A new book illustrating each one of the 613 commandments according to Maimonides’ count has been published by artist Archie Rand. Rand began working on the original masterwork for the book, a 17 foot ...

What does God expect from each of us? Each religion has laws and expectations for its adherents. Many religions expect non-adherents to accept their precepts through conversion. Judaism has a ...

Several years ago as I was preparing to teach a class about the 613 Mitzvot, something struck me. If I added the digits it equaled 10 for the commandments. Could I have discovered the root of the 613?

A brightly-colored comic-book cast of characters illustrate artist Archie Rand’s breathtakingly ambitious massive oeuvre on the biblical commandments, “The 613.” Complete with astronauts, swimmers, ...

Jews believe that disobeying the mitzvot will result in punishment. Mizvot means ‘commandments’ (plural). Mitzvah means ‘commandment’ (singular). The mitzvot can be split into two categories: 248 of ...