THE 613 TORAH LAWS – PART 2

POOR AND UNFORTUNATE

40 -- Not to inflict an orphan or a widow
41 -- Not to reap the entire field
42 -- To leave the un-reaped corner of the field or orchid for the poor
43 -- Not to gather gleanings; The ears that have fallen to the ground while reaping
44 -- To leave the gleanings for the poor
45 -- Not to gather ol’loth - the imperfect clusters - of the vineyard
46 -- To leave ol’loth - the imperfect clusters - of the vineyard for the poor
47 -- Not to gather the peret – grapes - that have fallen to the ground
48 -- To leave peret - the single grapes - of the vineyard for the poor
49 -- Not to return to take a forgotten sheaf - This applies to all fruit trees
50 -- To leave the forgotten sheaves for the poor
51 -- Not to refrain from maintaining a poor man and giving him what he needs
52 -- To give charity according to one’s means

TREATMENT OF THE GENTILES

53 -- To love the stranger
54 -- Not to wrong the stranger in speech
55 -- Not to wrong the stranger in buying and selling
56 -- Not to intermarry with gentiles
57 -- To exact the debt of a stranger
58 -- To lend to a stranger at interest - According to tradition this is mandatory

MARRIAGE, DIVORCE AND FAMILY

59 -- To honour your father and your mother
60 -- Not to smite a father or a mother
61 -- Not to curse a father or a mother
62 -- To reverently fear father or mother
63 -- To be fruitful and multiply
64 -- That a eunuch shall not marry a daughter of a believer
65 -- That a mamzer shall not marry the daughter of a believer
66 -- That an Ammonite or Moabite shall never marry the daughter of a believer
67 -- Not to exclude a descendant of Esau from the community of believers for three generations
68 -- Not to exclude an Egyptian from the community of believers for three generations
69 -- That there shall be no harlot; that is, that there shall be no intercourse with a woman without previous marriage with a deed of marriage and formal declaration of marriage
70 -- To take a wife by kiddushin, the sacrament of marriage
71 -- That the newly married husband shall (be free) for one year to rejoice with his wife
72 -- That the bridegroom shall be exempt for a whole year from taking part in any public labour such as military service, guarding the wall and similar duties
73 -- Not to withhold food, clothing or conjugal rights from a wife
74 -- That the woman suspected of adultery shall be dealt with as prescribed in the Torah
75 -- That one who defames his wife’s honour - by falsely accusing her of un-chastity before marriage - must live with her all his life time
76 -- That a man may not divorce his wife concerning whom he has published an evil report - about her un-chastity before marriage
77 -- To divorce by a formal written document
78 -- That one who divorced his wife, shall not remarry her, if after the divorce she had been married to another man
79 -- That a widow whose husband died childless must not be married to anyone but her deceased husband’s brother
80 -- The brother marry the widow of his brother who has died childless
81 -- That the widow formally release the brother-in-law - if he refuses to marry her