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Revision as of 17:31, 7 January 2003 by IZAK (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)In the history of Judaism ,many sages, such as Maimonides (Rambam) and Nachmanides (Ramban), went to great lengths to enumerate exactly which of the written Torah's , known as the Pentateuch, commandments can be considered fixed forevermore in contradistinction to many "commands" that God makes in the Torah at various points but are restricted as one-time acts.
Maimonides wrote his Sefer Hamitzvot, "Book of Commandments", with the aim of elucidating exactly which of the Torah's commandments are part of the 613 total.
He enumerates and eloborates on the 248 Positive commandments, mitzvot aseh .
He enumerates and elabortaes on the 365 Negative commandments, mitzvot lo taaseh .