Definition of Mitzvot. Meaning of Mitzvot. Synonyms of Mitzvot

- "you shall love your neighbor as yourself" (Leviticus 19:18). For some mitzvot, the purpose is specified in the Torah; though, the opinions of the Talmudic...
- medieval rabbinic literature, including many works listing or arranged by the mitzvot. The most famous of these was an enumeration of the 613 commandments by...
- philosophy of the mitzvot. He classifies the mitzvot into six categories: (1) toroth (philosophical doctrines); The ethical mitzvot fall under (2) mishpatim...
- the Written and Oral Torah. Halakha is based on biblical commandments (mitzvot), subsequent Talmudic and rabbinic laws, and the customs and traditions...
- Sefer Mitzvot Gadol (Hebrew: ספר מצוות גדול; in English: "The Great Book of Commandments"; abbreviated: סמ"ג‎, "SeMaG") work of halakha by Moses ben Jacob...
- of the Torah     (Mitzvot: 1 - 10) Laws concerning temperament     (Mitzvot: 11 - 21) Laws concerning studying Torah     (Mitzvot: 22 - 23) Laws concerning...
- 13th-century French rabbi and tosafist, best known as the author of Sefer Mitzvot Ḳatan. Isaac was the son-in-law of R. Yechiel of Paris, whose yeshiva he...
- significance to the performance of mitzvot was misguided and akin to idolatry. He believed that Jews should perform mitzvot solely for the sake of worshipping...
- modern pl. מנהגים minhagim) and commandments (מצוה mitzvah, pl. מצוות mitzvot) derived from the Torah and Judaism's classical rabbinic literature. The...
- adherent to the Torah and mitzvot. The term is often used by Orthodox Jewish groups to refer to their own system of beliefs. These mitzvot include both the biblical...