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The Torah did have, and still has, 613 commandments, according to Jewish tradition.
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Yes, the Torah contains 613 commandments.
613, which are divided into 365 negative commandments ("do not...") and 248 positive commandments ("Do...").
The fringes or "tsitsit" (ציצית) are knotted in such a way as to symbolize the 613 commandments of the Torah. The commandment to wear fringes is in the Torah.
Yes, there are 613 Torah-commandments, plus many customs.
Moses lists the first 10, but the Torah states 613!
In the Sefer Hamitzvot, Moses Maimonides listed 613 commandments found in the Torah. Please see the link below.
In the Torah, the first 5 books of the Bible (Genesis through Deuteronomy). Jewish tradition counts 613 distinct commandments in the Torah.
The Torah contains 613 commandments, 248 positive and 365 negative. We also have the Oral Law that was given to Moses on Mt. Sinai to instruct us on how to preform these commandments. The Sages and Rabbis using method also given at Mt. Sinai can then derive more detail laws (Halakah) for a particular situation. ============================= Fascinating fact: Different Jewish scholars during the late medieval period, working independently, in different countries, without contact and without knowledge of one another, each arrived at the same figure: 613 "mitzvot" of the Torah.
The 613 commandments came from the Torah and the tradition is that Abraham is the father of the Jewish people. Abraham came from Ur-Kasdim, in Western Asia.Answer:It was the sages of the Talmud (Makkot 23b) who stated that the exact number of the Torah's commands is 613. They didn't list the mitzvot (commands), but later Rabbis (Rambam, Ramban, Ikkarim, Smag and others) have done so.The commands themselves came to be through the prophecy of God to Moses (Exodus 24:12).