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Family - מִשְׁפָּחָה

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מִשְׁפָּחָה — family is the foundation through which Torah values, identity, and tradition are passed from generation to generation. Mishpachah creates responsibility, belonging, and emotional support, helping build a life rooted in commitment, love, and shared spiritual purpose.

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Mitzvah 12

To cleave to those who know Him
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Mitzvah 12

12
To cleave to those who know Him

Mitzvah 22

To learn Torah and teach it
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Mitzvah 22

22
To learn Torah and teach it

Mitzvah 23

To honor those who teach and know Torah
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Mitzvah 23

23
To honor those who teach and know Torah

Mitzvah 49

Not to pass your children through the fire to Molech
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Mitzvah 49

49
Not to pass your children through the fire to Molech

Mitzvah 70

Men must not wear women's clothing
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Mitzvah 70

70
Men must not wear women's clothing

Mitzvah 71

Women must not wear men's clothing
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Mitzvah 71

71
Women must not wear men's clothing

Mitzvah 73

Not to tear the skin in mourning
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Mitzvah 73

73
Not to tear the skin in mourning

Mitzvah 74

Not to make a bald spot in mourning
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Mitzvah 74

74
Not to make a bald spot in mourning

Mitzvah 82

To write a Sefer Torah
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Mitzvah 82

82
To write a Sefer Torah

Mitzvah 86

To circumcise all males on the eighth day after their birth
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Mitzvah 86

86
To circumcise all males on the eighth day after their birth

Mitzvah 115

To relate the Exodus from Egypt on that night
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Mitzvah 115

115
To relate the Exodus from Egypt on that night

Mitzvah 122

To marry a wife by the means prescribed in the Torah (kiddushin)
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Mitzvah 122

122
To marry a wife by the means prescribed in the Torah (kiddushin)

Mitzvah 123

Not to have relations with women not thus married
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Mitzvah 123

123
Not to have relations with women not thus married

Mitzvah 124

Not to withhold food, clothing, and sexual relations from your wife
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Mitzvah 124

124
Not to withhold food, clothing, and sexual relations from your wife

Mitzvah 125

To have children with one's wife
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Mitzvah 125

125
To have children with one's wife

Mitzvah 126

To issue a divorce by means of a Get document
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Mitzvah 126

126
To issue a divorce by means of a Get document

Mitzvah 127

A man must not remarry his wife after she has married someone else
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Mitzvah 127

127
A man must not remarry his wife after she has married someone else

Mitzvah 128

To do Yibum (marry childless brother's widow)
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Mitzvah 128

128
To do Yibum (marry childless brother's widow)

Mitzvah 129

To do Chalitzah (freeing a widow from yibum)
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Mitzvah 129

129
To do Chalitzah (freeing a widow from yibum)

Mitzvah 130

The widow must not remarry until the ties with her brother-in-law are removed
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Mitzvah 130

130
The widow must not remarry until the ties with her brother-in-law are removed

Mitzvah 131

The court must fine one who seduces a maiden
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Mitzvah 131

131
The court must fine one who seduces a maiden

Mitzvah 132

The rapist must marry the maiden (if she chooses)
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Mitzvah 132

132
The rapist must marry the maiden (if she chooses)

Mitzvah 133

He is not allowed to divorce her
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Mitzvah 133

133
He is not allowed to divorce her

Mitzvah 134

The slanderer must remain married to the wife he slandered
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Mitzvah 134

134
The slanderer must remain married to the wife he slandered

Mitzvah 135

He must not divorce her
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Mitzvah 135

135
He must not divorce her

Mitzvah 136

To fulfill the laws of the woman suspected of adultery (Sotah)
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Mitzvah 136

136
To fulfill the laws of the woman suspected of adultery (Sotah)

Mitzvah 137

Not to put oil on her meal offering
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Mitzvah 137

137
Not to put oil on her meal offering

Mitzvah 138

Not to put frankincense on her Meal Offering
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Mitzvah 138

138
Not to put frankincense on her Meal Offering

Mitzvah 139

Not to have sexual relations with your mother
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Mitzvah 139

139
Not to have sexual relations with your mother

Mitzvah 140

Not to have sexual relations with your father's wife
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Mitzvah 140

140
Not to have sexual relations with your father's wife

Mitzvah 141

Not to have sexual relations with your sister
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Mitzvah 141

141
Not to have sexual relations with your sister

Mitzvah 142

Not to have sexual relations with your father's wife's daughter (from your father)
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Mitzvah 142

142
Not to have sexual relations with your father's wife's daughter (from your father)

Mitzvah 143

Not to have sexual relations with your son's daughter
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Mitzvah 143

143
Not to have sexual relations with your son's daughter

Mitzvah 144

Not to have sexual relations with your daughter
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Mitzvah 144

144
Not to have sexual relations with your daughter

Mitzvah 145

Not to have sexual relations with your daughter's daughter
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Mitzvah 145

145
Not to have sexual relations with your daughter's daughter

Mitzvah 146

Not to marry a woman and her daughter
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Mitzvah 146

146
Not to marry a woman and her daughter

Mitzvah 147

Not to marry a woman and her son's daughter
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Mitzvah 147

147
Not to marry a woman and her son's daughter

Mitzvah 148

Not to marry a woman and her daughter's daughter
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Mitzvah 148

148
Not to marry a woman and her daughter's daughter

Mitzvah 149

Not to have sexual relations with your father's sister
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Mitzvah 149

149
Not to have sexual relations with your father's sister

Mitzvah 150

Not to have sexual relations with your mother's sister
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Mitzvah 150

150
Not to have sexual relations with your mother's sister

Mitzvah 151

Not to have sexual relations with your father's brother's wife
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Mitzvah 151

151
Not to have sexual relations with your father's brother's wife

Mitzvah 152

Not to have sexual relations with your son's wife
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Mitzvah 152

152
Not to have sexual relations with your son's wife

Mitzvah 153

Not to have sexual relations with your brother's wife
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Mitzvah 153

153
Not to have sexual relations with your brother's wife

Mitzvah 154

Not to have sexual relations with your wife's sister
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Mitzvah 154

154
Not to have sexual relations with your wife's sister

Mitzvah 158

Not to have homosexual sexual relations with your father
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Mitzvah 158

158
Not to have homosexual sexual relations with your father

Mitzvah 159

Not to have homosexual sexual relations with your father's brother
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Mitzvah 159

159
Not to have homosexual sexual relations with your father's brother

Mitzvah 160

Not to have sexual relations with a married woman
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Mitzvah 160

160
Not to have sexual relations with a married woman

Mitzvah 161

Not to have sexual relations with a menstrually impure woman
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Mitzvah 161

161
Not to have sexual relations with a menstrually impure woman

Mitzvah 162

Not to marry non-Jews
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Mitzvah 162

162
Not to marry non-Jews

Mitzvah 169

The High Priest must not marry a widow
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Mitzvah 169

169
The High Priest must not marry a widow

Mitzvah 170

The High Priest must not have sexual relations with a widow even outside of marriage
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Mitzvah 170

170
The High Priest must not have sexual relations with a widow even outside of marriage

Mitzvah 171

The High Priest must marry a virgin maiden
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Mitzvah 171

171
The High Priest must marry a virgin maiden

Mitzvah 173

A Kohen must not marry a zonah (a woman who had forbidden relations)
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Mitzvah 173

173
A Kohen must not marry a zonah (a woman who had forbidden relations)

Mitzvah 174

A Kohen must not marry a chalalah
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Mitzvah 174

174
A Kohen must not marry a chalalah

Mitzvah 175

Not to make pleasurable (sexual) contact with any forbidden woman
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Mitzvah 175

175
Not to make pleasurable (sexual) contact with any forbidden woman

Mitzvah 216

For oaths and vows annulled, there are the laws of annulling vows explicit in the Torah
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Mitzvah 216

216
For oaths and vows annulled, there are the laws of annulling vows explicit in the Torah

Mitzvah 257

An uncircumcised Kohen must not eat Terumah
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Mitzvah 257

257
An uncircumcised Kohen must not eat Terumah

Mitzvah 259

A chalalah [see Mitzvah 174] must not eat Terumah
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Mitzvah 259

259
A chalalah [see Mitzvah 174] must not eat Terumah

Mitzvah 276

To redeem the firstborn sons and give the money to a Kohen
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Mitzvah 276

276
To redeem the firstborn sons and give the money to a Kohen

Mitzvah 294

Carry out the laws of sold family properties
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Mitzvah 294

294
Carry out the laws of sold family properties

Mitzvah 295

Not to sell the land in Israel indefinitely
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Mitzvah 295

295
Not to sell the land in Israel indefinitely

Mitzvah 296

Carry out the laws of houses in walled cities
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Mitzvah 296

296
Carry out the laws of houses in walled cities

Mitzvah 299

To give the Levites cities to inhabit and their surrounding fields
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Mitzvah 299

299
To give the Levites cities to inhabit and their surrounding fields

Mitzvah 300

Not to sell the fields but they shall remain the Levites' before and after the Jubilee year
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Mitzvah 300

300
Not to sell the fields but they shall remain the Levites' before and after the Jubilee year

Mitzvah 584

Respect your father and mother
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Mitzvah 584

584
Respect your father and mother

Mitzvah 613

Not to retain her for servitude after having relations with her
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Mitzvah 613

613
Not to retain her for servitude after having relations with her

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Haftarah: Zachariah 2:14 - 4:7
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