Bite-size daily learning: all 613 mitzvot, one lesson at a time

Maimonides' Sefer HaMitzvot with Rabbi Bentzion Alperowitz

In 1984 the Rebbe established the daily study of Rambam, uniting Jews around the world in learning the same Torah on the same day and making the entire Torah accessible to every Jew. Learning Sefer HaMitzvot daily, you finish all 613 mitzvot in one year.

Lesson 1Lesson 1 248 do's and 365 don'ts = 613 Lesson 2 Lesson 2 What is counted as a Mitzvah? Rules 1-3 Lesson 3 Lesson 3 What is counted as a Mitzvah? Rules 4-9 Lesson 4 Lesson 4 What is counted as a Mitzvah? Rules 10-14 Lesson 5 Lesson 5 Don't believe in G‑d, know Him! But only one! Lesson 6 Lesson 6 Love and fear of G‑d, Life vs. Faith Lesson 7 Lesson 7 Chilul Hashem, Sacred articles, Prophecy Lesson 8 Lesson 8 Emulating the ways of Hashem, Love your fellow as yourself Lesson 9 Lesson 9 Love the convert, Rebuke but don't embarrass your friend Lesson 10 Lesson 10 No gossip, No revenge and No grudges! Lesson 11 Lesson 11 Study Torah every day! Lesson 12 Lesson 12 Respect the Elderly and the Sages Lesson 13 Lesson 13 Distancing ourselves from idolatry Lesson 14 Lesson 14 The idolatrous inciter and prophet Lesson 15 Lesson 15 Forbidden idolatrous practices Lesson 16 Lesson 16 Sidelocks, Beards, Crossdressing, Tattoos and more Lesson 17 Lesson 17 The power of Teshuva and how to achieve it Lesson 18 Lesson 18 Do we have Free Choice? Lesson 19 Lesson 19 We may be complex, but we are empowered! Lesson 20 Lesson 20 Doing the right thing for the wrong reason Lesson 21 Lesson 21 Reciting the Shema and the origins of Prayer Lesson 22 Lesson 22 You need to do this before you Pray Lesson 23 Lesson 23 Appropriate conduct during Prayer Lesson 24 Lesson 24 The true definition of Prayer Lesson 25 Lesson 25 Communal Prayer and Torah reading Lesson 26 Lesson 26 Priestly Benediction and Head Tefilin Lesson 27 Lesson 27 The hand Tefilin Lesson 28 Lesson 28 Mezuzah and Torah Scroll Lesson 29 Lesson 29 The King's Torah Scroll Lesson 30 Lesson 30 Tzitzit Lesson 31 Lesson 31 Grace after meals Lesson 32 Lesson 32 Blessings before we eat Lesson 33 Lesson 33 Doubts about blessings Lesson 34 Lesson 34 Blessings for special occasions and before doing a Mitzva Lesson 35 Lesson 35 The greatness of circumcision Lesson 36 Lesson 36 The specific Nusach of the prayers Lesson 37 Lesson 37 History of the Haftorah ~ Defining "work" on Shabbat Lesson 38 Lesson 38 Lighting the Shabbat candles Lesson 39 Lesson 39 The 39 forbidden categories of work of Shabbat (1-24) Lesson 40 Lesson 40 The 39 forbidden categories of work of Shabbat (25-39) Lesson 41 Lesson 41 No punishments on Shabbat Lesson 42 Lesson 42 Why do we eat Cholent on Shabbat? Lesson 43 Lesson 43 Going beyond the city limits on Shabbat Lesson 44 Lesson 44 Eruvi Techumin: How to extend the Shabbat Travel limit Lesson 45 Lesson 45 Sanctify the Shabbat over a cup of wine Lesson 46 Lesson 46 Laws of Kiddush and Havdalah Lesson 47 Lesson 47 Honour the Shabbat and Enjoy it too Lesson 48 Lesson 48 Carrying on Shabbat Lesson 49 Lesson 49 How does an Eruv work? Lesson 50 Lesson 50 What does the Torah say about Yom Kippur? Lesson 51 Lesson 51 Pesach Lesson 52 Lesson 52 Shavuot and Rosh Hashana Lesson 53 Lesson 53 Sukkot, Shmini Atzeret and Erev Pesach Lesson 54 Lesson 54 Remove chametz before, and don't consume on Pesach Lesson 55 Lesson 55 Sale of Chametz and Eating Matza Lesson 56 Lesson 56 The Passover Hagaddah, Blowing the Shofar Lesson 57 Lesson 57 What makes a Sukkah Kosher? Lesson 58 Lesson 58 The Four Kinds Lesson 59 Lesson 59 The Half Shekel: All are equal before Hashem Lesson 60 Lesson 60 To be complete you must join with another Lesson 61 Lesson 61 Why is Rosh Chodesh sometimes two days? Lesson 62 Lesson 62 Moonsighting Lesson 63 Lesson 63 Why do we observe two days of Yomtov in the diaspora? Lesson 64 Lesson 64 Thirteen months in a year? Lesson 65 Lesson 65 Hillel's calendar Lesson 66 Lesson 66 Blowing Trumpets Lesson 67 Lesson 67 The six fast days Lesson 68 Lesson 68 Purim! Lesson 69 Lesson 69 Chanukah Lesson 70 Lesson 70 The Jewish marriage ceremony Lesson 71 Lesson 71 The Ketubah Lesson 72 Lesson 72 A Holy union Lesson 73 Lesson 73 Pre-marital intimacy Lesson 74 Lesson 74 The obligations of a husband to his wife Lesson 75 Lesson 75 The 7 responsibilities of a husband Lesson 76 Lesson 76 The obligation to have children Lesson 77 Lesson 77 Large Families Lesson 78 Lesson 78 Jewish Divorce Lesson 79 Lesson 79 A Jew's deepest desire Lesson 80 Lesson 80 No going back! Lesson 81 Lesson 81 Too similar to adultery Lesson 82 Lesson 82 Levirate Marriage Lesson 83 Lesson 83 What is Chalitza? Lesson 84 Lesson 84 The time in between Lesson 85 Lesson 85 The seducer, the rapist and the slanderous husband Lesson 86 Lesson 86 The suspected adulteress Lesson 87 Lesson 87 Sorry, incest is not allowed Lesson 88 Lesson 88 Why read about incestuous relationships on Yom Kippur? Lesson 89 Lesson 89 Moses's father married his aunt. Why can't you? Lesson 90 Lesson 90 Homosexuality Lesson 91 Lesson 91 Adultery and Family Purity Lesson 92 Lesson 92 Intermarriage Lesson 93 Lesson 93 Special rules for the elite forces! Lesson 94 Lesson 94 Extra caution with forbidden relationships. Lesson 95 Lesson 95 Kosher animals, birds, grasshoppers and fish Lesson 96 Lesson 96 Insects, bugs and Vegan Food Lesson 97 Lesson 97 Shechita Lesson 98 Lesson 98 What does "Treif" mean? and more... Lesson 99 Lesson 99 Milk and Meat, New Grain, Young Fruit Lesson 100 Lesson 100 Forbidden Wines, Untithed Produce and more Lesson 101 Lesson 101 Mother and Child Lesson 102 Lesson 102 Covering the Blood Lesson 103 Lesson 103 Don't take the mother bird with her young Lesson 104 Lesson 104 Sending away the mother bird. Compassionate or cruel? Lesson 105 Lesson 105 Violating Oaths Lesson 106 Lesson 106 Watch what comes out of your mouth Lesson 107 Lesson 107 Falsely denying a debt Lesson 108 Lesson 108 When should I swear? Lesson 109 Lesson 109 Keep your promise! Lesson 110 Lesson 110 Why do people say B'li Neder? Lesson 111 Lesson 111 Don't break your promise! Lesson 112 Lesson 112 Nullification of Vows Lesson 113 Lesson 113 The Nazirite: No haircuts! Lesson 114 Lesson 114 The Nazirite: No wine or grape juice Lesson 115 Lesson 115 The Nazirite: Seeds, peels and ritual impurity Lesson 116 Lesson 116 Nazirite conclusion ceremony and valuating another person Lesson 117 Lesson 117 Valuating animals and property for the Temple treasury Lesson 118 Lesson 118 Consecrated Items Lesson 119 Lesson 119 Mixing seeds and grafting trees Lesson 120 Lesson 120 Planting Vegetables or Grain in a Vineyard Lesson 121 Lesson 121 Keep the animals separate Lesson 122 Lesson 122 Wool & linen garments, leaving the edge of the field Lesson 123 Lesson 123 Fallen stalks and underdeveloped grapes Lesson 124 Lesson 124 Fallen grapes and forgotten sheaves Lesson 125 Lesson 125 Tzedaka Lesson 126 Lesson 126 Tithes for the Kohanim Lesson 127 Lesson 127 Tithes: Don't change the order! Lesson 128 Lesson 128 Tithes: Keep it in the family Lesson 129 Lesson 129 When a Kohen can't eat his portion Lesson 130 Lesson 130 When a female Kohen can't eat Teruma Lesson 131 Lesson 131 10% for the Levites Lesson 132 Lesson 132 Be careful with Israeli Produce Lesson 133 Lesson 133 D'mai: What is it? Lesson 134 Lesson 134 The Untrustworthy is believed Lesson 135 Lesson 135 The Second Tithe Lesson 136 Lesson 136 When one can't eat the second tithe Lesson 137 Lesson 137 Only in Jerusalem Lesson 138 Lesson 138 Fruit of the Fourth Year Lesson 139 Lesson 139 Declare your Tithes! Lesson 140 Lesson 140 First Fruits Lesson 141 Lesson 141 Challah, Meat and Wool for the Kohanim Lesson 142 Lesson 142 Firstborn Son and Firstborn Donkey Lesson 143 Lesson 143 The Sabbatical Year Lesson 144 Lesson 144 Loans and Debts in the Sabbatical Year Lesson 145 Lesson 145 The Jubilee Year Lesson 146 Lesson 146 Property in Israel Lesson 147 Lesson 147 Cities for the Levites and Building the Temple Lesson 148 Lesson 148 Construction of the Altar Lesson 149 Lesson 149 Respecting the Temple Lesson 150 Lesson 150 Guarding the Temple and The Anointing Oil Lesson 151 Lesson 151 The Incense, Transporting the Holy Ark Lesson 152 Lesson 152 Levites and Kohanim Regulations, Shifts and Honour Lesson 153 Lesson 153 Priestly Attire, Don't Drink and Serve Lesson 154 Lesson 154 Restricted Access in the Temple Lesson 155 Lesson 155 Handwashing in the Temple and Kohanim unfit for Service Lesson 156 Lesson 156 Perfection in the Temple Lesson 157 Lesson 157 One rule for all: No Blemished Animals Lesson 158 Lesson 158 No Leaven or Honey but don't forget Salt Lesson 159 Lesson 159 Sacrifice the Animal within you Lesson 160 Lesson 160 The Guilt Offering Lesson 161 Lesson 161 Eating the meat of the offerings. Who, Where and When? Lesson 162 Lesson 162 Peace offering and Meal offering Lesson 163 Lesson 163 Don't delay your Pledge! Lesson 164 Lesson 164 No Sacrifices outside of the Temple Lesson 165 Lesson 165 The Daily Offering and The Perpetual Fire Lesson 166 Lesson 166 The Incense, The Menorah and the Table of Showbread Lesson 167 Lesson 167 The Holiday Offerings Lesson 168 Lesson 168 Counting the Omer Lesson 169 Lesson 169 Pigul: The Power of Thought Lesson 170 Lesson 170 Nosar: The Power of Time Lesson 171 Lesson 171 Don't eat leftovers Lesson 172 Lesson 172 Don't eat when Ritually Impure Lesson 173 Lesson 173 What to do with Pigul and Nosar Lesson 174 Lesson 174 What to do with ritually impure sacrificial meat Lesson 175 Lesson 175 The Yom Kippur Service in the Temple Lesson 176 Lesson 176 Unauthorised use of Temple property Lesson 177 Lesson 177 Don't work with this animal Lesson 178 Lesson 178 Don't shear this animal Lesson 179 Lesson 179 The Paschal Lamb offering Lesson 180 Lesson 180 The second Passover Lesson 181 Lesson 181 The Paschal Lamb: Who, How and Where Lesson 182 Lesson 182 The Three Pilgrimage Festivals Lesson 183 Lesson 183 Rejoice on the Holidays, Don't come empty handed, Hakhel gathering Lesson 184 Lesson 184 The Firstborn Animal Lesson 185 Lesson 185 The Tithe of the Herd Lesson 186 Lesson 186 The Sin Offering Lesson 187 Lesson 187 When in doubt Lesson 188 Lesson 188 The price for being uncertain Lesson 189 Lesson 189 Who brings a Guilt Offering? Lesson 190 Lesson 190 The "Adjustable" Offering Lesson 191 Lesson 191 An erroneous ruling of the court Lesson 192 Lesson 192 The final stage of returning to ritual purity Lesson 193 Lesson 193 No exchanges Lesson 194 Lesson 194 Ritual impurity from a corpse Lesson 195 Lesson 195 Can a Kohen be part of the Chevra Kadisha? Lesson 196 Lesson 196 Three methods of transfer: Maga, Masa, Ohel Lesson 197 Lesson 197 How do we define the moment of death? Lesson 198 Lesson 198 Be like a fish and you will always be pure Lesson 199 Lesson 199 Non negotiable! Lesson 200 Lesson 200 Why do we bury Kohanim on the front row? Lesson 201 Lesson 201 Be alive! Lesson 202 Lesson 202 The Red Heifer Lesson 203 Lesson 203 The 10th Red Heifer Lesson 204 Lesson 204 The Mitvzah we don't understand Lesson 205 Lesson 205 Contradictory power of the Holy Water Lesson 206 Lesson 206 13 types of impurity Lesson 207 Lesson 207 What is Tzara'at? Lesson 208 Lesson 208 Don't destroy the evidence Lesson 209 Lesson 209 Making it known that one has Tzara'at Lesson 210 Lesson 210 Why only a Kohen can determine Tzara'at? Lesson 211 Lesson 211 The Shaving of the Metzora Lesson 212 Lesson 212 Tzara'at on Clothing and Houses Lesson 213 Lesson 213 The impurity of Nidda Lesson 214 Lesson 214 Postpartum ritual impurity Lesson 215 Lesson 215 The Zavah Lesson 216 Lesson 216 The Zav Lesson 217 Lesson 217 The Animal Carcass Lesson 218 Lesson 218 The dead Bird Lesson 219 Lesson 219 The Eight Sheratzim-rodents Lesson 220 Lesson 220 Exact identity of the 8 Sheratzim has been lost Lesson 221 Lesson 221 When a man should visit the Mikvah Lesson 222 Lesson 222 Wasted Potential Lesson 223 Lesson 223 The Lust for physical pleasure Lesson 224 Lesson 224 The Seven Liquids Lesson 225 Lesson 225 Why do we wash our hands before bread? Lesson 226 Lesson 226 Washing hands before dipping food Lesson 227 Lesson 227 Correct procedure for handwashing Lesson 228 Lesson 228 The Water and Vessel used for handwashing Lesson 229 Lesson 229 Why food can only become impure after being wet Lesson 230 Lesson 230 What is a Keili? Lesson 231 Lesson 231 Ritual impurity and the s'chah on your Sukkah Lesson 232 Lesson 232 The Torah's concern for our possessions Lesson 233 Lesson 233 The Broken Vessel Lesson 234 Lesson 234 Share your blessings Lesson 235 Lesson 235 Archeological findings of utensils used in Temple times Lesson 236 Lesson 236 When the Jews found one jug of PURE olive oil Lesson 237 Lesson 237 When your pet dies Lesson 238 Lesson 238 The Mikvah Lesson 239 Lesson 239 Totally submerged in the water Lesson 240 Lesson 240 Mikvah: By day or by night? Lesson 241 Lesson 241 Mikvah: It's the thought that counts! Lesson 242 Lesson 242 When an animal causes unexpected damage Lesson 243 Lesson 243 When an animal causes expected damage Lesson 244 Lesson 244 Damage caused by a pit Lesson 245 Lesson 245 Damage caused by Fire Lesson 246 Lesson 246 Direct vs. indirect damage Lesson 247 Lesson 247 The Thief Lesson 248 Lesson 248 Honest Measurements Lesson 249 Lesson 249 Moving the boundary and Kidnapping Lesson 250 Lesson 250 Robbery Lesson 251 Lesson 251 Withholding Monies Owed Lesson 252 Lesson 252 Plotting to obtain another's possessions Lesson 253 Lesson 253 Jealousy leads to theft and murder Lesson 254 Lesson 254 Returning a Stolen Item Lesson 255 Lesson 255 Returning Lost Property Lesson 256 Lesson 256 Five types of compensation for causing an injury Lesson 257 Lesson 257 An Eye for an Eye Lesson 258 Lesson 258 Self harm and Murder Lesson 259 Lesson 259 The Inadvertent Murderer Lesson 260 Lesson 260 When you should take the law into your own hands Lesson 261 Lesson 261 Hazard Control Lesson 262 Lesson 262 Misleading Advice and Roadside Assistance Lesson 263 Lesson 263 Acquisition of Movable Objects Lesson 264 Lesson 264 Acquisition of Land Lesson 265 Lesson 265 Honesty in Commerce Lesson 266 Lesson 266 "Do not defraud one another" Lesson 267 Lesson 267 Verbal Abuse Lesson 268 Lesson 268 Hurtful words Lesson 269 Lesson 269 Don't cheat a convert Lesson 270 Lesson 270 Why repeat the same prohibition? Lesson 271 Lesson 271 Don't harass a convert Lesson 272 Lesson 272 The convert deserves extra respect Lesson 273 Lesson 273 Ownerless Property Lesson 274 Lesson 274 Who owns the fish in the sea? Lesson 275 Lesson 275 Gifts Lesson 276 Lesson 276 The gift of a person on his deathbed Lesson 277 Lesson 277 Be a good Neighbour! Lesson 278 Lesson 278 Don't look into your neighbours back garden Lesson 279 Lesson 279 When am I obligated to do a favour? Lesson 280 Lesson 280 The right of first refusal Lesson 281 Lesson 281 Appointing an Agent Lesson 282 Lesson 282 When an agent commits a crime on behalf of his sender Lesson 283 Lesson 283 Business Partners Lesson 284 Lesson 284 The claim of a business partner Lesson 285 Lesson 285 The Jewish Servant Lesson 286 Lesson 286 The Jewish Maidservant Lesson 287 Lesson 287 The Gentile Servant Lesson 288 Lesson 288 Liability of the Paid Guardian and the Renter Lesson 289 Lesson 289 Pay your workers on time! Lesson 290 Lesson 290 Employees Rights Lesson 291 Lesson 291 Limitation on Employees Rights Lesson 292 Lesson 292 Muzzling a Working Animal Lesson 293 Lesson 293 Liabilities of a borrower Lesson 294 Lesson 294 The Unpaid Watchman Lesson 295 Lesson 295 Why lending is greater than giving Lesson 296 Lesson 296 Collecting Debts Lesson 297 Lesson 297 Forcefully taking collateral Lesson 298 Lesson 298 Returning collateral Lesson 299 Lesson 299 Forbidden collateral Lesson 300 Lesson 300 Lending with Interest Lesson 301 Lesson 301 Borrowing with Interest and Jewish Banks Lesson 302 Lesson 302 Don't have any part in this type of loan Lesson 303 Lesson 303 Why is interest forbidden and when is it allowed? Lesson 304 Lesson 304 The law of partial admission Lesson 305 Lesson 305 The Jewish Polygraph Test Lesson 306 Lesson 306 When the beit din will believe a non-credible claim Lesson 307 Lesson 307 Possession is nine-tenths of the law Lesson 308 Lesson 308 When two people are in possession of a single object Lesson 309 Lesson 309 Can I lie for the sake of justice? Lesson 310 Lesson 310 The Jewish law of inheritance Lesson 311 Lesson 311 Who will inherit your estate? Lesson 312 Lesson 312 Don't forget your own children in your will Lesson 313 Lesson 313 The Jewish judicial system Lesson 314 Lesson 314 Capital punishment in the Torah Lesson 315 Lesson 315 Burial on the day of passing Lesson 316 Lesson 316 Lashes in the court and not raising your hand on a fellow Jew Lesson 317 Lesson 317 Coerced crime and circumstantial evidence Lesson 318 Lesson 318 Bias on the bench! Lesson 319 Lesson 319 Perversion of justice Lesson 320 Lesson 320 Listen to both sides together, don't curse a judge Lesson 321 Lesson 321 Cursing the deaf, giving evidence Lesson 322 Lesson 322 Cross examination of the witnesses Lesson 323 Lesson 323 A witness can't act as a Judge Lesson 324 Lesson 324 Testimony of a single witness Lesson 325 Lesson 325 Accepting testimony from a wicked person Lesson 326 Lesson 326 Moses and Aaron thrown out of court?! Lesson 327 Lesson 327 False testimony Lesson 328 Lesson 328 Witnesses caught lying Lesson 329 Lesson 329 The authority of the sages, adding to the Torah Lesson 330 Lesson 330 Honouring and respecting parents Lesson 331 Lesson 331 Mourning the death of relatives Lesson 332 Lesson 332 The High Priest touching a corpse Lesson 333 Lesson 333 The High Priest under one roof with a corpse Lesson 334 Lesson 334 A Kohen and a corpse Lesson 335 Lesson 335 Comforting the mourners Lesson 336 Lesson 336 The Jewish King Lesson 337 Lesson 337 Never forget amalek Lesson 338 Lesson 338 Settling in Egypt, offering peace, wanton destruction, hygiene at war Lesson 339 Lesson 339 Preparation for war, obligations of a newlywed