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The Mitzvot
The Commandments & Their Rationale, 2nd edition

By Abraham Chill
December 2000
Urim Publications
ISBN: 965-7108-14-4
542 pages
$36.50 hardcover

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This volume is a revised edition of a pioneering work dealing with the traditional rationale behind the 613 Commandments (Mitzvot) in the Torah (Five Books of Moses). The author is a graduation of Yeshiva University and the City College of New York. He draws upon the considerable literature to present the interpretation of the great rabbinical thinkers throughout the ages on each Commandment. The provides an easy reference for students interested in a systematic study of the Mitzvot. According to tradition, the observance of these 613 Commandments constitute the basis of the Jewish way of life.

Theology; Judaism