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The tradition that 613 commandments (Hebrew: תרי"ג מצוות‎: taryag mitzvot, "613 mitzvot") is the number of mitzvot in the Torah, began in the 3rd century CE, when Rabbi Simlai mentioned it in a sermon that is recorded in Talmud Makkot 23b.[1]

These principles of Biblical law are sometimes called connections or commandments (mitzvot) and referred
33:04 is to be interpreted to mean that Moses transmitted the "Torah" from God to the Israelites: "Moses commanded us the Torah as an inheritance for the community of Jacob".

The Talmud notes that the Hebrew numerical value (gematria) of the word "Torah" is 611, and combining Moses 's 611 commandments with the first two of the Ten Commandments which were the only ones heard directly from God, adds up to 613.[8] The Talmud attributes the number 613 to Rabbi Simlai, but other classical sages who hold this view include Rabbi Simeon ben Azzai (Sifre, Deuteronomy 76) and Rabbi Eleazar ben Yose the Galilean (Midrash Aggadah to Genesis 15:1). It is quoted in Midrash Shemot Rabbah 33:7, Bamidbar Rabbah 13:15–16; 18:21 and Talmud Yevamot 47b.

Many Jewish philosophical and mystical works (e.g. by Baal ha-Turim, the Maharal of Prague and leaders of Hasidic Judaism) find allusions and inspirational calculations relating to the number of
20:21 Yemenite->Ex. 20:20
Not to turn a city to idolatry — Deut. 13:14
To burn a city that has turned to idol worship — Deut. 13:17
Not to rebuild it as a city — Deut. 13:17
Not to derive benefit from it — Deut. 13:18
Not to missionize an individual to idol worship — Deut. 13:12
Not to love the idolater — Deut. 13:9
Not to cease hating the idolater — Deut. 13:9
Not to save the idolater — Deut. 13:9
Not to say anything in the idolater 's defense — Deut. 13:9
Not to refrain from incriminating the idolater — Deut. 13:9
Not to prophesize in the name of idolatry — Deut. 13:14
Not to listen to a false prophet — Deut. 13:4
Not to prophesize falsely in the name of God — Deut. 18:20
Not to be afraid of the false prophet — Deut. 18:22
Not to swear in the name of an idol — Ex. 23:13
Not to perform ov (medium) — Lev. 19:31
Not to perform yidoni ("magical seer") — Lev. 19:31
Not to pass your children through the fire to Molech — Lev. 18:21
Not to erect a pillar in a public place of worship — Deut. 16:22
Not to bow down before a smooth stone — Lev. 26:1
Not to plant a tree in the Temple courtyard — Deut. 16:21
To destroy idols and their accessories — Deut.