Sefer Mitzvot gadol

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The Sefer Mitzvot gadol ( S'mag / SeMaG "great book of commandments [and prohibitions]") by Mose ben Jakob, Talmudist from Coucy ( France ), was the first summary and formulation of all commandments published around 1236 ( Mitzvot ), which go back to the Torah .

There are 613 counted ( Tarjag Mitzvot ), of which 248 commandments in the narrower sense ( Mitzvot Asseh "Thou shalt!") And 365 prohibitions ( Mitzvot Lo taasseh "Thou shalt not!").

Lists and evidence of the commandments have since formed a special rabbinical genre ( Sefer ha-Mitzvot "Book of Commandments"), fundamentally: Maimonides ' Mishne Torah . The aforementioned Book of Moses from Coucy was widespread.