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Mitzvah; Mitzvot

Knowledge Base » Torah, The » Mitzvah; Mitzvot

Mitzvah; Mitzvot: (lit. “commandment”); one of the Torah’s 613 Divine commandments; a good deed or religious precept; according to Chassidut, the word mitzvah stems from the root tzavta, attachment, the mitzvah creating a bond between G-d who commands and man who performs.

Ahavat Yisrael (184)

Bikurim (first fruits) (12)

Blessings on Mitzvot (17)

Brit Milah (83)

Charity (301)

Comforting the Mourner (Nichum Aveilim) (7)

Edot, Chukim & Mishpatim (22)

Eglah Arufah (1)

Family Purity (27)

Grace After Meals (21)

Halvayat Ha-Met (Caring for the Dead) (3)

Hiddur Mitzvah (5)

Honoring Parents (48)

Joy of a Mitzvah, The (32)

Kiddush Hachodesh (14)

Kisuy HaDam (covering the blood of a slaughtered animal) (5)

Korbanot (75)

Kosher (158)

Maakeh (building a fence) (6)

Mezuzah (41)

Mitzvah Campaign, The Rebbe's (20)

Naaseh V'nishma (6)

Negative Speech (Lashon Hora) (48)

Object of a Mitzvah (10)

Perikah (assisting to unload an animal that has collapsed under its load) (1)

Peyot (1)

Positive & Negative Commandments (25)

Prayer (587)

Rabbinic Mitzvot (15)

Red Heifer, The Mitzvah of (12)

Returning a Lost Object (2)

Separating Challah (10)

Shabbat (527)

Shechitah (15)

Shemitah (25)

Shikchah (5)

Shiluach Ha-ken (Sending Away the Mother Bird) (7)

Shofar (62)

Sin (77)

Six Perpetual Mitzvot, The (2)

Sukkah (61)

Tefillin (94)

Ten Commandments (38)

Teshuvah (274)

Tallit and Tzitzit (64)

Visiting the Sick (8)

Women's mitzvot (8)

Tzavta V'chibur ("cleaving and attachment") (9)

Peru U'revu (the mitzvah of procreation) (2)

Ten Portals to Higher Living The Rebbe's 10-point mitzvah campaign

Where do I begin? Pick a mitzvah, any mitzvah... Here are ten suggested mitzvahs - ten ways to infuse higher meaning into your life and connect to your source and your people. (Click here for Flash Intro)

Jewish Practice » Mitzvahs & Traditions

Mitzvahs & Traditions Jewish traditions and mitzvah observances

Shabbat, kosher, mezuzah, tefillin, mikvah . . . The essence of Judaism is in its rituals and observances. A selection of websites offering information and guidance on some of the most basic mitzvot.

Jewish Practice

Mitzvah Minutes Just Do It!

Bottom line: how is the mitzvah done? This section gives you the basics of Jewish observances, short and to the point -- each mitzvah in about 300 words.

Jewish Practice » Mitzvahs & Traditions

The 613 Commandments

By Mendy Hecht

The Talmud tells us that there are 613 commandments in the Torah; 248 Positive Commandments (do's) and 365 Negative Commandments (do not's). Here's a complete list --as compiled by Maimonides.

Jewish Practice » Mitzvahs & Traditions

What Is a Mitzvah? The State of Being Connected

By Tzvi Freeman

The only way a Creator can connect with a creature is by a simple request.

Learning & Values » Essentials » Building Blocks of Jewish Thought

The Development

By Mattis Kantor

Two cows, they were, sharing a paddock on the same farm...

Learning & Values » Kabbalah & Jewish Mysticism » Chassidic Thought » Essays

The Longer Shorter Way

Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe

As the most direct and simple line between two points, it is misleadingly the surest way to town; but in truth, the "direct approach" is a dead end

Learning & Values » Kabbalah & Jewish Mysticism » Chassidic Thought » The Tanya » Concepts & Themes » Essays

Rules

By Yanki Tauber

As a rule, people don't like rules. We don't like restrictions; we don't like being told what to do

Learning & Values » Kabbalah & Jewish Mysticism » Chassidic Thought » Insights & Readings » By Yanki Tauber

Is G-d Religious?

By Simon Jacobson

If G-d transcends all limitation and definition, and religion is a set of laws and rituals and a list of things that one must or must not do, why would the way to relate to G-d be to impose further restriction and definition on our already finite and ...

Learning & Values » Kabbalah & Jewish Mysticism » Chassidic Thought » Insights & Readings » Other Authors

The Cosmology of the Mitzvot

By Avi Rabinowits

The physical realm as the "shadow" of the spiritual; the mitzvot as physical "symbols" that manipulate spiritual realities; matter as thye most compact form of energy; prayer as the language of the soul and the minyan as the "critical mass" that ...

Learning & Values » Kabbalah & Jewish Mysticism » Chassidic Thought » Essays

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