TORAH LAW – PART 5

VOWS, OATHS AND SWEARING

203 -- That man should fulfil whatever he has uttered
204 -- Not to swear needlessly
205 -- Not to violate an oath or swear falsely
206 -- To decide in cases of annulment of vows, according to the rules set forth in the Torah
207 -- Not to break a vow
208 -- To swear by His Name truly
209 -- Not to delay in fulfilling vows or bringing vowed or free-will offerings

SABBATICAL AND JUBILEE YEARS

210 -- To let the land lie fallow in the sabbatical year
211 -- To cease from tilling the land in the sabbatical year
212 -- Not to till any ground in the sabbatical year
213 -- Not to do any work on trees in the sabbatical year
214 -- Not to reap the aftermath that grows in the sabbatical year, in the same way as it is reaped in other years
215 -- Not to gather the fruit of the tree in the sabbatical year in the same way as it is gathered in other years
216 -- To sound the shofar in the sabbatical year
217 -- To release debts in the seventh year
218 --Not to demand return of a loan after the sabbatical year has passed
219 -- Not to refrain from making a loan to a poor man, because of the release of loans in the sabbatical year
220 -- To assemble the people to hear the Torah at the close of the seventh year
221 -- To count the years of Jubilee by years and by cycles of seven years
222 -- To keep the Jubilee Year holy by resting and letting the land lie fallow
223 -- Not to cultivate the soil or do any work on trees in the Jubilee Year
224 -- Not to reap the aftermath of the field that grew of itself in the Jubilee Year, in the same way as in other years
225 -- Not to gather the fruit in the Jubilee Year in the same way as in other years
226 -- To grant redemption to the land in the Jubilee Year

THE COURT AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES

227 -- To appoint judges and officers in every community of believers
228 -- Not to appoint a judge, a person who is not well versed in the Laws of the Torah, even if he is an expert in other branches of knowledge
229 -- To adjudicate cases of purchase and sale
230 -- To judge cases of liability of a paid depositary
231 -- To adjudicate cases of loss for which a gratuitous borrower is liable
232 -- To adjudicate cases of inheritances
233 -- To judge cases of damage caused by an uncovered pit
234 -- To judge cases of injury caused by animals
235 -- To adjudicate cases of damage caused by trespass of cattle
236 -- To adjudicate cases of damage caused by fire
237 -- To adjudicate cases of damage caused by a gratuitous depositary
238 -- To adjudicate other cases between a plaintiff and a defendant
239 -- Not to curse a judge
240 -- That one who possesses evidence shall testify in court
241 -- Not to testify falsely
242 -- That a witness who has testified in a capital case shall not lay down the law in that particular case
243 -- That a transgressor shall not testify
244 -- That the court shall not accept the testimony of a close relative of the defendant in matters of capital punishment
245 -- Not to hear one of the parties to a suit in the absence of the other party
246 -- To examine witnesses thoroughly
247 -- Not to decide a case on the evidence of a single witness
248 -- To give the decision according to the majority when there is a difference of opinion among the members of the believers as to matters of Law
249 -- Not to decide in capital cases, according to the view of the majority, when those who are for condemnation exceed by one only, those who are for acquittal
250 -- That in capital cases, one who had argued for acquittal, shall not later on argue for condemnation
251 -- To treat parties in a litigation with equal impartiality
252 -- Not to render iniquitous decisions
253 -- Not to favour a great man when trying a case
254 -- Not to take a bribe
255 -- Not to be afraid of a bad man, when trying a case
256 -- Not to be moved in trying a case, by the poverty of one of the parties
257 -- Not to pervert the judgement of strangers or orphans
258 -- Not to pervert the judgement of a sinner
259 -- Not to render a decision on your personal opinion but only on the evidence of two witnesses, who saw what actually occurred
260 -- Not to execute one, guilty of a capital offence, before he has stood his trial
261 -- To accept the rulings of every supreme court
262 -- Not to rebel against the orders of the court