Commandments
According to Sefer ha-Chinuch, there are 4 positive and 5 negative commandments in the parshah:
- To give a half shekel annually
- A Kohen must wash his hands and feet before service.
- To prepare the anointing oil
- Not to anoint with anointing oil
- Not to reproduce the anointing oil
- Not to reproduce the incense formula
- Not to eat or drink anything from an offering to an idol
- To let the land lie fallow in the Sabbatical year
- Not to cook meat and milk together
Maimonides, however, attributed to this parshah only the following 4 positive and 3 negative commandments:
- To give a half shekel annually
- A Kohen must wash his hands and feet before service.
- To prepare the anointing oil
- Not to reproduce the anointing oil
- Not to anoint with anointing oil
- Not to reproduce the incense formula
- To let the land lie fallow in the Sabbatical year
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