Where can all Jewish law be found?

Answer 1

ALL of the mitzvot are in the Torah. Some are obvious from the plain text, such as the commandment to "be fruitful and multiply", or to "remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy", or circumcision. Others, such as the separation of foods containing meat from dairy products, or the practice of three formal prayer services each day, are more difficult to recognize upon cursory reading, but emerge upon closer study. Counts of the mitzvot in the Torah, from the first word of Genesis to the last word of Deuteronomy, have been tallied by unacquainted, independent scholars throughout Jewish history, and all agree on 613 distinct mitzvot.

Answer 2

Jewish law, which is called 'halacha', is found in the Talmud.

Answer 3

The laws of Judaism, called 'halacha', can be found in the Torah and Talmud.

Answer 4

Short answer: Perhaps you are looking for the Torah or the Shulchan Aruch? Long answer: The phrase "law of mitzvot" is confused, but it is clear that the question refers to traditional Jewish law. The Torah (the first 5 books of the Hebrew and Christian Bibles) is traditionally interpreted by Jews as containing 613 commandments, or mitzvot. These form the basis of Jewish law, or halacha (the term means roughly "a way to walk" or "the way," if you want to riff on pop Christian terminology). Much of the Talmud discusses the application and interpretation of the mitzvot, and there is a living tradition of Rabbinic discourse about the law, recorded in what are called the Responsa literature. Various editors over the years have distilled law codes from these sources; a popular title for such codes is "Shulchan Aruch" (there are multiple codes of Jewish law with this title or with titles containing this phrase).

Answer 5

Talmud tractate Brachot contains a discussion of when a boy becomes bar mitzvah, that is, at what age is he held responsible for the performance of the mitzvot (commandments) and allowed to be counted toward a minyan and lead services. The evolution from "counted and able to lead" to worthy of a party was a social and not a legal evolution. By the middle ages, there were rabbis who said that a bar mitzvah is as worthy of a celebration as a wedding, so the lavish celebrations of today are not a new thing.

Answer 6

Jews generally agree that there are 613 distinct mitzvot (commandments) in the Torah (that is, the books of Genesis through Deuteronomy in a Jewish or Christian Bible).