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Sefer ha-Chinuch (ספר החינוך Hebrew: "Book of Education", often simply "the Chinuch") is a work which systematically discusses the 613 commandments of the Torah. See also Mitzvah See also Biblical law in Christianity The 613 Mitzvot ("commandments" (also " 613 Mitzvos term " Torah " ( Hebrew: תּוֹרָה "teaching" or "instruction" sometimes translated as "Law" most commonly refers to It was published anonymously in 13th Century Spain. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. The work's enumeration of the commandments (Hebrew: Mitzvot; sing. mitzvah) is based upon Maimonides' system of counting as per his Sefer Hamitzvot; each is listed according to its appearance in the Weekly Torah portion and the work is structured correspondingly. This article is about commandments in Judaism For the Jewish rite of passage see Bar Mitzvah and Bat Mitzvah Mitzvah ( Hebrew: מצוה Moses Maimonides ( March 30 1135 – December 13 1204) also known as the Rambam, was a Rabbi, Physician, and Sefer Hamitzvot ("Book of Commandments" is a work by the 12th century Rabbi, Philosopher and Physician Maimonides This article is about the divisions of the Torah into weekly readings

The Chinuch separately discusses each of the 613 commandments, both from a legal and a moral perspective. For each, the discussion starts by linking the mitzvah to its Biblical source, and then addresses the philosophical underpinnings of the commandment (here, termed the "shoresh", or "root"). Following this, the Chinuch presents a brief overview of the halakha (practical Jewish law) governing its observance - usually based on Maimonides Mishneh Torah - and closes with a summary as to the commandment's applicability. Halakha ( הלכה; alternative transliterations include Halocho and Halacha) is the collective body of Jewish Religious law The Mishneh Torah ( Hebrew: משנה תורה subtitled Sefer Yad ha-Chazaka (יד החזקה is a code of Jewish Religious law

Because of this structure, the work remains popular to this day. The philosophic portions are widely quoted and taught, while the legal discussion provides the basis for much further study in yeshivot; here the Minchat Chinuch by "Rabbeinu Yosef" (Yosef Ben Moshe Babad, 1800-1874), Av Beit Din of Ternopil - serves as a legal commentary. Yeshiva or yeshivah (jəʃi'və ( Hebrew: ישיבה "sitting (n Minchat Chinuch (מנחת חינוך is a legal Commentary on the Sefer ha-Chinuch. Yosef Ben Moshe Babad ( 1801, Przeworsk – 1874, Safed; Hebrew: יוסף באב"ד was a Rabbi, Posek Av Beit Din, Av Beis Din, or Av Beth Din (אב בית דין "Chief of the Court" Ternopil (Тернопіль translit Ternopil’, Tarnopol Тернополь translit

Some scholars ascribe the authorship of Sefer ha-Chinuch to Rabbi Aharon HaLevi of Barcelona (1235-c. Aaron ha-Levi of Barcelona (1235 &ndash c 1290 ( Hebrew: אהרן הלוי) known as the R a' AH (the Acronym for his Barcelona ( Catalan bəɾsəˈlonə Spanish baɾθeˈlona is the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia 1290), a Talmudic scholar and halakhist[1] [2] [3] but others disagree, as the views of the Chinuch contradict opinions held by HaLevi in other works. The Talmud ( Hebrew: he תַּלְמוּד is a record of Rabbinic discussions pertaining to Jewish law, ethics, customs and history This has led to the conclusion that the true author to Sefer HaChinuch was a different Reb Aharon Halevi, a student of the Rashba, rather than his colleague.

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