613 commandments - [34 Sections]

the 613 Commandments in Judeaism


Marriage, Divorce and Family

59. To honor father and mother (Ex. 20:12)

60. Not to smite a father or a mother (Ex. 21:15)

61. Not to curse a father or mother (Ex. 21:17)

62. To reverently fear father and mother (Lev. 19:3)

63. To be fruitful and multiply (Gen. 1:28)

64. That a eunuch shall not marry a daughter of Israel (Deut. 23:2)

65. That a mamzer shall not marry the daughter of a Jew (Deut. 23:3)

66. That an Ammonite or Moabite shall never marry the daughter of an Israelite (Deut. 23:4) (negative).

67. Not to exclude a descendant of Esau from the community of Israel for three generations (Deut. 23:8-9) (negative).

68. Not to exclude an Egyptian from the community of Israel for three generations (Deut. 23:8-9) (negative).

69. 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)

70. To take a wife by kiddushin, the sacrament of marriage (Deut. 24:1)

71. That the newly married husband shall (be free) for one year to rejoice with his wife (Deut. 24:5) (affirmative).

72. 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) (negative).

73. Not to withhold food, clothing or conjugal rights from a wife (Ex. 21:10)

74. That the woman suspected of adultery shall be dealt with as prescribed in the Torah (Num. 5:30) (affirmative).

75. 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) (affirmative).

76. That a man may not divorce his wife concerning whom he has published an evil report (about her unchastity before marriage) (Deut. 22:19) (negative).

77. To divorce by a formal written document (Deut. 24:1) (affirmative).

78. That one who divorced his wife shall not remarry her, if after the divorce she had been married to another man (Deut. 24:4)

79. That a widow whose husband died childless must not be married to anyone but her deceased husband's brother (Deut. 25:5) - (this is only in effect insofar as it requires the procedure of release below).

80. 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 )

81. That the widow formally release the brother-in-law (if he refuses to marry her) (Deut. 25:7-9)