{"id":259086,"date":"2007-12-25T19:42:25","date_gmt":"2007-12-25T19:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breslev.com\/%d7%9c%d7%9c%d7%90-%d7%a7%d7%98%d7%92%d7%95%d7%a8%d7%99%d7%94\/mitzvah\/"},"modified":"2023-04-16T16:17:34","modified_gmt":"2023-04-16T16:17:34","slug":"mitzvah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breslev.com\/259086\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitzvah"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" align=\"justify\"><b><span style=\"color: #003366;\">&#8220;Mitzvah&#8221;<\/span> <\/b>&#8211; (pl. &#8220;Mitzvot&#8221;); a Command of G-d. There are several types, including the following:<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\">Seven Commands of the &#8220;Sons of &#8220;Noach&#8221;\/Noah (refers to all of humanity <b>because<\/b> the entire human race descended, according to the Torah, from the survivors of the Great Flood, the &#8220;Mabul.&#8221;) These commands are presumably &#8220;built into&#8221; the soul or conscience of the human being. The seven commands are:<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" align=\"justify\">\n<p>a. Not to engage in the practice of idol-worship<br \/>\nb. Not to &#8220;Bless (euphemism for &#8220;curse&#8221;) the Divine Name<br \/>\nc. Not to Murder<br \/>\nd. Not to engage in Sexual Transgressions<br \/>\ne. Not to engage in Theft<br \/>\nf. To Establish a System of Courts for the Administration of Justice<br \/>\ng. Not to eat a limb torn from a live animal (against cruelty to animals)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\">Six hundred thirteen Commands of the Torah, binding upon the Jewish People, including:<\/p>\n<p><b>a.<\/b> Two hundred forty eight <b>Positive Commands<\/b> (for example: &#8220;You shall eat Matzot for seven days&#8221; &#8211; (&#8220;Shemot&#8221;\/Exodus 12:15) and &#8220;Honor your father and your mother&#8221; (Ibid. 20:12)) and<br \/>\n<b>b.<\/b> Three hundred sixty five <b>Negative Commands<\/b> (for example: &#8220;You shall not murder&#8221; (Ibid. 20:13) and &#8220;You shall not curse a deaf person and You shall not put a stumbling block in the path of a blind person.&#8221; (&#8220;Vayikra&#8221;\/Leviticus 19:14))<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" align=\"justify\">Taken from: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ou.org\/about\/judaism\/m.htm#mitzvah\">http:\/\/www.ou.org\/about\/judaism\/m.htm#mitzvah<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Mitzvah&#8221; &#8211; (pl. &#8220;Mitzvot&#8221;); a Command of G-d. There are several types, including the following: Seven Commands of the &#8220;Sons of &#8220;Noach&#8221;\/Noah (refers to all of humanity because the entire human race descended, according to the Torah, from the survivors of the Great Flood, the &#8220;Mabul.&#8221;) These commands are presumably &#8220;built into&#8221; the soul or &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/breslev.com\/259086\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Mitzvah&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62109,"featured_media":1414252,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[15314],"tags":[],"author_post":[14281],"new_serie":[],"class_list":["post-259086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breslevpedia-breslevpedia","author_post-breslev-israel-staff"],"acf":{"intro_text":"<p>\"Mitzvah\" - (pl. \"Mitzvot\"); a Command of G-d. 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