Editing 613 commandments (section)

==Symbolism of 613==
{{See|Law given to Moses at Sinai}}
[[File:WLANL - MicheleLovesArt - Joods Historisch Museum - Schilderij Voerman (1111).jpg|thumb|300 px|{{Lang|nl|De Rouwdagen}} (The [[mourning]] days) by [[Jan Voerman]], {{Circa|1884}}]]

Rav [[Hamnuna]] sourced the count of 613 in the verse {{bibleverse|Deuteronomy||33:4|HE}} ("Moses commanded us the Torah..."). The Talmud notes that the Hebrew numerical value (''[[gematria]]'') of the word ''Torah'' is 611 ({{Script/Hebrew|ת}}&nbsp;=&nbsp;400, {{Script/Hebrew|ו}}&nbsp;=&nbsp;6, {{Script/Hebrew|ר}}&nbsp;=&nbsp;200, {{Script/Hebrew|ה}}&nbsp;=&nbsp;5). Combining 611 commandments which Moses taught the people, with the first two of the [[Ten Commandments]] which were the only ones directly heard from God, a total of 613 is reached.<ref name="m23">Babylonian Talmud, [https://www.sefaria.org.il/Makkot.23b.18?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en ''Makkot'' 23b-24a]</ref> 

Other sources connect the ''[[tzitzit]]'' (ritual fringes of a garment) to the 613 commandments by gematria: the word {{Lang|he|tzitzit}} (Hebrew: ציצית, in its [[Mishnah|Mishnaic]] spelling) has the value 600 ({{Script/Hebrew|צ}}&nbsp;=&nbsp;90, {{Script/Hebrew|י}}&nbsp;=&nbsp;10, {{Script/Hebrew|ת}}&nbsp;=&nbsp;400). Each tassel has eight threads (when doubled over) and five sets of knots. The sum of all these numbers is 613, reflecting the concept that {{Lang|he|tzitzit}} reminds its wearer of all Torah commandments.<ref>[[Rashi]]'s commentary on [[Book of Numbers|Numbers]] 15:39 (from [[Numbers Rabbah]] 18); compare to [[Lekach Tov]], parshat Shelach Lecha, p.224, s.v. ''tanan hatam bemasechet brachot''</ref>

Many Jewish [[Jewish philosophy|philosophical]] and [[Jewish mysticism|mystical]] works (e.g., by [[Baal HaTurim]], the [[Judah Loew ben Bezalel|Maharal of Prague]] and leaders of [[Hasidic Judaism]]) find allusions and inspirational calculations relating to the number of commandments.