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Commandments

According to the Sefer ha-Chinuch, there are 24 positive and 39 negative commandments in the parshah:

A Kohen must not defile himself for anyone except certain relatives. (Leviticus 21:1.)
To mourn for a close relative (Leviticus 21:3.)
An impure Kohen, following immersion, must wait until after sundown before returning to service. (Leviticus 22:7.)
A Kohen must not marry a woman who had forbidden relations. (Leviticus 21:7.)
A Kohen must not marry a woman born from a disqualified marriage. (Leviticus 21:7.)
A Kohen must not marry a divorcee. (Leviticus 21:7.)
To dedicate the Kohen for service (Leviticus 21:8.)
The High Priest must not enter under the same roof as a corpse. (Leviticus 21:11.)
The High Priest must not defile himself for any relative. (Leviticus 21:11.)
The High Priest must marry a virgin. (Leviticus 21:13.)
The High Priest must not marry a widow. (Leviticus 21:14.)
The High Priest must not have sexual relations with a widow even outside of marriage. (Leviticus 21:15.)
A Kohen with a physical blemish must not serve. (Leviticus 21:17.)
A Kohen with a temporary blemish must not serve. (Leviticus 21:17.)
A Kohen with a physical blemish must not enter the sanctuary or approach the altar. (Leviticus 21:23.)
Impure Kohanim must not do service in the Temple. (Leviticus 22:2.)
An impure Kohen must not eat terumah. (Leviticus 22:4.)
A non-Kohen must not eat terumah. (Leviticus 22:10.)
A hired worker or a Jewish bondsman of a Kohen must not eat terumah. (Leviticus 22:10.)
An uncircumcised person must not eat terumah. (Leviticus 22:10.)
A woman born from a disqualified marriage must not eat terumah. (Leviticus 22:12.)
Not to eat produce from which the tithes have not been separated (Leviticus 22:15.)
Not to dedicate a blemished animal for the altar (Leviticus 22:20.)
To offer only unblemished animals (Leviticus 22:21.)
Not to wound dedicated animals (Leviticus 22:21.)
Not to sprinkle the blood of a blemished animal (Leviticus 22:24.)
Not to slaughter a blemished animal for an offering (Leviticus 22:22.)
Not to burn the fat of a blemished animal on the altar (Leviticus 22:22.)
Not to castrate animals (Leviticus 22:24.)
Not to sacrifice blemished animals even if offered by non-Jews (Leviticus 22:25.)
To offer only animals which are at least eight days old (Leviticus 22:27.)
Not to slaughter an animal and its offspring on the same day (Leviticus 22:28.)
Not to profane God’s Name (Leviticus 22:32.)
To sanctify God’s Name (Leviticus 22:32.)
To rest on the first day of Passover (Leviticus 23:7.)
Not to do prohibited labor on the first day of Passover (Leviticus 23:8.)
To offer the musaf offering all seven days of Passover (Leviticus 23:8.)
To rest on the seventh day of Passover (Leviticus 23:8.)
Not to do prohibited labor on the seventh day of Passover (Leviticus 23:8.)
To offer the wave offering from the meal of the new wheat (Leviticus 23:10.)
Not to eat bread from new grain before the omer (Leviticus 23:14.)
Not to eat parched grains from new grain before the omer (Leviticus 23:14.)
Not to eat ripened grains from new grain before the omer (Leviticus 23:14.)
To count the omer (Leviticus 23:15.)
To bring two loaves to accompany the Shavuot sacrifice (Leviticus 23:17.)
To offer the musaf offering on Yom Kippur (Leviticus 23:27.)
To rest on Shavuot (Leviticus 23:21.)
Not to do prohibited labor on Shavuot (Leviticus 23:21.)

To rest on Rosh Hashanah (Leviticus 23:24.)
Not to do prohibited labor on Rosh Hashanah (Leviticus 23:25.)
To offer the musaf offering on Rosh Hashanah (Leviticus 23:25.)
To fast on Yom Kippur (Leviticus 23:27.)
Not to do prohibited labor on Yom Kippur (Leviticus 23:27.)
Not to eat or drink on Yom Kippur (Leviticus 23:29.)
To rest from prohibited labor on Yom Kippur (Leviticus 23:32.)
To rest on Sukkot (Leviticus 23:35.)
Not to do prohibited labor on Sukkot (Leviticus 23:35.)
To offer the musaf offering all the days of Sukkot (Leviticus 23:36.)
To rest on Shmini Atzeret (Leviticus 23:36.)
To offer the musaf offering on Shmini Atzeret (Leviticus 23:36.)
Not to do prohibited labor on Shmini Atzeret (Leviticus 23:36.)
To take up a lulav and etrog all seven days (Leviticus 23:40.)
To dwell in a sukkah for the seven days of Sukkot (Leviticus 23:42.)

(Sefer HaHinnuch: The Book of Education. Translated by Charles Wengrov, 3:163–363. Jerusalem: Feldheim Pub., 1984. ISBN 0-87306-297-3.)

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