613 commandments
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According to Jewish tradition, the Torah contains 613 commandments.
De Rouwdagen (The mourning days) by Jan Voerman, c. 1884
Halakha
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Halakha, is the collective body of Jewish religious laws that are derived from the Written and Oral Torah. Halakha is based on biblical commandments, subsequent Talmudic and rabbinic laws, and the cus
613 commandments
…declared that this count was not an authentic tradition, or that it was not logically possible to come up with a systematic count. No early work of Jewish law or Biblical commentary depended on the 613 system, and no early systems of Jewish principles of faith made acceptance of this Aggadah (non-legal Talmudic…
A full set of the Babylonian Talmud
Sefer Torah at Glockengasse Synagogue (museum exhibits), Cologne
Hasidim walk to the synagogue, Rehovot, Israel.
A mixed-gender, egalitarian Conservative service at Robinson's Arch, Western Wall