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The Commandments Which Can be Observed Today

This summary of the mitzvot is based on the Rambam and the Chofetz Chaim and compiled by Rabbi Yonah Bookstein (The Concise Book of Mitzvoth). These mitzvot are arranged according to where they appear in Rambam’s Mishna Torah.

Postive mitzvot are shown in green [CCP-#].
Negative mitzvot are in red [CCN-#].
Positive and negative mitzvot which apply only to those living Israel are in blue [CCI-#].

God

  1. To know that God exists (Ex. 20:2; Deut. 5:6) [CCP-1].
  2. Not to entertain the idea that there is any god but the Eternal (Ex. 20:3) [CCN-8].
  3. To hallow God's name (Lev. 22:32) [CCP-5].
  4. Not to profane God's name (Lev. 22:32) [CCN-155].
  5. To know that God is One, a complete Unity (Deut. 6:4) [CCP-2].
  6. To love God (Deut. 6:5) [CCP-3].
  7. To fear Him reverently (Deut. 6:13; 10:20) [CCP-4].
  8. To imitate His good and upright ways (Deut. 28:9) [CCP-6].

Torah

  1. To honor the old and the wise (Lev. 19:32)  [CCP-17].
  2. To learn Torah and to teach it (Deut. 6:7)  [CCP-14].
  3. To cleave to those who know Him (Deut. 10:20)  [CCP-16].
  4. Not to add to the commandments of the Torah (Deut. 13:1)  [CCN-159].
  5. Not to take away from the commandments of the Torah (Deut. 13:1)  [CCN-160].
  6. That every person shall write a scroll of the Torah for himself (Deut. 31:19)  [CCP-15].

Signs and Symbols

  1. To circumcise the male offspring (Gen. 17:12; Lev. 12:3)  [CCP-47].
  2. To put tzitzit on the corners of clothing (Num. 15:38)  [CCP-10].
  3. To bind tefillin on the head (Deut. 6:8)  [CCP-9].
  4. To bind tefillin on the arm (Deut. 6:8)  [CCP-8].
  5. To affix the mezuzah to the doorposts and gates of your house (Deut. 6:9)  [CCP-12].

Prayer and Blessings

  1. To pray to God (Ex. 23:25; Deut. 6:13)  [CCP-7].
  2. To read the Shema in the morning and at night (Deut. 6:7)  [CCP-11].
  3. To recite grace after meals (Deut. 8:10)  [CCP-13].
  4. Not to lay down a stone for worship (Lev. 26:1)  [CCN-161].

Love and Brotherhood

  1. To love all human beings who are of the covenant (Lev. 19:18) [CCP-60].
  2. Not to stand by idly when a human life is in danger (Lev. 19:16) [CCN-82].
  3. Not to wrong any one in speech (Lev. 25:17) [CCN-48].
  4. Not to carry tales (Lev. 19:16)[CCN-77].
  5. Not to cherish hatred in one's heart (Lev. 19:17) [CCN-78].
  6. Not to take revenge (Lev. 19:18) [CCN-80].
  7. Not to bear a grudge (Lev. 19:18) [CCN-81].
  8. Not to put any Jew to shame (Lev. 19:17) [CCN-79].
  9. Not to curse any other Israelite (Lev. 19:14) [CCN-45].
  10. Not to give occasion to the simple-minded to stumble on the road (Lev. 19:14) [CCN-76].
  11. To rebuke the sinner (Lev. 19:17) [CCP-72].
  12. To relieve a neighbor of his burden and help to unload his beast (Ex. 23:5) [CCP-70].
  13. To assist in replacing the load upon a neighbor's beast (Deut. 22:4) [CCP-71].
  14. Not to leave a beast, that has fallen down beneath its burden, unaided (Deut. 22:4)  [CCN-183].

The Poor and Unfortunate

  1. Not to afflict an orphan or a widow (Ex. 22:21)  [CCN-51].
  2. Not to reap the entire field (Lev. 19:9; Lev. 23:22) (negative)  [CCI-6].
  3. To leave the unreaped corner of the field or orchard for the poor (Lev. 19:9) (affirmative)  [CCI-1].
  4. Not to gather gleanings (Lev. 19:9) (negative)  [CCI-7].
  5. To leave the gleanings for the poor (Lev. 19:9) (affirmative)  [CCI-2].
  6. Not to gather ol'loth (the imperfect clusters) of the vineyard (Lev. 19:10) (negative)  [CCI-8].
  7. To leave ol'loth (the imperfect clusters) of the vineyard for the poor (Lev. 19:10; Deut. 24:21) (affirmative)  [CCI-3].
  8. Not to gather the peret (grapes) that have fallen to the ground (Lev. 19:10) (negative)  [CCI-9].
  9. To leave peret (the single grapes) of the vineyard for the poor (Lev. 19:10) (affirmative)  [CCI-4].
  10. Not to return to take a forgotten sheaf (Deut. 24:19) This applies to all fruit trees (Deut. 24:20) (negative)  [CCI-10].
  11. To leave the forgotten sheaves for the poor (Deut. 24:19-20) (affirmative)  [CCI-5].
  12. Not to refrain from maintaining a poor man and giving him what he needs (Deut. 15:7)  [CCN-62].
  13. To give charity according to one's means (Deut. 15:11)  [CCP-38].

Treatment of Gentiles

  1. To love the stranger (Deut. 10:19) [CCP-61].
  2. Not to wrong the stranger in speech (Ex. 22:20) [CCN-49].
  3. Not to wrong the stranger in buying or selling (Ex. 22:20) [CCN-50].
  4. Not to intermarry with gentiles (Deut. 7:3) [CCN-19].

Marriage, Divorce and Family

  1. To honor father and mother (Ex. 20:12) [CCP-41].
  2. Not to smite a father or a mother (Ex. 21:15) [CCN-44].
  3. Not to curse a father or mother (Ex. 21:17) [CCN-46].
  4. To reverently fear father and mother (Lev. 19:3) [CCP-42].
  5. To be fruitful and multiply (Gen. 1:28) [CCP-43].
  6. That a eunuch shall not marry a daughter of Israel (Deut. 23:2)[CCN-136].
  7. That a mamzer shall not marry the daughter of a Jew (Deut. 23:3) CCN-137].
  8. That there shall be no harlot (in Israel); that is, that there shall be no intercourse with a woman, without previous marriage with a deed of marriage and formal declaration of marriage (Deut. 23:18) [CCN-133].
  9. To take a wife by kiddushin, the sacrament of marriage (Deut. 24:1)  [CCP-44].
  10. Not to withhold food, clothing or conjugal rights from a wife (Ex. 21:10) [CCN-42].
  11. That one who divorced his wife shall not remarry her, if after the divorce she had been married to another man (Deut. 24:4) [CCN-134].
  12. That a widow whose husband died childless must not be married to anyone but her deceased husband's brother (Deut. 25:5) [CCN-135].
  13. To marry the widow of a brother who has died childless (Deut. 25:5) [CCP-45].
  14. That the widow formally release the brother-in-law (Deut. 25:7-9) [CCP-46].

Forbidden Sexual Relations

  1. Not to indulge in familiarities with relatives, such as kissing, embracing, winking, skipping, which may lead to incest (Lev. 18:6)  [CCN-110].
  2. Not to commit incest with one's mother (Lev. 18:7)  [CCN-112].
  3. Not to commit sodomy with one's father (Lev. 18:7)  [CCN-111].
  4. Not to commit incest with one's father's wife (Lev. 18:8)  [CCN-113].
  5. Not to commit incest with one's sister (Lev. 18:9)  [CCN-127].
  6. Not to commit incest with one's father's wife's daughter (Lev. 18:11)  [CCN-128].
  7. Not to commit incest with one's son's daughter (Lev. 18:10)  [CCN-119) 
  8. Not to commit incest with one's daughter's daughter (Lev. 18:10)  [CCN-119)
  9. Not to commit incest with one's daughter  [CCN-1-20].
  10. Not to commit incest with one's fathers sister (Lev. 18:12)  [CCN-129].
  11. Not to commit incest with one's mother's sister (Lev. 18:13)  [CCN-130].
  12. Not to commit incest with one's father's brothers wife (Lev. 18:14)  [CCN-125].
  13. Not to commit sodomy with one's father's brother (Lev. 18:14)  [CCN-114].
  14. Not to commit incest with one's son's wife (Lev. 18:15)  [CCN-115].
  15. Not to commit incest with one's brother's wife (Lev. 18:16)  [CCN-126].
  16. Not to commit incest with one's wife's daughter (Lev. 18:17)  [CCN-121].
  17. Not to commit incest with the daughter of one's wife's son (Lev. 18:17)  [CCN-122].
  18. Not to commit incest with the daughter of one's wife's daughter (Lev. 18:17)  [CCN-123].
  19. Not to commit incest with one's wife's sister (Lev. 18:18)  [CCN-131].
  20. Not to have intercourse with a woman, in her menstrual period (Lev. 18:19)  [CCN-132].
  21. Not to have intercourse with another man's wife (Lev. 18:20)  [CCN-124].
  22. Not to commit sodomy with a male (Lev. 18:22)  [CCN-116].
  23. Not to have intercourse with a beast (Lev. 18:23)  [CCN-117].
  24. That a woman shall not have intercourse with a beast (Lev. 18:23)  [CCN-118].
  25. Not to castrate the male of any species; neither a man, nor a domestic or wild beast, nor a fowl (Lev. 22:24)  [CCN-143].

Times and Seasons

  1. Not to travel on Shabbat outside the limits of one's place of residence (Ex. 16:29) [CCN-7].
  2. To sanctify Shabbat (Ex. 20:8)  [CCP-19].
  3. Not to do work on Shabbat (Ex. 20:10)  [CCN-6].
  4. To rest on Shabbat (Ex. 23:12; 34:21)  [CCP-20].
  5. To celebrate the festivals [Passover, Shavu'ot and Sukkot] (Ex. 23:14].
  6. To rejoice on the festivals (Deut. 16:14)  [CCP-21].
  7. To appear in the Sanctuary on the festivals (Deut. 16:16)  (affirmative].
  8. To remove chametz on the Eve of Passover (Ex. 12:15)  [CCP-22].
  9. To rest on the first day of Passover (Ex. 12:16; Lev. 23:7)  [CCP-25].
  10. Not to do work on the first day of Passover (Ex. 12:16; Lev. 23:6-7)  [CCN-147].
  11. To rest on the seventh day of Passover (Ex. 12:16; Lev. 23:8)  [CCP-27].
  12. Not to do work on the seventh day of Passover (Ex. 12:16; Lev. 23:8)  [CCN-148].
  13. To eat matzah on the first night of Passover (Ex. 12:18)  [CCP-23].
  14. That no chametz be in the Israelite's possession during Passover (Ex. 12:19)  [CCN-3].
  15. Not to eat any food containing chametz on Passover (Ex. 12:20)  [CCN-5].
  16. Not to eat chametz on Passover (Ex. 13:3)  [CCN-4].
  17. That chametz shall not be seen in an Israelite's home during Passover (Ex. 13:7)  [CCN-2].
  18. To discuss the departure from Egypt on the first night of Passover (Ex. 13:8)  [CCP-24].
  19. Not to eat chametz after mid-day on the fourteenth of Nissan (Deut. 16:3)  [CCN-104].
  20. To count forty-nine days from the time of the cutting of the Omer (first sheaves of the barley harvest) (Lev. 23:15)  [CCP-26].
  21. To rest on Shavu'ot (Lev. 23:21)  [CCP-28].
  22. Not to do work on the Shavu'ot (Lev. 23:21)  [CCN-149].
  23. To rest on Rosh Hashanah (Lev. 23:24)  [CCP-29].
  24. Not to do work on Rosh Hashanah (Lev. 23:25)  [CCN-150].
  25. To hear the sound of the shofar on Rosh Hashanah (Num. 29:1)  [CCP-30].
  26. To fast on Yom Kippur (Lev. 23:27)  [CCP-32].
  27. Not to eat or drink on Yom Kippur (Lev. 23:29)  [CCN-152].
  28. Not to do work on Yom Kippur (Lev. 23:31)  [CCN-151].
  29. To rest on the Yom Kippur (Lev. 23:32)  [CCP-31].
  30. To rest on the first day of Sukkot (Lev. 23:35)  [CCP-34].
  31. Not to do work on the first day of Sukkot (Lev. 23:35)  [CCN-153].
  32. To rest on the eighth day of Sukkot (Shemini Atzeret) (Lev. 23:36)  [CCP-37].
  33. Not to do work on the eighth day of Sukkot (Shemini Atzeret) (Lev. 23:36)  [CCN-154].
  34. To take during Sukkot a palm branch and the other three plants (Lev. 23:40)  [CCP-36].
  35. To dwell in booths seven days during Sukkot (Lev. 23:42)  [CCP-35].

Dietary Laws

  1. Not to eat the flesh of unclean beasts (Lev. 11:4)  [CCN-93].
  2. Not to eat unclean fish (Lev. 11:11)  [CCN-95].
  3. Not to eat unclean fowl (Lev. 11:13)  [CCN-94].
  4. Not to eat a worm found in fruit (Lev. 11:41)  [CCN-98].
  5. Not to eat of things that creep upon the earth (Lev. 11:41-42)  [CCN-97].
  6. Not to eat any vermin of the earth (Lev. 11:44)  [CCN-100].
  7. Not to eat things that swarm in the water (Lev. 11:43 and 46)  [CCN-99].
  8. Not to eat of winged insects (Deut. 14:19)  [CCN-96].
  9. Not to eat the flesh of a beast that is terefah (lit torn) (Ex. 22:30)  [CCN-87].
  10. Not to eat the flesh of a beast that died of itself (Deut. 14:21)  [CCN-86].
  11. To slay cattle, deer and fowl according to the laws of shechitah if their flesh is to be eaten (Deut. 12:21)  [CCP-48].
  12. Not to eat a limb removed from a living beast (Deut. 12:23)  [CCN-90].
  13. Not to slaughter an animal and its young on the same day (Lev. 22:28)  [CCN-108].
  14. Not to take the mother-bird with the young (Deut. 22:6)  [CCN-189].
  15. To set the mother-bird free when taking the nest (Deut. 22:6-7)  [CCP-74].
  16. Not to boil meat with milk (Ex. 23:19)  [CCN-91].
  17. Not to eat flesh with milk (Ex. 34:26) (according to the Talmud, this passage is a distinct prohibition from the one in Ex. 23:19)  [CCN-92].
  18. Not to eat the of the thigh-vein which shrank (Gen. 32:33)  [CCN-1].
  19. Not to eat chelev (tallow-fat) (Lev. 7:23)  [CCN-88].
  20. Not to eat blood (Lev. 7:26)  [CCN-89].
  21. To cover the blood of undomesticated animals (deer, etc.) and of fowl that have been killed (Lev. 17:13)  [CCP-49].
  22. Not to eat or drink like a glutton or a drunkard (not to rebel against father or mother) (Lev. 19:26; Deut. 21:20)  [CCN-106].

Business Practices

  1. Not to do wrong in buying or selling (Lev. 25:14)  [CCN-47].
  2. Not to make a loan to an Israelite on interest (Lev. 25:37)  [CCN-54].
  3. Not to borrow on interest (Deut. 23:20) (because this would cause the lender to sin)  [CCN-55].
  4. Not to take part in any usurious transaction between borrower and lender, neither as a surety, nor as a witness, nor as a writer of the bond for them (Ex. 22:24)  [CCN-53].
  5. To lend to a poor person (Ex. 22:24) (even though the passage says "if you lend" it is understood as obligatory)  [CCP-62].
  6. Not to demand from a poor man repayment of his debt, when the creditor knows that he cannot pay, nor press him (Ex. 22:24)  [CCN-52].
  7. Not to take in pledge utensils used in preparing food (Deut. 24:6)  [CCN-58].
  8. Not to exact a pledge from a debtor by force (Deut. 24:10)  [CCN-59].
  9. Not to keep the pledge from its owner at the time when he needs it (Deut. 24:12)  [CCN-61].
  10. To return a pledge to its owner (Deut. 24:13)  [CCP-63].
  11. Not to take a pledge from a widow (Deut. 24:17)  [CCN-60].
  12. Not to commit fraud in measuring (Lev. 19:35)  [CCN-83].
  13. To ensure that scales and weights are correct (Lev. 19:36) (affirmative].
  14. Not to possess inaccurate measures and weights (Deut. 25:13-14)  [CCN-84].

Employees, Servants and Slaves

  1. Not to delay payment of a hired man's wages (Lev. 19:13)  [CCN-38].
  2. That the hired laborer shall be permitted to eat of the produce he is reaping (Deut. 23:25-26)  [CCP-65].
  3. That the hired laborer shall not take more than he can eat (Deut. 23:25)  [CCN-187].
  4. That a hired laborer shall not eat produce that is not being harvested (Deut. 23:26)  [CCN-186].
  5. To pay wages to the hired man at the due time (Deut. 24:15)  [CCP-66].
  6. Not to muzzle a beast, while it is working in produce which it can eat and enjoy (Deut. 25:4)  [CCN-188].

Vows, Oaths and Swearing

  1. That a man should fulfill whatever he has uttered (Deut. 23:24)  [CCP-39].
  2. Not to swear needlessly (Ex. 20:7)  [CCN-29].
  3. Not to violate an oath or swear falsely (Lev. 19:12)  [CCN-31].
  4. To decide in cases of annulment of vows, according to the rules set forth in the Torah (Num. 30:2-17)  [CCP-40].
  5. Not to break a vow (Num. 30:3)  [CCN-184].
  6. Not to delay in fulfilling vows or bringing vowed or free-will offerings (Deut. 23:22)  [CCN-185].

The Sabbatical and Jubilee Years

  1. To let the land lie fallow in the Sabbatical year (Ex. 23:11; Lev. 25:2) (affirmative)  [CCI-20].
  2. To cease from tilling the land in the Sabbatical year (Ex. 23:11) (affirmative) (Lev. 25:2)  [CCI-21].
  3. Not to till the ground in the Sabbatical year (Lev. 25:4) (negative)  [CCI-22].
  4. Not to do any work on the trees in the Sabbatical year (Lev. 25:4) (negative)  [CCI-23].
  5. Not to reap the aftermath that grows in the Sabbatical year, in the same way as it is reaped in other years (Lev. 25:5) (negative)  [CCI-24].
  6. Not to gather the fruit of the tree in the Sabbatical year in the same way as it is gathered in other years (Lev. 25:5) [CCI-25].
  7. To release debts in the seventh year (Deut. 15:2)  [CCP-64].
  8. Not to demand return of a loan after the Sabbatical year has passed (Deut. 15:2)  [CCN-57].
  9. Not to refrain from making a loan to a poor man, because of the release of loans in the Sabbatical year (Deut. 15:9)  [CCN-56].

The Court and Judicial Procedure

  1. Not to appoint as a judge, a person who is not well versed in the laws of the Torah, (Deut. 1:17)  [CCN-64].
  2. To adjudicate cases of purchase and sale (Lev. 25:14)  [CCP-67].
  3. To adjudicate cases of inheritances (Num. 27:8-11)  [CCP-73].
  4. Not to curse a judge (Ex. 22:27)  [CCN-63].
  5. Not to testify falsely (Ex. 20:13)  [CCN-39].
  6. That a transgressor shall not testify (Ex. 23:1)  [CCN-75].
  7. That the court shall not accept the testimony of a close relative of the defendant in matters of capital punishment (Deut. 24:16)  [CCN-74].
  8. Not to hear one of the parties to a suit in the absence of the other party (Ex. 23:1)  [CCN-65].
  9. Not to decide a case on the evidence of a single witness (Deut. 19:15)  [CCN-73].
  10. Not to render iniquitous decisions (Lev. 19:15)  [CCN-69].
  11. Not to favor a great man when trying a case (Lev. 19:15)  [CCN-70].
  12. Not to take a bribe (Ex. 23:8)  [CCN-71].
  13. Not to be afraid of a bad man, when trying a case (Deut. 1:17)  [CCN-72].
  14. Not to be moved in trying a case, by the poverty of one of the parties (Ex. 23:3; Lev. 19:15)  [CCN-66].
  15. Not to pervert the judgment of strangers or orphans (Deut. 24:17)  [CCN-68].
  16. Not to pervert the judgment of a sinner (a person poor in fulfillment of commandments) (Ex. 23:6)  [CCN-67].
  17. Not to rebel against the orders of the Court (Deut. 17:11)  [CCN-158].

Injuries and Damages

  1. To make a parapet for your roof (Deut. 22:8)  [CCP-75].
  2. Not to leave something that might cause hurt (Deut. 22:8)  [CCN-190].

Property and Property Rights

  1. Not to remove landmarks (property boundaries) (Deut. 19:14)  [CCN-85].
  2. Not to swear falsely in denial of another's property rights (Lev. 19:11)  [CCN-30].
  3. Not to deny falsely another's property rights (Lev. 19:11)  [CCN-36].
  4. Never to settle in the land of Egypt (Deut. 17:16)  [CCN-192].
  5. Not to steal personal property (Lev. 19:11)  [CCN-34].
  6. To restore that which one took by robbery (Lev. 5:23)  [CCP-68].
  7. To return lost property (Deut. 22:1)  [CCP-69].
  8. Not to pretend not to have seen lost property, to avoid the obligation to return it (Deut. 22:3)  [CCN-182].

Criminal Laws

  1. Not to slay an innocent person (Ex. 20:13)  [CCN-32].
  2. Not to kidnap any person of Israel (Ex. 20:13) (Lev. 19:11)  [CCN-33].
  3. Not to rob by violence (Lev. 19:13)  [CCN-35].
  4. Not to defraud (Lev. 19:13)  [CCN-37].
  5. Not to covet what belongs to another (Ex. 20:14)  [CCN-40].
  6. Not to crave something that belongs to another (Deut. 5:18)  [CCN-41].
  7. Not to indulge in evil thoughts and sights (Num. 15:39)  [CCN-156].

Punishment and Restitution

  1. Not to exceed the statutory number of stripes laid on one who has incurred that punishment (Deut. 25:3)  [CCN-43].

Prophecy

  1. Not to prophesy falsely (Deut. 18:20)  [CCN-175].

Idolatry, Idolaters and Idolatrous Practices

  1. Not to make a graven image; neither to make it oneself nor to have it made by others (Ex. 20:4)  [CCN-9].
  2. Not to make any figures for ornament, even if they are not worshipped (Ex. 20:20)  [CCN-144].
  3. Not to make idols even for others (Ex. 34:17; Lev. 19:4)  [CCN-10].
  4. Not to use the ornament of any object of idolatrous worship (Deut. 7:25)  [CCN-17].
  5. Not to make use of an idol or its accessory objects, offerings, or libations (Deut. 7:26)  [CCN-18].
  6. Not to drink wine of idolaters (Deut. 32:38)  [CCN-15].
  7. Not to worship an idol in the way in which it is usually worshipped (Ex. 20:5)  [CCN-12].
  8. Not to bow down to an idol, even if that is not its mode of worship (Ex. 20:5)  [CCN-11].
  9. Not to prophesy in the name of an idol (Ex. 23:13; Deut. 18:20)  [CCN-27].
  10. Not to hearken to one who prophesies in the name of an idol (Deut. 13:4)  [CCN-22].
  11. Not to lead the children of Israel astray to idolatry (Ex. 23:13)  [CCN-14].
  12. Not to entice an Israelite to idolatry (Deut. 13:12)  [CCN-23].
  13. Not to love the enticer to idolatry (Deut. 13:9)  [CCN-24].
  14. Not to give up hating the enticer to idolatry (Deut. 13:9)  [CCN-25].
  15. A person whom he attempted to entice to idolatry shall not urge pleas for the acquittal of the enticer (Deut. 13:9)  [CCN-26].
  16. Not to swear by an idol to its worshipers, nor cause them to swear by it (Ex. 23:13)  [CCN-13].
  17. Not to turn one's attention to idolatry (Lev. 19:4)  [CCN-16].
  18. Not to adopt the institutions of idolaters nor their customs (Lev. 18:3; Lev. 20:23)  [CCN-21].
  19. Not to practice onein (observing times or seasons as favorable or unfavorable, using astrology) (Lev. 19:26)  [CCN-166].
  20. Not to practice nachesh (doing things based on signs and portents; using charms and incantations) (Lev. 19:26)  [CCN-165].
  21. Not to consult ovoth (ghosts) (Lev. 19:31)  [CCN-170].
  22. Not to consult yid'onim (wizards) (Lev. 19:31)  [CCN-171].
  23. Not to practice kisuf (magic using herbs, stones and objects that people use) (Deut. 18:10)  [CCN-168].
  24. Not to practice kessem (a general term for magical practices) (Deut. 18:10)  [CCN-167].
  25. Not to practice the art of a chover chaver (casting spells over snakes and scorpions) (Deut. 18:11)  [CCN-169].
  26. Not to enquire of an ob (a ghost) (Deut. 18:11)  [CCN-172].
  27. Not to seek the maytim (dead) (Deut. 18:11)  [CCN-174].
  28. Not to enquire of a yid'oni (wizard) (Deut. 18:11)  [CCN-173].
  29. Not to remove the entire beard, like the idolaters (Lev. 19:27)  [CCN-177].
  30. Not to round the corners of the head, as the idolatrous priests do (Lev. 19:27)  [CCN-176].
  31. Not to cut oneself or make incisions in one's flesh in grief, like the idolaters (Lev. 19:28; Deut. 14:1)  [CCN-28].
  32. Not to tattoo the body like the idolaters (Lev. 19:28)  [CCN-163].
  33. Not to make a bald spot for the dead (Deut. 14:1)  [CCN-164].
  34. Not to set up a pillar (for worship) (Deut. 16:22)  [CCN-162].
  35. Not to show favor to idolaters (Deut. 7:2)  [CCN-20].
  36. Not to settle idolaters in our land (Ex. 23:33) (negative)  [CCI-26].

Agriculture and Animal Husbandry

  1. Not to cross-breed cattle of different species (Lev. 19:19) (according to the Talmud, this also applies to birds)  [CCN-142].
  2. Not to sow different kinds of seed together in one field (Lev. 19:19)  [CCN-107].
  3. Not to eat the fruit of a tree for three years from the time it was planted (Lev. 19:23)  [CCN-105].
  4. That the fruit of fruit-bearing trees in the fourth year of their planting shall be sacred like the second tithe and eaten in Jerusalem (Lev. 19:24) (affirmative)  [CCI-16].
  5. Not to work with beasts of different species, yoked together (Deut. 22:10)  [CCN-180].

Clothing

  1. That a man shall not wear women's clothing (Deut. 22:5)  [CCN-179].
  2. That a woman should not wear men's clothing (Deut. 22:5)  [CCN-178].
  3. Not to wear garments made of wool and linen mixed together (Deut. 22:11)  [CCN-181].

The Firstborn

  1. To redeem the firstborn human male (Ex. 13:13; Ex. 34:20; Num. 18:15) [CCP-54].
  2. To redeem the firstling of an ass (Ex. 13:13; Ex. 34:20)  [CCP-55].
  3. To break the neck of the firstling of an ass if it is not redeemed (Ex. 13:13; Ex. 34:20)  [CCP-56].
  4. Not to redeem the firstling of a clean beast (Num. 18:17)  [CCN-109].

Kohanim and Levites

  1. That the ordinary kohein shall not defile himself by contact with any dead, other than immediate relatives (Lev. 21:1-3)  [CCN-141].
  2. That the kohanim defile themselves for their deceased relatives (by attending their burial), and mourn for them like other Israelites, who are commanded to mourn for their relatives (Lev. 21:3)  [CCP-59].
  3. That a kohein shall not marry a divorced woman (Lev. 21:7)  [CCN-140].
  4. That a kohein shall not marry a harlot (Lev. 21:7)  [CCN-138].
  5. That a kohein shall not marry a profaned woman (Lev. 21:7)  [CCN-139].
  6. To show honor to a kohein, and to give him precedence in all things that are holy (Lev. 21:8)  [CCP-50].
  7. That the kohanim shall bless Israel (Num. 6:23)  [CCP-58].
  8. To set apart a portion of the dough for the kohein (Num. 15:20)  [CCP-57].

T'rumah, Tithes and Taxes

  1. Not to eat tevel (something from which the t'rumah and tithe have not yet been separated) (Lev. 22:15) (negative)  [CCI-18].
  2. To set apart the tithe of the produce for the Levites (Lev. 27:30; Num. 18:24) (affirmative)  [CCI-12].
  3. That the Levites shall set apart a tenth of the tithes, which they had received from the Israelites, and give it to the kohanim (Num. 18:26) (affirmative)  [CCI-13].
  4. To set apart the second tithe in the first, second, fourth and fifth years of the sabbatical cycle to be eaten by its owner in Jerusalem (Deut. 14:22) (affirmative)  [CCI-14].
  5. To set apart the second tithe in the third and sixth year of the sabbatical cycle for the poor (Deut. 14:28-29) (affirmative)  [CCI-15].
  6. To give the kohein the due portions of the carcass of cattle (Deut. 18:3)  [CCP-51].
  7. To give the first of the fleece to the kohein (Deut. 18:4)  [CCP-52].
  8. To set apart t'rumah g'dolah (for the kohein (Deut. 18:4) (affirmative)  [CCI-11].
  9. To make the declaration, when bringing the second tithe to the Sanctuary (Deut. 26:13) (affirmative)  [CCI-17].

The Temple, the Sanctuary and Sacred Objects

  1. Not to compound oil for lay use after the formula of the anointing oil (Ex. 30:32-33)  [CCN-145].
  2. Not to compound anything after the formula of the incense (Ex. 30:37)  [CCN-146].
  3. Not to destroy anything of the Sanctuary, of synagogues, or of houses of study, nor erase the holy names (of God); nor may sacred scriptures be destroyed (Deut. 12:2-4)  [CCN-157].

Sacrifices and Offerings

  1. To sanctify the firstling of clean cattle and offer it up (Ex. 13:2; Deut. 15:19) (at the present time, it is not offered up)  [CCP-53].
  2. Not to eat bread made of new grain before the Omer of barley has been offered up on the second day of Passover (Lev. 23:14)  [CCN-101].
  3. Not to eat roasted grain of the new produce before that time (Lev. 23:14)  [CCN-102].
  4. Not to eat fresh ears of the new grain before that time (Lev. 23:14)  [CCN-103].
  5. To make confession before the Lord of any sin that one has committed, when bringing a sacrifice and at other times (Num. 5:6-7)  [CCP-33].

Wars

  1. Not to destroy fruit trees (wantonly or in warfare) (Deut. 20:19-20)  [CCN-191].
  2. That anyone who is unclean shall not enter the Camp of the Levites (Deut. 23:11) (according to the Talmud, in the present day this means the Temple mount)  [CCN-193].
  3. Always to remember what Amalek did (Deut. 25:17)  [CCP-76].
  4. That the evil done to us by Amalek shall not be forgotten (Deut. 25:19)  [CCN-194].
  5. To destroy the seed of Amalek (Deut. 25:19)  [CCP-77].

[For an example of a “complete” list of mitzvot, see http://www.jewfaq.org/613.htm.]