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
The Poor and Unfortunate, Treatment of Gentiles, Marriage, Divorce and Family,
Forbidden Sexual Relations
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.
The Poor and Unfortunate
Not to afflict an orphan or a
widow (Ex. 22:21).
Not to reap the entire field (Lev.
19:9; Lev. 23:22) (negative).
To leave the unreaped corner of
the field or orchard for the poor (Lev. 19:9) (affirmative).
Not to gather gleanings (the ears
that have fallen to the ground while reaping) (Lev. 19:9) (negative).
To leave the gleanings for the
poor (Lev. 19:9) (affirmative).
Not to gather ol'loth (the
imperfect clusters) of the vineyard (Lev. 19:10) (negative).
To leave ol'loth (the imperfect
clusters) of the vineyard for the poor (Lev. 19:10; Deut. 24:21)
(affirmative).
Not to gather the peret (grapes)
that have fallen to the ground (Lev. 19:10) (negative).
To leave peret (the single grapes)
of the vineyard for the poor (Lev. 19:10) (affirmative).
Not to return to take a forgotten
sheaf (Deut. 24:19) This applies to all fruit trees (Deut. 24:20) (negative).
To leave the forgotten sheaves for
the poor (Deut. 24:19-20) (affirmative).
Not to refrain from maintaining a
poor man and giving him what he needs (Deut. 15:7).
To give charity according to one's
means (Deut. 15:11).
Treatment of Gentiles
To love the stranger (Deut. 10:19).
Not to wrong the stranger in
speech (Ex. 22:20).
Not to wrong the stranger in
buying or selling (Ex. 22:20).
Not to intermarry with gentiles (Deut. 7:3)
To exact the debt of an alien (Deut. 15:3) (affirmative).
To lend to an alien at interest (Deut. 23:21) According to tradition, this
is mandatory (affirmative).
Marriage, Divorce and Family
To honor father and mother (Ex.
20:12)
Not to smite a father or a mother
(Ex. 21:15)
Not to curse a father or mother
(Ex. 21:17)
To reverently fear father and
mother (Lev. 19:3)
To be fruitful and multiply (Gen.
1:28)
That a eunuch shall not marry a
daughter of Israel (Deut. 23:2)
That a mamzer shall not marry the daughter of a Jew (Deut. 23:3).
That an Ammonite or Moabite shall never marry the daughter of an Israelite
(Deut. 23:4).
Not to exclude a descendant of Esau from the community of Israel for three
generations (Deut. 23:8-9).
Not to exclude an Egyptian from the community of Israel for three
generations (Deut. 23:8-9).
That there shall be no harlot (in
Israel); that is, that there shall be no intercourse with a woman, without
previous marriage with a deed of marriage and formal declaration of marriage
(Deut. 23:18).
To take a wife by kiddushin, the
sacrament of marriage (Deut. 24:1).
That the newly married husband shall (be free) for one year to rejoice
with his wife (Deut. 24:5).
That a bridegroom shall be exempt for a whole year from taking part in any
public labor, such as military service, guarding the wall and similar duties
(Deut. 24:5).
Not to withhold food, clothing or
conjugal rights from a wife (Ex. 21:10).
That the woman suspected of adultery shall be dealt with as prescribed in
the Torah (Num. 5:30).
That one who defames his wife's honor (by falsely accusing her of
unchastity before marriage) must live with her all his lifetime (Deut.
22:19).
That a man may not divorce his wife concerning whom he has published an
evil report (about her unchastity before marriage) (Deut. 22:19).
To divorce by a formal written document (Deut. 24:1).
That one who divorced his wife shall not remarry her, if after the divorce
she had been married to another man (Deut. 24:4).
That a widow whose husband died childless must not be married to anyone
but her deceased husband's brother (Deut. 25:5).
To marry the widow of a brother who has died childless (Deut. 25:5) (this
is only in effect insofar as it requires the procedure of release below ).
That the widow formally release the brother-in-law (if he refuses to marry
her) (Deut. 25:7-9).
Forbidden Sexual Relations
Not to indulge in familiarities
with relatives, such as kissing, embracing, winking, skipping, which may
lead to incest (Lev. 18:6).
Not to commit incest with one's
mother (Lev. 18:7).
Not to commit sodomy with one's
father (Lev. 18:7).
Not to commit incest with one's
father's wife (Lev. 18:8).
Not to commit incest with one's
sister (Lev. 18:9).
Not to commit incest with one's
father's wife's daughter (Lev. 18:9).
Not to commit incest with one's
son's daughter (Lev. 18:10).
Not to commit incest with one's
daughter's daughter (Lev. 18:10).
Not to commit incest with one's
daughter (this is not explicitly in the Torah
but is inferred from other explicit commands)
Not to commit incest with one's
fathers sister (Lev. 18:12)
Not to commit incest with one's
mother's sister (Lev. 18:13)
Not to commit incest with one's
father's brothers wife (Lev. 18:14)
Not to commit sodomy with one's
father's brother (Lev. 18:14)
Not to commit incest with one's
son's wife (Lev. 18:15)
Not to commit incest with one's
brother's wife (Lev. 18:16)
Not to commit incest with one's
wife's daughter (Lev. 18:17)
Not to commit incest with the
daughter of one's wife's son (Lev. 18:17)
Not to commit incest with the
daughter of one's wife's daughter (Lev. 18:17)
Not to commit incest with one's
wife's sister (Lev. 18:18)
Not to have intercourse with a
woman, in her menstrual period (Lev. 18:19)
Not to have intercourse with
another man's wife (Lev. 18:20)
Not to commit sodomy with a male
(Lev. 18:22)
Not to have intercourse with a
beast (Lev. 18:23)
That a woman shall not have
intercourse with a beast (Lev. 18:23)
Not to castrate the male of any
species; neither a man, nor a domestic or wild beast, nor a fowl (Lev.
22:24)
