The mitzvot of the Torah, parsha by parsha

Genesis

The mitzvot of Bereshit

After Sefer HaChinuch · by a Levite of Barcelona

Mitzvot in the parsha: 1 Positive: 1 Negative: 0

The first mitzvah of the parsha

1. The commandment of procreation

Genesis 1:28

The root of the mitzvah

God created the world so that people would live in it, not so that it would stay desolate, as the prophet Isaiah says. This mitzvah is especially great, because only when there are people in the world is there anyone to keep all the other mitzvot - the Torah was given to human beings, not to angels.

  1. 1

    The commandment of procreation

    Positive Genesis 1:28