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What is 613 mitzvot all about?
These are the 613 commandments that were given by God to the Jewish people.
What are the rules for Jewish people called?
"the 613 Mitzvot," or "Halacha"
What do the 613 strands and knots in a tallit stand for?
The 613 Commandments in the Jewish Bible.
What is the number of mitzvos that were given to the Jewish people?
The prevailing tradition holds that there are 613 mitzvot in the Torah.
How many other rules did god give Jewish people?
The Torah contains a total of 613 commands.
How are mosaic laws different from Ten Commandments?
Jewish tradition identifies 613 distinct commandments in the Torah, all of which tradition holds were given to Moses on Mt. Sinai. In the Jewish tradition, what Christians call the ten commandments are called the 10 statements because not all of them have the form of commandents. Jews consider themselves to be bound by the 613 commandments, while they consider non-Jews to be bound only by the 7 commandments of the Noachide covenant (the covenant of the Rainbow) discussed in the book of Genesis at the end of the story of Noah.
Why does the Jewish shawl have 613 fringe tassels?
one for each law.
Is Judaism passed on at birth?
According to Jewish law (which is based on the 613 commandments which G-d communicated to Moses and the Jewish people, and which are recorded in the first five books of the Bible), the child of a Jewish mother is Jewish. The only other path to Judaism is a valid orthodox conversion.
How many commandments did the Torah have?
The Torah did have, and still has, 613 commandments, according to Jewish tradition.
What is the moral code of the Jews called?
The Jewish moral code is called the Torah and consists of 613 groups of commandments and lots of stories about how to behave properly. The Torah is also known as The Old Testament. One version of the 613 commandmentscan be found at http://www.answers.com/topic/613-mitzvot-1
What commandments helped the Jewish people stay faithful to their sides of the covenant agreement?
All 613 commandments; but chief among them the awareness of God and the prohibition against idolatry.
How do followers express their faith in Judaism?
By obeying (as much as they can out of) the 613 commandments, which are the basis of the Jewish law.
