Editing 613 commandments (section)

==Works which enumerate the commandments==
There is no single definitive list that explicates the 613 commandments. Lists differ, for example, in how they interpret passages in the [[Torah]] that may be read as dealing with several cases under a single law or several separate laws (see [https://thetaryag.com/ here for a visual comparison] of several lists). Other "commandments" in the Torah are restricted as one-time acts, and would not be considered as "{{Lang|he|mitzvot}}" binding on other persons. In [[rabbinic literature]], [[Rishonim]] and later scholars composed to articulate and justify their enumeration of the commandments:<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.ou.org/content/themes/ou-theme/lib/mechon-mamre-proxy.php?path=http://www.mechon-mamre.org/jewfaq/halakhah.htm| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181026222729/https://www.ou.org/content/themes/ou-theme/lib/mechon-mamre-proxy.php?path=http://www.mechon-mamre.org/jewfaq/halakhah.htm| archive-date = 2018-10-26| title = Halakhah: Jewish Law / Torah 101 / Mechon Mamre}}</ref>
*''[[Halachot Gedolot]]'' ("Great Laws"), thought to be written by Rabbi [[Simeon Kayyara]] (the {{Lang|he|Bahag}}, author of the {{Lang|he|Halakhot Gedolot}}) is the earliest extant enumeration of the 613 {{Lang|he|mitzvot}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.zomet.org.il/eng/?CategoryID=160&ArticleID=7930|title="Halachot Gedolot"|website=www.zomet.org.il}}</ref>
*{{Lang|he|Sefer ha-Mitzvoth}} ("Book of Commandments") by Rabbi [[Saadia Gaon]]. Written during the period of the [[Geonim]], Saadia's work is a simple list (though it was later expanded by Rabbi [[Yerucham Fishel Perlow]].)
*''[[Sefer Hamitzvot]]'' ("Book of Commandments") by [[Maimonides]], with a commentary by [[Nachmanides]]. Maimonides employs a set of fourteen rules ({{Lang|he|shorashim}}) which determine inclusion into the list. In this work, he supports his specification of each mitzvah through quotations from the ''[[midrash halakha]]'' and the [[Gemara]]. Nachmanides makes a number of critical points and replaces some items of the list with others.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://outorah.org/p/6124/|title=The Ramban's Emendations to the Taryag Mitzvos - pt. I - Taryag|date=May 21, 2013|website=OU Torah}}</ref>
*''[[Sefer ha-Chinnuch]]'' ("Book of Education"). This work generally follows Maimonides' reckoning of the 613 commandments.  It is written in the order in which the commandments appear in the Torah rather than an arrangement by category (as in Maimonides' work.) In addition to enumerating the commandments and giving a brief overview of relevant laws, the {{Lang|he|Sefer ha-Chinuch}} also tries to explain the philosophical reasons behind the {{Lang|he|mitzvot}}. It has been attributed to various authors, most commonly Rabbi [[Aaron ha-Levi]] of [[Barcelona]] (the {{Lang|he|Ra'ah}}), though its true authorship is unknown.
*''[[Sefer Mitzvot Gadol]]'' or SMaG ("Large book of Commandments") by Rabbi [[Moses ben Jacob of Coucy]].
*{{Lang|he|Sefer ha-Mitzvoth}} by Rabbi [[Yisrael Meir Kagan]] (the "{{Lang|he|Chafetz Chaim}}"). The {{Lang|he|Chafetz Chaim}}'s work follows the reckoning of Maimonides but gives only the commandments relevant today. Notably, this listing omits commandments regarding temple service, ritual purity, sacrifices, and so on. Though the original work included only those commandments relevant in all places and at all times, later editions include agricultural laws relevant today only in the [[Land of Israel]].

===Works in which the number of commandments is not 613 ===
* {{Lang|he|Sefer Yereim}} by [[Eliezer ben Samuel]] lists only 417 commandments (including commandments only applicable when the Temple stood).<ref name="ohayon">Ohayon, Avraham. "[http://www.shaanan.ac.il/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Laor/Ktav_Et/Shnaton/K-14/14-5%20ohayon.pdf Ha-ʾOmnam Taryag Miẓvot]" (2009) p. 89-96</ref>
* [[Menahem Recanati]], in his book {{Lang|he|Taamei haMitzvot}}, counted 250 positive and 361 negative commandments, for a total of 611. These 611 include the two commandments of {{Bibleverse|Exodus|20:2|HE}}, indicating that this list is incompatible with the approach of R' Hamnuna in the Talmud (who said that of the 613 commandments, the two in Exodus 20:2 were given directly by God, and the remaining 611 via Moses).<ref name=ohayon/>
*{{Lang|he|Sefer Mitzvoth Katan}}, by Rabbi [[Isaac of Corbeil]], listed 320 commandments applicable nowadays. To reach a total of 613, one would have to add 293 commandments applicable only while the Temple stood. As the number of Temple-only commandments appears to be much lower than 293 (for example, [[Sefer ha-Chinuch|Sefer haHinuch]] only counted 201 such commandments), it seems that the overall count of commandments would likely be lower than 613.<ref name=ohayon/>
*According to Asael Ben-Or, [[Gersonides]]' commentary to the Torah indicates that he counted a total of 513 commandments.<ref name=ohayon/>