In total, there are 613 commandments. The mitzvot stretch into every aspect of life for a Jewish person. Keeping these means living a disciplined life, from the food one can and cannot eat to ...

For Orthodox Jews, this means following all of the 613 commandments (mitzvot) found in the Torah that are still practiceable. These positive and negative commandments govern ritual and ethical ...

In essence Yakov was telling his evil brother, that although he lived with the corrupt Lavan, he observed the Taryag, 613 commandments ... When the Jewish people are steadfast in their faith ...

Fackenheim calls this the 614th commandment, over and above the 613 commandments of the Torah. [2] It is not entirely clear from the writings of Fackenheim why he wants the Jews to survive.