THE 613 TORAH LAWS – PART 13

RITUAL PURITY AND IMPURITY

561 -- That eight species of creeping things defile by contact
562 -- That foods become defiled by contact with unclean things
563 -- That anyone who touches the carcass of a beast that died of itself shall be unclean
564 -- That a lying-in woman is unclean like a menstruating woman - in terms of uncleanness
565 -- That a leper is unclean and defiles
566 -- That the leper shall be universally recognized as such by the prescribed marks. So too, all other unclean persons should declare themselves as such
567 -- That a leprous garment is unclean and defiles
568 -- That a leprous house defiles
569 -- That a man, having a running issue, defiles
570 -- That the seed of copulation defiles
571 -- That purification from all kinds of defilement shall be effected by immersion in the waters of a mikveh
572 -- That a menstruating woman is unclean and defiles others
573 -- That a woman, having a running issue, defiles
574 -- To carry out the ordinance of the Red Heifer so that its ashes will always be available
575 -- That a corpse defiles
576 -- That the waters of separation defile one who is clean and cleanse the unclean from pollution by a dead body

LEPERS AND LEPROSY

577 -- Not to drove off the hair of the scull
578 -- That the procedure of cleansing leprosy, whether of a man or of a house, takes place with cedar-wood, hyssop, scarlet thread, two birds and running water
579 -- That the leper shall shave all his hair
580 -- Not to pluck out the marks of leprosy

THE KING

581 -- Not to curse a ruler, that is, the King or the head of the College in the land of Israel
582 -- To appoint a king
583 -- Not to appoint as ruler over Israel, one who comes from non-Israelites
584 -- That the King shall not acquire an excessive number of horses
585 -- That the King shall not take an excessive number of wives
586 -- That he shall not accumulate an excessive quantity of gold and silver
587 -- That the King shall write a scroll of the Torah for himself, in addition to the one that every person should write, so that he writes two scrolls

NAZARENES

588 -- That a Nazarene shall not drink wine or anything mixed with wine which tastes like wine and even if the wine or the mixture has turned sour, it is prohibited to him
589 -- That he shall not eat fresh grapes
590 -- That he shall not eat dried grapes – raisins
591 -- That he shall not eat the kernels of the grapes
592 -- That he shall not eat of the skins of the grapes
593 -- That the Nazarene shall permit his hair to grow
594 -- That the Nazarene shall not cut his hair
595 -- That he shall not enter any covered structure where there is a dead body
596 -- That a Nazarene shall not defile himself for any dead person - by being in the presence of the corpse
597 -- That the Nazarene shall shave his hair when he brings his offerings at the completion of the period of his Nazarene-ship or within that period if he has become defiled