Food Commandments

There are 35 biblical commandments in the “Food” category — 9 positive and 26 negative.

+Positive Commandments (9)

176
Examine the signs of animals to distinguish between those which are kosher and non-kosher

Leviticus 11:2

177
Examine the signs of fowl to distinguish between those which are kosher and non-kosher

Deuteronomy 14:11

178
Examine the signs of fish to distinguish between those which are kosher and non-kosher

Leviticus 11:9

179
Examine the signs of insects to distinguish between those which are kosher and non-kosher

Leviticus 11:21

204
Ritually slaughter an animal before eating it

Deuteronomy 12:21

206
Cover the blood of a slaughtered beast or fowl with earth

Leviticus 17:13

208
Release a mother bird before taking her children from the nest

Deuteronomy 22:7

270
Set aside the first fruits and bring them to the Temple

Exodus 23:19

463
The court must judge the damages incurred by a goring ox

Exodus 21:28

−Negative Commandments (26)

180
Do not eat non-kosher animals

Leviticus 11:4

181
Do not eat non-kosher fowl

Leviticus 11:13

182
Do not eat non-kosher fish

Leviticus 11:11

183
Do not eat non-kosher flying insects

Deuteronomy 14:19

184
Do not eat non-kosher creatures that crawl on land

Leviticus 11:41

185
Do not eat non-kosher vermin

Leviticus 11:44

186
Do not eat worms found in fruit on the ground

Leviticus 11:42

187
Do not eat creatures that live in water other than kosher fish

Leviticus 11:43

188
Do not eat of an animal that dies of natural causes

Deuteronomy 14:21

189
Do not benefit from an ox condemned to be stoned

Exodus 21:28

190
Do not eat meat of an animal that was mortally wounded

Exodus 22:31

191
Do not eat meat torn off a living creature

Deuteronomy 12:23

192
Do not eat blood

Leviticus 3:17

193
Do not eat certain fats of clean animals

Leviticus 3:17

194
Do not eat the sinew of the thigh

Genesis 32:32

195
Do not eat meat and milk cooked together

Exodus 23:19

196
Do not cook meat and milk together

Exodus 34:26

197
Do not eat bread from new grain before the Omer

Leviticus 23:14

198
Do not eat parched grains from new grain before the Omer

Leviticus 23:14

199
Do not eat ripened grains from new grain before the Omer

Leviticus 23:14

200
Do not eat fruit of a tree during its first three years

Leviticus 19:23

201
Do not eat diverse seeds planted in a vineyard

Deuteronomy 22:9

202
Do not eat untithed fruits

Leviticus 22:14

205
Do not slaughter an animal and its offspring on the same day

Leviticus 22:28

207
Do not take a mother bird with its children

Deuteronomy 22:6

235
Do not plant grains or greens in a vineyard

Deuteronomy 22:9

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40 commandments · 2+ / 38−

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