201-300

201.        Not to wrong such a slave (Deut. 23:17).

202.        Not to muzzle a beast, while it is working in produce which it can eat and enjoy (Deut. 25:4).

Vows, Oaths and Swearing

203.        That a man should fulfill whatever he has uttered (Deut. 23:24).

204.        Not to swear needlessly (Ex. 20:7) (CCN29).

205.        Not to violate an oath or swear falsely (Lev. 19:12).

206.        To decide in cases of annulment of vows, according to the rules set forth in the Torah (Num. 30:2-17).

207.        Not to break a vow (Num. 30:3).

208.        To swear by His name truly (Deut. 10:20).

209.        Not to delay in fulfilling vows or bringing vowed or free-will offerings (Deut. 23:22).

The Sabbatical and Jubilee Years

210.        To let the land lie fallow in the Sabbatical year (Ex. 23:11; Lev. 25:2).

211.        To cease from tilling the land in the Sabbatical year (Ex. 23:11).

212.        Not to till the ground in the Sabbatical year (Lev. 25:4) (negative).

213.        Not to do any work on the trees in the Sabbatical year (Lev. 25:4).

214.        Not to reap the aftermath that grows in the Sabbatical year, in the same way as it is reaped in other years (Lev. 25:5).

215.        Not to gather the fruit of the tree in the Sabbatical year in the same way as it is gathered in other years (Lev. 25:5).

216.        To sound the Ram’s horn in the Sabbatical year (Lev. 25:9).

217.        To release debts in the seventh year (Deut. 15:2).

218.        Not to demand return of a loan after the Sabbatical year has passed (Deut. 15:2).

219.        Not to refrain from making a loan to a poor man, because of the release of loans in the Sabbatical year (Deut. 15:9).

220.        To assemble the people to hear the Torah at the close of the seventh year (Deut. 31:12).

221.        To count the years of the Jubilee by years and by cycles of seven years (Lev. 25:8).

222.        To keep the Jubilee year holy by resting and letting the land lie fallow (Lev. 25:10).

223.        Not to cultivate the soil nor do any work on the trees, in the Jubilee Year (Lev. 25:11).

224.        Not to reap the aftermath of the field that grew of itself in the Jubilee Year, in the same way as in other years (Lev. 25:11).

225.        Not to gather the fruit of the tree in the Jubilee Year, in the same way as in other years (Lev. 25:11).

226.        To grant redemption to the land in the Jubilee year (Lev. 25:24).

The Court and Judicial Procedure

227.        To appoint judges and officers in every community of Israel (Deut. 16:18) (affirmative).

228.        Not to appoint as a judge, a person who is not well versed in the laws of the Torah, even if he is expert in other branches of knowledge (Deut. 1:17).

229.        To adjudicate cases of purchase and sale (Lev. 25:14).

230.        To judge cases of liability of a paid depositary (Ex. 22:9).

231.        To adjudicate cases of loss for which a gratuitous borrower is liable (Ex. 22:13-14).

232.        To adjudicate cases of inheritances (Num. 27:8-11).

233.        To judge cases of damage caused by an uncovered pit (Ex. 21:33-34).

234.        To judge cases of injuries caused by beasts (Ex. 21:35-36).

235.        To adjudicate cases of damage caused by trespass of cattle (Ex. 22:4).

236.        To adjudicate cases of damage caused by fire (Ex. 22:5).

237.        To adjudicate cases of damage caused by a gratuitous depositary (Ex. 22:6-7).

238.        To adjudicate other cases between a plaintiff and a defendant (Ex. 22:8).

239.        Not to curse a judge (Ex. 22:27).

240.        That one who possesses evidence shall testify in Court (Lev. 5:1).

241.        Not to testify falsely (Ex. 20:13).

242.        That a witness, who has testified in a capital case, shall not lay down the law in that particular case (Num. 35:30).

243.        That a transgressor shall not testify (Ex. 23:1).

244.        That the court shall not accept the testimony of a close relative of the defendant in matters of capital punishment (Deut. 24:16).

245.        Not to hear one of the parties to a suit in the absence of the other party (Ex. 23:1).

246.        To examine witnesses thoroughly (Deut. 13:15).

247.        Not to decide a case on the evidence of a single witness (Deut. 19:15).

248.        To give the decision according to the majority, when there is a difference of opinion among the members of the Sanhedrin as to matters of law (Ex. 23:2).

249.        Not to decide, in capital cases, according to the view of the majority, when those who are for condemnation exceed by one only, those who are for acquittal (Ex. 23:2).

250.        That, in capital cases, one who had argued for acquittal, shall not later on argue for condemnation (Ex. 23:2).

251.        To treat parties in a litigation with equal impartiality (Lev. 19:15).

252.        Not to render iniquitous decisions (Lev. 19:15).

253.        Not to favor a great man when trying a case (Lev. 19:15).

254.        Not to take a bribe (Ex. 23:8).

255.        Not to be afraid of a bad man, when trying a case (Deut. 1:17).

256.        Not to be moved in trying a case, by the poverty of one of the parties (Ex. 23:3; Lev. 19:15).

257.        Not to pervert the judgment of strangers or orphans (Deut. 24:17).

258.        Not to pervert the judgment of a sinner (Ex. 23:6).

259.        Not to render a decision on one’s personal opinion, but only on the evidence of two witnesses, who saw what actually occurred (Ex. 23:7).

260.        Not to execute one guilty of a capital offense, before he has stood his trial (Num. 35:12).

261.        To accept the rulings of every Supreme Court in Israel (Deut. 17:11).

262.        Not to rebel against the orders of the Court (Deut. 17:11).

Injuries and Damages

263.        To make a parapet for your roof (Deut. 22:8).

264.        Not to leave something that might cause hurt (Deut. 22:8).

265.        To save the pursued even at the cost of the life of the pursuer (Deut. 25:12).

266.        Not to spare a pursuer, but he is to be slain before he reaches the pursued and slays the latter, or uncovers his nakedness (Deut. 25:12).

Property and Property Rights

267.        Not to sell a field in the land of Israel in perpetuity (Lev. 25:23).

268.        Not to change the character of the open land (about the cities of) the Levites or of their fields; not to sell it in perpetuity, but it may be redeemed at any time (Lev. 25:34).

269.        That houses sold within a walled city may be redeemed within a year (Lev. 25:29).

270.        Not to remove landmarks (property boundaries) (Deut. 19:14).

271.        Not to swear falsely in denial of another’s property rights (Lev. 19:11).

272.        Not to deny falsely another’s property rights (Lev. 19:11).

273.        Never to settle in the land of Egypt (Deut. 17:16).

274.        Not to steal personal property (Lev. 19:11).

275.        To restore that which one took by robbery (Lev. 5:23).

276.        To return lost property (Deut. 22:1).

277.        Not to pretend not to have seen lost property, to avoid returning it (Deut. 22:3).

Criminal Laws

278.        Not to slay an innocent person (Ex. 20:13).

279.        Not to kidnap any person of Israel (Ex. 20:13).

280.        Not to rob by violence (Lev. 19:13).

281.        Not to defraud (Lev. 19:13).

282.        Not to covet what belongs to another (Ex. 20:14).

283.        Not to crave something that belongs to another (Deut. 5:18).

284.        Not to indulge in evil thoughts and sights (Num. 15:39).

Punishment and Restitution

285.        That the Court shall pass sentence of death by decapitation with the sword (Ex. 21:20; Lev. 26:25).

286.        That the Court shall pass sentence of death by strangulation (Lev. 20:10).

287.        That the Court shall pass sentence of death by burning with fire (Lev. 20:14).

288.        That the Court shall pass sentence of death by stoning (Deut. 22:24).

289.        To hang the dead body of one who has incurred that penalty (Deut. 21:22).

290.        That the dead body of an executed criminal shall not remain hanging on the tree over night (Deut. 21:23).

291.        To inter the executed on the day of execution (Deut. 21:23).

292.        Not to accept ransom from a murderer (Num. 35:31).

293.        To exile one who committed accidental homicide (Num. 35:25).

294.        To establish six cities of refuge (for those who committed accidental homicide) (Deut. 19:3).

295.        Not to accept ransom from an accidental homicide, so as to relieve him from exile (Num. 35:32).

296.        To decapitate the heifer in the manner prescribed (in expiation of a murder on the road, the perpetrator of which remained undiscovered) (Deut. 21:4).

297.        Not to plow nor sow the rough valley (Deut. 21:4).

298.        To adjudge a thief to pay compensation or (in certain cases) suffer death (Ex. 21:16; Ex. 21:37; Ex. 22:1).

299.        That he who inflicts a bodily injury shall pay monetary compensation (Ex. 21:18-19).

300.        To impose a penalty of fifty shekels upon the seducer (of an unbetrothed virgin) and enforce the other rules in connection with the case (Ex. 22:15-16).