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They comprise three commandments: One positive commandment and two negative commandments.1

It contains laws on eight topics; and this is their order: Laws of Defilement by a Corpse; Laws of the Red Heifer; Laws of Defilement by Leprosy; Laws of Those Who Defile Bed or Seat; Laws of Other Sources of Defilement; Laws of Defilement of Foods; Laws of Vessels; Laws of Immersion Pools.

One positive commandment; and that is

They comprise two positive commandments.1

They comprise eight commandments: Six positive commandments and two negative commandments.1

They comprise four positive commandments.1

They comprise three positive commandments.1

One positive commandment; and that is

One positive commandment; and that is that each

It contains laws on five topics; and this is their order: Laws of Damages to Property; Laws of Theft; Laws of Robbery and Lost Property; Laws of One Who Injures a Person or Property; Laws of a Murderer and the Preservation of Life.

They comprise four positive commandments.1

They comprise seven commandments: Two positive commandments and five negative commandments.1

They comprise seven commandments: Two positive commandments and five negative commandments.1

One positive commandment; and that is

They comprise seventeen commandments: Seven positive commandments and ten negative commandments.1

It contains laws on five topics; and this is their order: Laws of Sales; Laws of Ownerless Property and Gifts; Laws of Neighbors; Laws of Agents and Partners; Laws of Slaves.

They comprise four commandments: One positive commandment and three negative commandments.1

The matter of these laws is to know the law of one who acquires ownerless property – how he may acquire and with what he may acquire, and the law of one who gives a gift and receives a gift, and which gift gets returned and which does not get returned.

The matter of these laws is to know the law of the division of land between the partners, and distancing of damage to each one of them, and the law of the owner of the strait, and the law of the owner of the straits.

The matter of these laws is to know the law of the agent of a man and partners, and their law with their purchase and their sale and with their loss and their payment.

They comprise thirteen commandments: Five positive commandments and eight negative commandments.1 The law of buying a Hebrew slave. 2

It contains laws on five topics; and this is their order: Laws of Hiring; Laws of Borrowing and Deposit; Laws of Creditor and Debtor; Laws of Plaintiff and Defendant; Laws of Inheritances.

They comprise seven commandments: Three positive commandments and four negative commandments.1

They comprise two positive commandments.1

They comprise twelve commandments: Four positive commandments and eight negative commandments.1

One positive commandment; and that is law of a plaintiff and he who admits or denies.

One positive commandment; and that is the law of the order of inheritances. In conclusion, all the commandments that are included in this book are twenty-three. Eleven of them, positive commandments; and twelve negative commandments.

It contains laws on five topics; and this is their order: Laws of the Sanhedrin and the Penalties within their Jurisdiction; Laws of Testimony; Laws of Rebels; Laws of Mourning; Laws of Kings and their Wars.

They comprise thirty commandments: Ten positive commandments and twenty negative commandments.1

They comprise eight commandments: Three positive commandments and five negative commandments.1

They comprise nine commandments: Three positive commandments and six negative commandments.1

They comprise four commandments: One positive commandment and three negative commandments.1

They comprise twenty-three commandments: Ten positive commandments and thirteen negative commandments.1

And in conclusion, all of the topics of these fourteen books are eighty-three topics. And now, I will begin to explain the laws of each commandment and all the laws that are included therein from its count according to the order of the laws with the help of God Almighty.