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There are seven formal Rabbinical commands. These are:

Saying the blessings over food (and on various occasions)

Washing one's hands before eating bread

Lighting the Hanukkah-menorah

The Eruv

Saying the Hallel prayer on certain occasions

Lighting the Sabbath candles

Reading the Megillat Esther on Purim.

In addition, there are innumerable Rabbinical decrees, mostly from the Men of the Great Assembly (4th century BCE), as well as later enactments. The purpose of every one of these is to provide a "fence around the Torah," meaning to shore up something that needs strengthening. An example: not handling electric appliances on the Sabbath, even if they are not connected to any electric socket.

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