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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. It was published anonymously in
13th Century Spain. 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.
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.
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.
Some scholars ascribe the authorship of Sefer ha-Chinuch to Rabbi
Aharon HaLevi of
Barcelona (
1235-c.
1290), a
Talmudic scholar and halakhist
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student of the Rashba, rather than his colleague.
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