Biblical Commandments | May 25, 2004

There are 613 Mitzvot (Commandments) in the Torah. These are divided into 248 positive commandments and 365 negative commandments, which are said to correspond to the 248 bones and 365 muscles of the human body (or 365 days of the solar year). Since no counts of the laws of the Torah yields exactly 613, various sets of rules have been set forth according to which the commandments are to be counted.