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THE 613 MITZVOT (COMMANDMENTS)
As enumerated by Maimonides (Rambam) in the Mishneh Torah
248 Positive Commandments + 365 Negative Commandments = 613 Total

Source: Mechon Mamre (mechon-mamre.org)

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BOOK 1: THE BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE (75 commandments: 16 positive, 59 negative)
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LAWS OF THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE TORAH (10)
  1. [+] To know that there is God
  2. [-] Not to entertain the thought that there is any god but the LORD
  3. [+] To acknowledge His Oneness
  4. [+] To love Him
  5. [+] To fear Him
  6. [+] To sanctify His Name
  7. [-] Not to profane His Name
  8. [-] Not to destroy things upon which His Name is called
  9. [+] To obey the prophet who speaks in His Name
 10. [-] Not to test Him

LAWS OF PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT (11)
 11. [+] To imitate His ways
 12. [+] To cleave to those who know Him
 13. [+] To love fellow Jews
 14. [+] To love converts
 15. [-] Not to hate fellow Jews
 16. [+] To rebuke
 17. [-] Not to shame others
 18. [-] Not to afflict the unfortunate
 19. [-] Not to gossip
 20. [-] Not to take revenge
 21. [-] Not to bear a grudge

LAWS OF TORAH STUDY (2)
 22. [+] To study Torah
 23. [+] To honor those who teach it and know it

LAWS OF IDOLATRY AND GENTILE CUSTOMS (51)
 24. [-] Not to turn to idolatry
 25. [-] Not to stray after thoughts of the heart and sights of the eyes
 26. [-] Not to blaspheme
 27. [-] Not to worship an object of idolatry in its normal way
 28. [-] Not to prostrate oneself to it
 29. [-] Not to make a graven image for oneself
 30. [-] Not to make a graven image even for others
 31. [-] Not to make figures even for decoration
 32. [-] Not to proselytize others after it
 33. [+] To burn a city that has been proselytized over to idolatry
 34. [-] Not to rebuild it
 35. [-] Not to benefit from any of its property
 36. [-] Not to entice an individual to worship it
 37. [-] Not to love the enticer
 38. [-] Not to leave off hating him
 39. [-] Not to save him
 40. [-] Not to plead for his acquittal
 41. [-] Not to refrain from pleading for his conviction
 42. [-] Not to prophesy in its name
 43. [-] Not to listen to one who prophesies in its name
 44. [-] Not to prophesy falsely, even in the name of the LORD
 45. [-] Not to fear killing a false prophet
 46. [-] Not to swear in the name of idolatry
 47. [-] Not to divine by consulting ghosts
 48. [-] Not to resort to familiar spirits
 49. [-] Not to turn over to Molech
 50. [-] Not to set up a pillar
 51. [-] Not to prostrate oneself on a figured stone
 52. [-] Not to plant a tree for worship
 53. [+] To destroy an object of idolatry and everything made for it
 54. [-] Not to benefit from an object of idolatry or any of its accessories
 55. [-] Not to benefit from the coverings of anything worshipped
 56. [-] Not to make a covenant with idolaters
 57. [-] Not to show them favor
 58. [-] That they must not settle in our Land
 59. [-] Not to imitate their customs or their dress
 60. [-] Not to practice divination
 61. [-] Not to practice black magic
 62. [-] Not to practice soothsaying
 63. [-] Not to practice the charmer's art
 64. [-] Not to enquire of the dead
 65. [-] Not to consult a ghost
 66. [-] Not to consult a familiar spirit
 67. [-] Not to practice witchcraft
 68. [-] Not to shave the corners of the head
 69. [-] Not to remove the corners of the beard
 70. [-] That a man shall not wear the attire of a woman
 71. [-] That a woman shall not wear the attire of a man
 72. [-] Not to tattoo the body
 73. [-] Not to cut oneself
 74. [-] Not to make a bald spot for the dead

LAWS OF REPENTANCE (1)
 75. [+] That the sinner shall repent of his sin before the LORD, and confess

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BOOK 2: THE BOOK OF LOVE (11 commandments: 11 positive)
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LAWS OF RECITING THE SHEMA (1)
 76. [+] To recite the Shema twice daily

LAWS OF PRAYER AND PRIESTLY BLESSING (2)
 77. [+] To serve the LORD in prayer daily
 78. [+] For Priests to bless Israel daily

LAWS OF TEFILLIN, MEZUZAH, AND TORAH SCROLL (5)
 79. [+] For there to be tefillin on the head
 80. [+] To bind them on the arm
 81. [+] To fix a mezuzah at entrances
 82. [+] For every man to write a Torah scroll for himself
 83. [+] For the King to write a second scroll for himself

LAWS OF TZITZIT (1)
 84. [+] To make tzitzit on the corners of garments

LAWS OF BLESSINGS (1)
 85. [+] To bless His Name after eating

LAWS OF CIRCUMCISION (1)
 86. [+] To circumcise males on the eighth day

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BOOK 3: THE BOOK OF TIMES (35 commandments: 19 positive, 16 negative)
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LAWS OF THE SABBATH (5)
 87. [+] To rest on the seventh day
 88. [-] Not to do work on it
 89. [-] Not to punish on the Sabbath
 90. [-] Not to leave the limits of one's settlement on the Sabbath
 91. [+] To sanctify the day in speech

LAWS OF REST ON THE TENTH OF TISHRI (4)
 92. [+] To rest on it from work
 93. [-] Not to do work on it
 94. [+] To fast on it
 95. [-] Not to eat or drink on it

LAWS OF REST ON HOLIDAYS (12)
 96. [+] To rest on the first day of Pesach
 97. [-] Not to do work on it
 98. [+] To rest on the seventh day of Pesach
 99. [-] Not to do work on it
100. [+] To rest on the Festival of Shavuot
101. [-] Not to do work on it
102. [+] To rest on Rosh Hashanah
103. [-] Not to do work on it
104. [+] To rest on the first day of the Festival of Sukkot
105. [-] Not to do work on it
106. [+] To rest on the eighth day of the Festival
107. [-] Not to do work on it

LAWS OF LEAVEN AND UNLEAVENED BREAD (8)
108. [-] Not to eat leavened food on the Fourteenth of Nisan, from noon onwards
109. [+] To get rid of leaven on the Fourteenth of Nisan
110. [-] Not to eat leavened food during the seven days
111. [-] Not to eat a mixture that contains leaven during the seven days
112. [-] That no leavened food is to be seen in one's possession during the seven days
113. [-] That no leavened food is to be found in one's possession during the seven days
114. [+] To eat unleavened bread on the night of Pesach
115. [+] To tell the story of the Exodus from Egypt on that night

LAWS OF SHOFAR, SUKKAH, AND LOLAV (3)
116. [+] To hear the sound of the shofar on the First of Tishri
117. [+] To dwell in a sukkah seven days of the Festival
118. [+] To take up a Lolav in the Temple all seven days of the Festival

LAWS OF SHEQELS (1)
119. [+] For every man to give half a Sheqel every year

LAWS OF SANCTIFICATION OF MONTHS (1)
120. [+] To calculate, know, and fix the beginning of each month

LAWS OF FASTS (1)
121. [+] To fast and cry out before the LORD whenever a great calamity comes

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BOOK 4: THE BOOK OF WOMEN (17 commandments: 9 positive, 8 negative)
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LAWS OF MARRIAGE (4)
122. [+] To take a wife by marriage contract and sanctification ceremony
123. [-] For a woman not to have sexual relations without a marriage contract
124. [-] Not to withhold food, clothing, and conjugal rights
125. [+] To be fruitful and multiply from one's wife

LAWS OF DIVORCE (2)
126. [+] That one shall divorce with a written document
127. [-] That one shall not take back a former wife after her being married to another

LAWS OF LEVIRATE MARRIAGE AND RELEASE (3)
128. [+] To marry the widow of a brother who died childless
129. [+] To release the widow, if one does not marry her
130. [-] That such a widow not be married to another until levirate obligation removed

LAWS OF THE VIRGIN MAIDEN (5)
131. [+] To fine the seducer
132. [+] That the rapist shall marry his victim
133. [-] That the rapist shall not divorce
134. [+] That the wife of one who defamed her may remain with him forever
135. [-] That such a defamer shall not divorce his wife

LAWS OF A WOMAN SUSPECTED OF ADULTERY (3)
136. [+] To do to a woman suspected of adultery the special procedure in the Torah
137. [-] Not to put oil on her offering
138. [-] Not to put frankincense on it

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BOOK 5: THE BOOK OF HOLINESS (70 commandments: 8 positive, 62 negative)
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LAWS OF FORBIDDEN SEXUAL RELATIONS (37)
139-175. [See full enumeration in source text]

LAWS OF FORBIDDEN FOODS (28)
176-203. [See full enumeration in source text]

LAWS OF SLAUGHTER (5)
204. [+] To slaughter and then eat
205. [-] Not to slaughter an animal and its young on the same day
206. [+] To cover the blood of a wild beast or of a fowl
207. [-] Not to take the mother bird with the young
208. [+] To set the mother bird free, if one has taken her and her young

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BOOK 6: THE BOOK OF PROMISES (25 commandments: 10 positive, 15 negative)
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LAWS OF OATHS (5)
209. [-] Not to swear by His Name falsely
210. [-] Not to take His Name in vain
211. [-] Not to falsely deny an article left in trust
212. [-] Not to swear falsely in denial of a claim to property
213. [+] To swear by His Name in truth

LAWS OF VOWS (3)
214. [+] That one shall fulfill whatever he has uttered and do as he has vowed
215. [-] Not to break one's word
216. [+] That a vow or oath may be annulled

LAWS OF THE NAZARITE (10)
217-226. [See full enumeration in source text]

LAWS OF APPRAISALS AND DEVOTED PROPERTY (7)
227-233. [See full enumeration in source text]

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BOOKS 7-14: See source text for complete enumeration
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BOOK 7:  THE BOOK OF SEEDS (67: 30 positive, 37 negative)
BOOK 8:  THE BOOK OF SERVICE (103: 47 positive, 56 negative)
BOOK 9:  THE BOOK OF SACRIFICES (39: 20 positive, 19 negative)
BOOK 10: THE BOOK OF RITUAL PURITY (20: 18 positive, 2 negative)
BOOK 11: THE BOOK OF INJURIES (36: 16 positive, 20 negative)
BOOK 12: THE BOOK OF ACQUISITION (18: 6 positive, 12 negative)
BOOK 13: THE BOOK OF JUDGMENTS (23: 11 positive, 12 negative)
BOOK 14: THE BOOK OF JUDGES (74: 27 positive, 47 negative)

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TOTAL: 613 COMMANDMENTS
  248 Positive Commandments (do's)
  365 Negative Commandments (do not's)

Note: Many of these commandments (such as all those associated with
sacrifices and the Temple) are not practicable as long as there is no
Temple in Jerusalem. The commandments that are practicable today are
estimated at roughly 270 of the 613.

Source: Maimonides, Mishneh Torah, via Mechon Mamre (mechon-mamre.org)
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