The mitzvot of the Torah, parsha by parsha

Leviticus

The mitzvot of Bechukotai


After Sefer HaChinuch · by a Levite of Barcelona

Mitzvot in the parsha: 12 Positive: 7 Negative: 5

The first mitzvah of the parsha

350. The commandment that one who appraises a man give the value delineated in the Torah

Leviticus 27:2

The root of the mitzvah

A person shares in the higher beings only through the power of speech, the most honoured part of him, which is what is called in him a living soul, as Onkelos translates it, a speaking spirit. If a person spoils this part, his body is left as if dead. Therefore a person must keep his word, and all the more so what he utters for the sake of Heaven, such as consecrations and charity.

  1. 350

    The commandment that one who appraises a man give the value delineated in the Torah

    Positive Leviticus 27:2

  2. 351

    To not exchange consecrated things

    Negative Leviticus 27:10

  3. 352

    The commandment of the one who exchanges the beast of a sacrifice with another beast, such that both of them be consecrated

    Positive Leviticus 27:10

  4. 353

    The commandment of the appraisal of a beast, such that one give according to what the priest appraises

    Positive Leviticus 27:11

  5. 354

    The commandment of appraising houses, such that he give the appraisal that the priest appraises and the addition of a fifth

    Positive Leviticus 27:14

  6. 355

    The commandment of appraising a field, that he give the appraisal specified in the section of the Torah

    Positive Leviticus 27:16

  7. 356

    To not change the consecrated from a sacrifice to a sacrifice

    Negative Leviticus 27:26

  8. 357

    The commandment of the law of one who dedicates from his properties, that it is of the priests

    Positive Leviticus 27:28

  9. 358

    That owners that dedicated land not sell it, but that it rather be given to the priests

    Negative Leviticus 27:28

  10. 359

    That a dedicated field not be redeemed

    Negative Leviticus 27:28

  11. 360

    The commandment of the tithe of pure beasts every year

    Positive Leviticus 27:32

  12. 361

    To not sell the tithe of beasts, but rather that it be eaten in Jerusalem

    Negative Leviticus 27:33