Sefer HaMitzvot

Maimonides’ list of the 613 commandments with brief descriptions, originally written in Arabic.

Commentary

Hasagot HaRamban on Sefer HaMitzvot

Megillat Esther on Sefer HaMitzvot

Commentary on Rambam's Sefer HaMitzvot

Marganita Tava on Sefer HaMitzvot

Kinaat Sofrim on Sefer HaMitzvot

Lev Sameach

17th-century work by Rabbi Avraham Aligri defending Maimonides’ Sefer HaMitzvot against the attacks of Nachmanides.

About Sefer HaMitzvot

The Sefer HaMitzvot (“Book of Commandments”) is Maimonides’ 12th-century list of the 613 commandments accompanied by brief descriptions, originally written in Arabic. It was meant to serve as an introduction to his magnum opus and legal code, the Mishneh Torah. The work’s introduction details 14 principles that guided the selection of commandments and delivers harsh criticism to previous attempts to enumerate the commandments, particularly that of the Halakhot Gedolot. Many later works, including the Sefer HaChinukh, rely on the enumeration of commandments in the Sefer HaMitzvot.

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