The mitzvot of the Torah, parsha by parsha

Leviticus

The mitzvot of Tzav


After Sefer HaChinuch · by a Levite of Barcelona

Mitzvot in the parsha: 18 Positive: 9 Negative: 9

The first mitzvah of the parsha

131. The commandment of the lifting of the ashes

Leviticus 6:3

The root of the mitzvah

As with the building of the Temple, the aim here too is to make the House as splendid as we can. An altar cleared of its ashes, at the place where the fire is kindled, looks finer, and the fire itself catches better when there is no ash beneath it.

  1. 131

    The commandment of the lifting of the ashes

    Positive Leviticus 6:3

  2. 132

    The commandment of lighting fire on the altar every day

    Positive Leviticus 6:6

  3. 133

    To not extinguish the fire upon the altar

    Negative Leviticus 6:6

  4. 134

    The commandment of eating the remainders of the meal offering

    Positive Leviticus 6:9

  5. 135

    To not make the remainders of the meal offering chamets

    Negative Leviticus 6:10

  6. 136

    The commandment of the daily meal offering of the high priest

    Positive Leviticus 6:13

  7. 137

    To not eat the meal offering of the priest

    Negative Leviticus 6:16

  8. 138

    The commandment of the procedure of the sin offering

    Positive Leviticus 6:18

  9. 139

    To not eat from the meat of the sin offerings processed inside

    Negative Leviticus 6:23

  10. 140

    The commandment of the procedure of the guilt offering

    Positive Leviticus 7:1

  11. 141

    The commandment of the procedure of the sacrifice of the peace offerings

    Positive Leviticus 7:11

  12. 142

    To not leave over meat from the thanksgiving sacrifice

    Negative Leviticus 7:15

  13. 143

    The commandment of the burning of the remnant of the sacrifices

    Positive Leviticus 7:17

  14. 144

    To not eat piggul

    Negative Leviticus 7:18

  15. 145

    To not eat meat of the sacrifices that has become impure

    Negative Leviticus 7:19

  16. 146

    The commandment of burning meat of sacrifices that has become impure

    Positive Leviticus 7:19

  17. 147

    That we not eat forbidden fat

    Negative Leviticus 7:23

  18. 148

    That we not eat the blood of a domesticated beast, a wild animal or a bird

    Negative Leviticus 7:26