Not to entertain thoughts of other gods besides Him- Exodus 20:3ģ. It must be noted that many of these commandments (such as all the commandments associated with sacrifices) are not practicable as long as there is no Temple in Jerusalem. The following list follows the opinion of Maimonides, as he lists them in his magnum opus, the Mishneh Torah. The arguments are for scholastic purposes only, for they do not disagree over any actual commandment whether it is mandatory or forbidden-they only disagree whether certain commandments are independent commandments, or perhaps they are part of another commandment and are not counted on their own.
Although they all agree on the vast majority of the commandments, they do disagree concerning a number of them. Several great Jewish scholars have compiled a complete listing of these mitzvahs. However, the Talmud does not provide us with a list of these commandments. The Talmud tells us (Tractate Makkot 23b) that there are 613 commandments (mitzvot) in the Torah 248 Positive Commandments (do's) and 365 Negative Commandments (do not's).
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