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The 248 Positive Commandments
MitzvahLesson #
1 - Believing in G-d5
2 - Unity of G-d5
3 - Loving G-d6
4 - Fearing G-d6
5 - Worshipping G-d21,22,23,24,25
6 - Cleaving to G-d8
7 - Taking an oath by G-d's Name108
8 - Walking in G-d's ways8
9 - Sanctifying G-d's Name6
10 - Reading the Shema twice daily20,21
11 - Studying and teaching Torah11
12 - Wearing Tefillin of the head26
13 - Wearing Tefillin of the hand27
14 - To make Tzitzis30
15 - To affix a Mezuzah28
16 - Hakhel during Sukkos183
17 - A king to write a Torah29
18 - Every person must write a Torah28
19 - Grace after Meals31,32,33,34
20 - To build a Sanctuary for G-d147
21 - Revering the Bais HaMikdash149
22 - Guarding the Mikdash150
23 - Levitical services in the Mikdash152
24 - Ablutions of the Priests155
25 - Kindling the lamps by the Priests166
26 - Priests blessing Israel26
27 - The Showbread166
28 - Burning the Incense166
29 - The perpetual fire on the Altar165
30 - Removing the ashes from the Altar165
31 - Removing the unclean persons from the camp154
32 - Honoring the Priests152
33 - The Priestly Garments153
34 - The Priests bearing the Ark on their shoulders151
35 - The Oil of Anointment150
36 - Priests ministering in watches152
37 - Priests defiling themselves for deceased relatives331
38 - The High Priest marrying only a virgin93
39 - The daily Burnt-Offerings165
40 - The High Priest's daily Meal-Offering166
41 - The Shabbos Additional Offering166
42 - The New Moon Additional Offering166
43 - The Pesach Additional Offering167
44 - The Meal-Offering of the Omer167
45 - The Shavuos Additional Offering167
46 - The bringing of the Two Loaves on Shavuos167
47 - The Rosh HaShanah Additional Offering167
48 - The Yom Kippur Additional Offering167
49 - The Service of Yom Kippur175,176
50 - The Sukkos Offering167
51 - The Shemini Atzeres Additional Offering167
52 - The three annual pilgrimages182
53 - Appearing before the L-rd during the Festivals182
54 - Rejoicing on the Festivals183
55 - Slaughtering the Pesach Offering179
56 - Eating the Pesach-Offering180
57 - Slaughtering the Pesach Sheni-Offering180
58 - Eating the Pesach Sheni-Offering180
59 - Blowing the trumpets in the Sanctuary66,67,68
60 - Minimum age of cattle to be offered158
61 - Offering only unblemished sacrifices156
62 - Salt being brought with every offering158
63 - The Burnt-Offering159
64 - The Sin-Offering160
65 - The Guilt-Offering160
66 - The Peace-Offering162
67 - The Meal-Offering162
68 - Offering of a Court that has erred191
69 - The Fixed Sin-Offering186
70 - The Suspensive Guilt-Offering187,188
71 - The Unconditional Guilt-Offering189
72 - The Offering of Higher or Lower Value190
73 - Making confession17,18,19,20
74 - Offering brought by a zav192
75 - Offering brought by a zavah191
76 - The offering of a woman after childbirth191
77 - Offering brought by a leper192
78 - The tithe of cattle185
79 - Sanctifying the first-born183
80 - Redeeming the first-born142
81 - Redeeming the firstling of a donkey142
82 - Breaking the neck of the firstling of a donkey143
83 - Bringing due offerings on the first festival163
84 - All offerings to be brought to the Sanctuary164
85 - Bringing all offerings due from outside Eretz Yisrael to the Sanctuary164
86 - Redeeming blemished offerings157
87 - Holiness of substituted offering193
88 - The Priests eating the residue of the Meal Offerings163
89 - The Priests eating the meat of Consecrated Offerings161
90 - To burn consecrated Offerings that have become unclean174
91 - To burn the remnant of Consecrated Offerings173
92 - The Nazir letting his hair grow113
93 - Nazirite obligations on completion of vow116
94 - All oral commitments to be fulfilled109,110
95 - Revocation of vows112,113
96 - Defilement through carcasses of animals217,218,237
97 - Defilement through the carcasses of eight creeping creatures219,220
98 - Defilement of food and drink226,227,228,229
99 - The uncleanliness of a menstruant213,233
100 - The uncleanliness of a woman after childbirth214,234
101 - The uncleanliness of a leper207,232
102 - Garments contaminated by leprosy212
103 - A leprous house212
104 - The uncleanliness of a zav216,217,236
105 - The uncleanliness of semen221,222,223
106 - The uncleanliness of a zavah215,235
107 - Uncleanness of a corpse194,195,196,197,198,199,200,201,202,230
108 - Law of the water of sprinkling205,206,207,231
109 - Immersing in a ritual bath238,239,240,241,242
110 - Cleansing from leprosy210
111 - A leper must shave his head211
112 - The leper to be made distinguishable209
113 - The ashes of the Red Heifer202,203,204
114 - Valuation of a person116
115 - Valuation of beasts117
116 - Valuation of houses117
117 - Valuation of fields117
118 - Restitution for sacrilege176
119 - The fruits of fourth-year planting138
120 - To leave Peah for the poor122
121 - To leave gleanings for the poor123
122 - To leave the forgotten sheaf for the poor124
123 - To leave defective grape-clusters for the poor123
124 - To leave grape-gleanings for the poor124
125 - To bring First-fruits to the Sanctuary139
126 - To set aside the great heave-offering126
127 - To set aside the first tithe131,132,133,134,135
128 - To set aside the second tithe135
129 - The Levites' tithe for the Priest126
130 - To set aside the poor man's tithe in the third and sixth year125
131 - The avowal of the Tithe139
132 - Recital on bringing the first-fruits140
133 - To set aside the challah for the Priest141
134 - Renouncing as ownerless produce of the Sabbatical year144
135 - The land resting during the Sabbatical year143
136 - Sanctifying the Jubilee year145
137 - Blowing the Shofar in the Jubilee year145
138 - Reversion of land in the Jubilee year146
139 - Redemption of property in a walled city146
140 - Counting the years to the Jubilee145
141 - Canceling monetary claims in the Sabbatical year144
142 - Exacting debts from idolaters296
143 - The Priest's due in the slaughter of every clean animal141
144 - The first of the fleece to be given to the Priest141
145 - Devoted things to G-d and the Priest118
146 - Slaughtering animals before eating them100
147 - Covering the blood of slain birds and animals102
148 - Releasing the mother before taking its nest104
149 - Searching for the prescribed tokens of cleanliness in cattle and animals95
150 - Searching for the prescribed tokens of cleanliness in birds95
151 - Searching for the prescribed tokens of cleanliness in grasshoppers95
152 - Searching for the prescribed tokens of cleanliness in fishes95
153 - Determining the New Moon60,61,62,63,64,65,66
154 - Resting on Shabbos37,38
155 - Proclaiming the sanctity of the Shabbos45,46,47
156 - Removal of Chometz on Pesach54
157 - Recounting the Exodus from Egypt on the first night of Pesach56
158 - Eating Matzah on the first night of Pesach55
159 - Resting on the first day of Pesach51
160 - Resting on the seventh day of Pesach51
161 - Counting the Omer168
162 - Resting on Shavuos52
163 - Resting on Rosh HaShanah52
164 - Fasting on Yom Kippur50
165 - Resting on Yom Kippur50
166 - Resting on the first day of Sukkos53
167 - Resting on Shemini Atzeres53
168 - Dwelling in a Sukkah for seven days57
169 - Taking a Lulav on Sukkos58
170 - Hearing the Shofar on Rosh HaShanah56
171 - Giving a half shekel annually59,60
172 - Heeding the Prophets7
173 - Appointing a king336
174 - Obeying the Great Court329
175 - Abiding by majority decision313
176 - Appointing Judges and Officers of the Court313
177 - Treating litigants equally before the law319
178 - Testifying in Court321
179 - Inquiring into the testimony of witnesses322
180 - Condemning witnesses who testify falsely328
181 - Eglah Arufah261
182 - Establishing Six Cities of Refuge260
183 - Assigning cities to the Levi'im147
184 - Building fences on the roof; removing sources of danger from our habitations261
185 - Destroying all idol-worship15
186 - The law of the Apostate City13
187 - The law of the Seven Nations337
188 - The extinction of the seed of Amalek337
189 - Remembering the nefarious deeds of Amalek337
190 - The law of non-obligatory war338
191 - Appointing a Priest to speak to the people when going to war339
192 - Preparing a place beyond the camp338
193 - Including a digging tool among war implements338
194 - A robber to restore the stolen article254
195 - To give charity125
196 - Lavishing gifts on a Hebrew bond-man on his freedom286
197 - Lending money to the poor295
198 - Lending money to the heathen with interest303
199 - Restoring a pledge to a needy owner298
200 - Paying wages on time289
201 - An employee to be allowed to eat of the produce among which he is working290
202 - Unloading a tired animal262
203 - Assisting the owner in loading his burden262
204 - Returning lost property to its owner255
205 - Rebuking the sinner9
206 - Loving our fellow Jew8
207 - Loving the convert9
208 - The law of weights and measures248
209 - Honoring scholars12
210 - Honoring parents330
211 - Fearing parents330
212 - To be fruitful and multiply76,77
213 - The law of marriage69,70
214 - The bridegroom devoting himself to his wife for one year339
215 - Circumcising one's son34,35
216 - The law of levirate marriage82
217 - The law of Chalitzah83
218 - A violator must marry the maiden whom he has violated85
219 - The law of the defamer of his bride85
220 - The law of the seducer85
221 - The law of the captive woman339
222 - The law of divorce78,79
223 - The law of a suspected adulteress86
224 - Whipping transgressors of certain Commandments316
225 - The law of unintentional man-slaughter259
226 - Transgressors of certain Commandments to be beheaded315
227 - Transgressors of certain Commandments to be strangled315
228 - Transgressors of certain Commandments to be burned314
229 - Transgressors of certain Commandments to be stoned314
230 - Transgressors of certain Commandments to be hanged after execution315
231 - Burial on the day of execution315
232 - The law of a Hebrew bondman285
233 - A Hebrew bondmaid to be married by her master or his son286
234 - Redemption of a Hebrew bondmaid286
235 - The law of a Canaanite bondman287
236 - Penalty of inflicting injury256,257,258,277,278,279,280
237 - The law of injuries caused by an ox242
238 - The law of injuries caused by a pit244
239 - The law of theft247
240 - The law of damage caused by a beast243
241 - The law of damage by a fire245,246
242 - The law of an unpaid bailee294
243 - The law of a paid bailee288
244 - The law of a borrower292,293
245 - The law of buying and selling263,264,273,274,275,276,281,282,283,284
246 - The law of litigants304,305,306,307,308,309
247 - Saving the life of the pursued260
248 - The law of inheritance309,310,311,312
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