Re'eh - Commandments

Commandments

According to Sefer ha-Chinuch, there are 17 positive and 38 negative commandments in the parashah.

• To destroy idols and their accessories
• Not to destroy objects associated with God’s Name
• To bring all avowed and freewill offerings to the Temple on the first subsequent festival
• Not to offer any sacrifices outside the Temple courtyard
• To offer all sacrifices in the Temple
• To redeem dedicated animals which have become disqualified
• Not to eat the second tithe of grains outside Jerusalem
• Not to eat the second tithe of wine products outside Jerusalem
• Not to eat the second tithe of oil outside Jerusalem
• The Kohanim must not eat unblemished firstborn animals outside Jerusalem
• The Kohanim must not eat sacrificial meat outside the Temple courtyard
• Not to eat the meat of the burnt offering
• Not to eat the meat of minor sacrifices before sprinkling the blood on the altar
• The Kohanim must not eat first fruits before they are set down in the Sanctuary grounds
• Not to refrain from rejoicing with, and giving gifts to, the Levites
• To ritually slaughter an animal before eating it
• Not to eat a limb or part taken from a living animal
• To bring all sacrifices from outside Israel to the Temple
• Not to add to the Torah commandments or their oral explanations
• Not to diminish from the Torah any commandments, in whole or in part
• Not to listen to a false prophet
• Not to love an enticer to idolatry
• Not to cease hating the enticer to idolatry
• Not to save the enticer to idolatry
• Not to say anything in defense of the enticer to idolatry
• Not to refrain from incriminating the enticer to idolatry
• Not to entice an individual to idol worship
• Carefully interrogate the witness
• To burn a city that has turned to idol worship
• Not to rebuild it as a city
• Not to derive benefit from it
• Not to tear the skin in mourning
• Not to make a bald spot in mourning
• Not to eat sacrifices which have become unfit or blemished
• To examine the signs of fowl to distinguish between kosher and non-kosher
• Not to eat non-kosher flying insects
• Not to eat the meat of an animal that died without ritual slaughter
• To set aside the second tithe (Ma'aser Sheni)
• To separate the tithe for the poor
• Not to pressure or claim from the borrower after the seventh year
• To press the idolater for payment
• To release all loans during the seventh year
• Not to withhold charity from the poor
• To give charity
• Not to refrain from lending immediately before the release of the loans for fear of monetary loss
• Not to send the Hebrew slave away empty-handed
• Give the Hebrew slave gifts when he goes free
• Not to work consecrated animals
• Not to shear the fleece of consecrated animals
• Not to eat chametz on the afternoon of the 14th day of Nisan
• Not to leave the meat of the holiday offering of the 14th until the 16th
• Not to offer a Passover offering on one’s provisional altar
• To rejoice on these three Festivals
• To be seen at the Temple on Passover, Shavuot, and Sukkot
• Not to appear at the Temple without offerings