Congregation Beth Ha'Mashiach
(House of the Messiah) - Worshipping ADONAI
& His Messiah, Yeshua Ha'Mashiach
Living & teaching as our
Messiah taught us to Live
Messianic
Congregation serving Northeast Atlanta Georgia (Gwinnett, Barrow, Dekalb,
Rockdale, Walton)
Phone 770
554-2867 - email:
rabbi@cbhm.org
Messianic Congregation located
in Metro Atlanta serving Snellville, Lawrenceville, Loganville, Georgia
613
Mitzvoh
Vows, Oaths and Swearing, The Sabbatical and Jubilee Years,
The Court and Judicial Procedure, Injuries and Damages, Property and Property Rights,
Criminal Laws, Punishment and Restitution
Each mitzvah is color coded, green
indicates the commandments that should still be followed, Yellow
indicates ceremonial law that applies to Jews, and can be followed by Gentile
G-d Fearers, Orange indicates the
commandment can no longer be followed. No highlight indicates it is
subject to debate.
Vows, Oaths and Swearing
That a man should fulfill whatever
he has uttered (Deut. 23:24).
Not to swear needlessly (Ex. 20:7).
Not to violate an oath or swear
falsely (Lev. 19:12).
To decide in cases of annulment of
vows, according to the rules set forth in the Torah
(Num. 30:2-17).
Not to break a vow (Num. 30:3).
To swear by His name truly (Deut.
10:20).
Not to delay in fulfilling vows or
bringing vowed or free-will offerings (Deut. 23:22).
The Sabbatical and Jubilee Years
To let the land lie fallow in the Sabbatical year (Ex. 23:11; Lev. 25:2).
To cease from tilling the land in the Sabbatical year (Ex. 23:11)
(Lev. 25:2).
Not to till the ground in the Sabbatical year (Lev. 25:4) (negative).
Not to do any work on the trees in the Sabbatical year (Lev. 25:4).
Not to reap the aftermath that grows in the Sabbatical year, in the same
way as it is reaped in other years (Lev. 25:5).
Not to gather the fruit of the tree in the Sabbatical year in the same way
as it is gathered in other years (Lev. 25:5).
To sound the Ram's horn in the Sabbatical year (Lev. 25:9).
To release debts in the seventh year (Deut. 15:2).
Not to demand return of a loan after the Sabbatical year has passed (Deut.
15:2).
Not to refrain from making a loan to a poor man, because of the release of
loans in the Sabbatical year (Deut. 15:9).
To assemble the people to hear the
Torah at the close of the seventh year (Deut. 31:12).
To count the years of the Jubilee
by years and by cycles of seven years (Lev. 25:8).
To keep the Jubilee year holy by
resting and letting the land lie fallow (Lev. 25:10).
Not to cultivate the soil nor do
any work on the trees, in the Jubilee Year (Lev. 25:11).
Not to reap the aftermath of the
field that grew of itself in the Jubilee Year, in the same way as in other
years (Lev. 25:11).
Not to gather the fruit of the
tree in the Jubilee Year, in the same way as in other years (Lev. 25:11).
To grant redemption to the land in
the Jubilee year (Lev. 25:24).
The Court and Judicial Procedure
To appoint judges and officers in every community of Israel (Deut. 16:18).
Not to appoint as a judge, a person who is not well versed in the laws of
the
Torah, even if he is
expert in other branches of knowledge (Deut. 1:17).
To adjudicate cases of purchase and sale (Lev.
25:14).
To judge cases of liability of a paid depositary (Ex. 22:9).
To adjudicate cases of loss for which a gratuitous borrower is liable (Ex.
22:13-14).
To adjudicate cases of inheritances (Num. 27:8-11).
To judge cases of damage caused by an uncovered pit (Ex. 21:33-34).
To judge cases of injuries caused by beasts (Ex. 21:35-36).
To adjudicate cases of damage caused by trespass of cattle (Ex. 22:4).
To adjudicate cases of damage caused by fire (Ex. 22:5).
To adjudicate cases of damage caused by a gratuitous depositary (Ex.
22:6-7).
To adjudicate other cases between a plaintiff and a defendant (Ex. 22:8).
Not to curse a judge (Ex. 22:27).
That one who possesses evidence shall testify in Court (Lev. 5:1).
Not to testify falsely (Ex. 20:13).
That a witness, who has testified in a capital case, shall not lay down
the law in that particular case (Num. 35:30).
That a transgressor shall not testify (Ex. 23:1).
That the court shall not accept the testimony of a close relative of the
defendant in matters of capital punishment (Deut. 24:16).
Not to hear one of the parties to a suit in the absence of the other party
(Ex. 23:1).
To examine witnesses thoroughly (Deut. 13:15).
Not to decide a case on the evidence of a single witness (Deut. 19:15).
To give the decision according to the majority, when there is a difference
of opinion among the members of the Sanhedrin as to matters of law (Ex.
23:2).
Not to decide, in capital cases, according to the view of the majority,
when those who are for condemnation exceed by one only, those who are for
acquittal (Ex. 23:2).
That, in capital cases, one who had argued for acquittal, shall not later
on argue for condemnation (Ex. 23:2).
To treat parties in a litigation with equal impartiality (Lev. 19:15).
Not to render iniquitous decisions (Lev. 19:15).
Not to favor a great man when trying a case (Lev. 19:15).
Not to take a bribe (Ex. 23:8).
Not to be afraid of a bad man, when trying a case (Deut. 1:17).
Not to be moved in trying a case, by the poverty of one of the parties
(Ex. 23:3; Lev. 19:15).
Not to pervert the judgment of strangers or orphans (Deut. 24:17).
Not to pervert the judgment of a sinner (a person poor in fulfillment of
commandments) (Ex. 23:6).
Not to render a decision on one's personal opinion, but only on the
evidence of two witnesses, who saw what actually occurred (Ex. 23:7) .
Not to execute one guilty of a capital offense, before he has stood his
trial (Num. 35:12).
To accept the rulings of every Supreme Court in Israel (Deut. 17:11).
Not to rebel against the orders of the Court (Deut. 17:11).
Injuries and Damages
To make a parapet for your roof (Deut. 22:8).
Not to leave something that might
cause hurt (Deut. 22:8)
To save the pursued even at the cost of the life of the pursuer (Deut.
25:12).
Not to spare a pursuer, but he is to be slain before he reaches the
pursued and slays the latter, or uncovers his nakedness (Deut. 25:12).
Property and Property Rights
Not to sell a field in the land of
Israel in perpetuity (Lev. 25:23).
Not to change the character of the
open land (about the cities of) the Levites or of their fields; not to sell
it in perpetuity, but it may be redeemed at any time (Lev. 25:34).
That houses sold within a walled
city may be redeemed within a year (Lev. 25:29).
Not to remove landmarks (property
boundaries) (Deut. 19:14) (CCN85).
Not to swear falsely in denial of
another's property rights (Lev. 19:11) (CCN30).
Not to deny falsely another's
property rights (Lev. 19:11) (CCN36).
Never to settle in the land of Egypt (Deut. 17:16).
Not to steal personal property
(Lev. 19:11).
To restore that which one took by
robbery (Lev. 5:23).
To return lost property (Deut.
22:1).
Not to pretend not to have seen
lost property, to avoid the obligation to return it (Deut. 22:3).
Criminal Laws
Not to slay an innocent person
(Ex. 20:13).
Not to kidnap any person of Israel
(Ex. 20:13).
Not to rob by violence (Lev.
19:13).
Not to defraud (Lev. 19:13).
Not to covet what belongs to
another (Ex. 20:14).
Not to crave something that
belongs to another (Deut. 5:18).
Not to indulge in evil thoughts
and sights (Num. 15:39).
Punishment and Restitution
That the Court shall pass sentence
of death by decapitation with the sword (Ex. 21:20; Lev. 26:25).
That the Court shall pass sentence
of death by strangulation (Lev. 20:10).
That the Court shall pass sentence
of death by burning with fire (Lev. 20:14).
That the Court shall pass sentence
of death by stoning (Deut. 22:24).
To hang the dead body of one who
has incurred that penalty (Deut. 21:22).
That the dead body of an executed criminal shall not remain hanging on the
tree over night (Deut. 21:23).
To inter the executed on the day of execution (Deut. 21:23).
Not to accept ransom from a murderer (Num. 35:31).
To exile one who committed accidental homicide (Num. 35:25).
To establish six cities of refuge (for those who committed accidental
homicide) (Deut. 19:3).
Not to accept ransom from an accidental homicide, so as to relieve him
from exile (Num. 35:32).
To decapitate the heifer in the manner prescribed (in expiation of a
murder on the road, the perpetrator of which remained undiscovered) (Deut.
21:4).
Not to plow nor sow the rough valley (in which a heifer's neck was broken)
(Deut. 21:4).
To adjudge a thief to pay compensation or (in certain cases) suffer death
(Ex. 21:16; Ex. 21:37; Ex. 22:1).
That he who inflicts a bodily injury shall pay monetary compensation (Ex.
21:18-19).
To impose a penalty of fifty shekels upon the seducer (of an unbetrothed
virgin) and enforce the other rules in connection with the case (Ex.
22:15-16).
That the violator (of an unbetrothed virgin) shall marry her (Deut.
22:28-29).
That one who has raped a damsel and has then (in accordance with the law)
married her, may not divorce her (Deut. 22:29).
Not to inflict punishment on Shabbat (Ex. 35:3) (because some punishments
were inflicted by fire).
To punish the wicked by the infliction of stripes (Deut. 25:2).
Not to exceed the statutory number of stripes laid on one who has incurred
that punishment (Deut. 25:3) (and by implication, not to strike anyone).
Not to spare the offender, in imposing the prescribed penalties on one who
has caused damage (Deut. 19:13).
To do unto false witnesses as they had purposed to do (to the accused)
(Deut. 19:19).
Not to punish any one who has committed an offense under duress (Deut.
22:26).
