i.e. to take home from such harvested fruit instead of personally consuming it on the site. The Torah (23,25) adds: "You must not put any in your vessel."

Commandment 578 prohibits a labourer who eats while working to eat from any produce that is still attached to a tree or to the ground. The Torah (23,26) says: "You must not put a sickle to your neighbour's grain."

Commandment 579 stipulates that divorce proceedings must be confirmed by a valid document. The Torah (24,1) states: "He will have to write her a document of divorce."

Commandment 580 forbids the former husband of a divorcee to remarry her if the divorcee has in the meantime been married to someone else. The Torah (24,4) states: "Her first husband must not take her back after she has become defiled, etc."

Commandment 581 exempts a groom from military draft for the first full year of his marriage. The Torah (24,5) writes: "He shall not go to war or be drafted for any other communal service; he shall be free for his house for a full year."

Commandment 582 is an order to the newly wed groom to make his wife happy for an entire year. This is the second half of 24,5, i.e. "He shall give happiness to his wife whom he has wed."

Commandment 583 forbids the lender to take the cooking utensils of the borrower as collateral for a loan. The Torah (24,6) states: "A handmill, etc., shall not be taken in pawn."

Commandment 584 forbids a person afflicted with a skin exzema, צרעת, to remove any symptoms of the disease. The Torah (24,8) says: "Be careful to do in accordance with the instructions of the priest, etc."

Commandment 585 forbids taking collateral by force, without the presence of a representative of the court. The Torah (24,10) warns: "Do not enter his house to seize his pledge."

Commandment 586 instructs the holder of the pawn to return it to the borrower at the time he is in need of it (if he needs it nightly). The Torah (24,12) says: "If he is a poor man do not sleep while in possession of his pledge."

Commandment 587 addresses the holder of a pawn which may occasionally be needed by the poor man from whom it was taken as a pledge, to return it when it is required. The Torah (24,13) says: "You must surely restore the pledge to him."

Commandment 588 instructs the employer of day-labourers to pay the labourer's wages on time, i.e. at the end of the working day. The Torah (24,14) writes: "On his day you must pay him his wages."

Commandment 589 forbids relatives to testify on behalf of their kin. The Torah (24,16) says: "Fathers must not be executed on the strength of the testimony of their children."

Commandment 590 warns us not to subvert the law of the stranger, orphan or widow.

Commandment 591 forbids the taking of the garment of a widow as a pledge. The Torah (24,17) writes: "You shall not take a widow's garment as a pawn."

Commandment 592 instructs the farmer to leave forgotten sheaves for the poor.

Commandment 593 forbids the farmer to go back and collect such forgotten sheaves. The Torah (24,19) writes: "Do not go back to collect it."

Commandment 594 instructs the court to administer the penalty of 39 lashes to the party that is guilty of such punishment.

Commandment 595 warns the person administering this penalty not to administer any excess lashes, nor to administer more lashes than the amount the guilty party is considered able to absorb without endangering his health. The Torah (25,3) states: "He may administer up to 40 lashes, no more."

Commandment 596 warns the farmer not to muzzle the ox at the time it threshes the grain. The Torah (25,4) writes: "Do not muzzle the ox while it is threshing."

Commandment 597 legislates that the widow surviving a husband who died without children must not marry a stranger (other than her brother-in-law). The Torah (25,5) instructs: "The wife of the deceased shall not be married to a stranger."

Commandment 598 instructs one of the surviving brothers to marry his widowed sister-in-law. The Torah (25,5) writes: "Her husband's brother shall unite with her."

Commandment 599 provides for the ceremony of Chalitzah in the event none of the surviving brothers of the deceased is prepared to marry this widow. The Torah (25,9) writes: "She will pull off his sandal, etc."

Commandment 600 instructs us to save a person who is in danger from pursuit by a murderer even if this must involve killing the potential murderer, i.e. the pursuer. The Torah (25,12) states: "You shall cut off her hand."

Commandment 601 commands us not to show pity to the pursuer. The Torah (25,12) says: "Do not show pity."

Commandment 602 forbids us to have different size stones purporting to be the same weight. The Torah (25,13) says: "You shall not have them in your pouch."

Commandment 603 is an instruction to remember what Amalek did to the Jewish people when he attacked us in the desert in noman's land. The Torah (25,17) says: "Remember what Amalek did to you."

Commandment 604 is an instruction to wipe out the descendants of Amalek. The Torah (25,19) states: "Blot out the memory of Amalek."

Commandment 605 is an injunction never to forget what Amalek did to our ancestors when they came out of Egypt.