« Previous Positive Commandment 96 Next » Positive Commandment 98 The 97th mitzvah is that we are commanded regarding the tumah of the eight types of sheratzim.1 This mitzvah includes tumas sheretz and all its laws.2 Sefer HaMitzvot « Previous Positive Commandment 96 Next » Positive Commandment 98 Footnotes 1. See Lev. 11:29-38. Kaplan (The Living Torah, 1981) translates them as the weasel, mouse, ferret, hedgehog, chameleon, lizard, snail, and mole. 2. See Hilchos Shaar Avos HaTuma'os, Chapter 4.