Editing 613 commandments (section)

{{Short description|Traditional count of Torah commands}}
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According to [[Judaism|Jewish]] tradition, the [[Torah]] contains '''613 commandments''' ({{langx|he|תרי״ג מצוות|taryág [[mitzvah|mitsvót]]}}).

Although the number 613 is mentioned in the [[Talmud]], its real significance increased in later medieval rabbinic literature, including many works listing or arranged by the {{Lang|he|mitzvot}}. The most famous of these was an enumeration of the 613 commandments by [[Maimonides]]. While the total number of commandments is 613, no individual can perform all of them. Many can only be observed at the [[Temple in Jerusalem]], which no longer stands. According to one standard reckoning,<ref>{{cite book|last=Chofetz Chaim|title=Sefer HaMitzvot HaKatzar|publisher=Feldheim|location=Jerusalem|year=1990|pages=9, 16, 17|language=Hebrew}}</ref> there are 77 positive and 194 negative commandments that can be observed today, of which there are 26 [[Laws and customs of the Land of Israel in Judaism|commandments that apply only within the Land of Israel]].<ref>[[Yisrael Meir Kagan]], ''The Concise Book of ''Mitzvoth'': The Commandments which can be Observed Today,'' Trans., Charles Wengrov. Feldheim, 1990.</ref> In addition, some commandments only apply to [[Mitzvah#Categories of mitzvot|certain categories of Jews]]: some are only observed by ''[[kohen|kohanim]]'', and others only by men or by women.