Mitzvos in Parshas Ki Seitzei
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Mitzvos in Parshas Ki Seitzei

Parsha Pages Youth | December 31, 2025

Ki Seitzei has the most mitzvos, most positive mitzvos, most prohibitions, and most parshiyos of any sedra in the Torah.

Mitzvos: 74 Mitzvos in the Parsha (Number 532-605 of 613 Mitzvos in the Torah)

  • 27 Positive Mitzvos and 47 Prohibitions
  1. Laws of a beautiful woman taken captive during a war.
  2. Not to sell a beautiful woman taken captive during a war.
  3. Not to make the capture woman work as a slave.
  4. To hang a person after his execution where it is required.
  5. Not to leave a person who was hung overnight on the gallows, and not to leave a dead person overnight in one’s house (unless for the dead person’s honor).
  6. To bury a person the same day one dies (whether by the court or other means).
  7. To return lost property to its owner.
  8. Not to turn a “blind eye” to a lost object.
  9. Not to leave another’s animal lying under its burden.
  10. To assist lifting a burden for a fellow Jew.
  11. A woman should not wear men’s clothing.
  12. A man should not wear women’s clothing.
  13. Not to take the mother-bird while its eggs or young are in the nest.
  14. To send away the mother-bird when taking its eggs or young.
  15. To build a parapet around a dangerous roof or pit.
  16. To build guard rails around a dangerous roof or pit.
  17. Not to leave a dangerous roof or pit without guard rails.
  18. Not to sow a mixture of seeds in a vineyard in Eretz Yisrael.
  19. Not to eat the produce of mixed seeds grown in a vineyard in Eretz Yisrael.
  20. Not to work with two kinds of animals together.
  21. Not to wear cloth of wool and linen.
  22. The laws of Kiddushin (marriage).
  23. A man who spreads an evil report about his new wife must remain with her permanently.
  24. A man who spreads an evil report about his new wife may not divorce her.
  25. The court should stone a person who is sentenced to stoning.
  26. Not to punish a person who was forced to transgress.
  27. A rapist must offer to marry his victim.
  28. A rapist is not allowed to divorce his victim.
  29. A sterilized man many not marry a Jewish girl.
  30. A child from an adulterous or incestuous relationship may not marry a Jewish girl.
  31. A male from Amon or Moav may not marry a Jewish girl.
  32. Not to make peace with Amon or Moav prior to a war.
  33. A descendent of Eisav may not marry a Jewish person.
  34. An Egyptian or the first-generation child may not marry a Jewish person even after conversion.
  35. A tameh person may not enter the place of the Leviim (in the Bais haMikdash).
  36. To prepare a toilet outside the Jewish encampment during wartime.
  37. To prepare a shovel for each person in the army so one may cover his excrement.
  38. Not to oppress a slave who flees from his master outside Eretz Yisrael into the law.
  39. Not to be intimate with a woman out of wedlock.
  40. Not to bring the wage of a harlot or the exchange-price of a dog as an offering in the Bais haMikdash.
  41. Not to borrow at interest from a Jew.
  42. To charge interest to a non-Jew.
  43. Not to delay a vow to make an offering or to delay the offering of a consecrated animal for the three festivals.
  44. To fulfill one’s vows and oaths.
  45. To permit a hired worker to eat certain types of produce while he is under hire.
  46. A hired worker should not take more produce from this employer than he is allowed.
  47. A hired worker should not eat from his employer’s crop during his actual work.
  48. One who wishes to divorce his wife must do so with a get (written document).
  49. A divorced man may not take back his ex-wife after she has married another (and then divorced or widowed from the second person).
  50. A bridegroom may not part from his wife during the first year of marriage.
  51. A bridegroom must remain with his wife during the first year of marriage.
  52. Not to pawn any objects with which sustaining food is prepared.
  53. Not to pluck out signs of tzaraas.
  54. Not to take an object in pledge from a debtor by force.
  55. Not to withhold a pledged object from its owner when he needs it.
  56. To return a pledged object to its owner when he needs it.
  57. To pay the earnings of a hired worker on the day that he earned them.
  58. A person may not give testimony of a close relative at trial.
  59. Not to pervert justice in the case of a convert or an orphan.
  60. Not to take anything in pledge from a window.
  61. To leave forgotten sheaves for the poor.
  62. Not to take a forgotten sheave of grain or forgotten fruit.
  63. To administer lashes to a person who transgresses certain prohibitions.
  64. Not to give additional lashes, or hit any Jew.
  65. Not to muzzle to a domestic animal during its work.
  66. A childless widow should not may any person other than her late husband’s brother.
  67. A childless widow should marry her late husband’s brother.
  68. The mitzvah of Chalizah (release from marrying the late husband’s brother).
  69. To save a person pursued by a killer, by attaching the killer.
  70. Not to have mercy on a pursuing killer.
  71. Not to keep inaccurate scales or weights, even if they are not used.
  72. To remember what Amalek did to the Jewish people in the Midbar.
  73. To eradicate the descendants of Amalek.
  74. Not to forget what Amalek did to the Jewish people when they came out of Egypt.

Ki Seitzei has the most mitzvos, most positive mitzvos, most prohibitions, and most parshiyos of any sedra in the Torah.

Mitzvos: 74 Mitzvos in the Parsha (Number 532-605 of 613 Mitzvos in the Torah)

  • 27 Positive Mitzvos and 47 Prohibitions
  1. Laws of a beautiful woman taken captive during a war.
  2. Not to sell a beautiful woman taken captive during a war.
  3. Not to make the capture woman work as a slave.
  4. To hang a person after his execution where it is required.
  5. Not to leave a person who was hung overnight on the gallows, and not to leave a dead person overnight in one’s house (unless for the dead person’s honor).
  6. To bury a person the same day one dies (whether by the court or other means).
  7. To return lost property to its owner.
  8. Not to turn a “blind eye” to a lost object.
  9. Not to leave another’s animal lying under its burden.
  10. To assist lifting a burden for a fellow Jew.
  11. A woman should not wear men’s clothing.
  12. A man should not wear women’s clothing.
  13. Not to take the mother-bird while its eggs or young are in the nest.
  14. To send away the mother-bird when taking its eggs or young.
  15. To build a parapet around a dangerous roof or pit.
  16. To build guard rails around a dangerous roof or pit.
  17. Not to leave a dangerous roof or pit without guard rails.
  18. Not to sow a mixture of seeds in a vineyard in Eretz Yisrael.
  19. Not to eat the produce of mixed seeds grown in a vineyard in Eretz Yisrael.
  20. Not to work with two kinds of animals together.
  21. Not to wear cloth of wool and linen.
  22. The laws of Kiddushin (marriage).
  23. A man who spreads an evil report about his new wife must remain with her permanently.
  24. A man who spreads an evil report about his new wife may not divorce her.
  25. The court should stone a person who is sentenced to stoning.
  26. Not to punish a person who was forced to transgress.
  27. A rapist must offer to marry his victim.
  28. A rapist is not allowed to divorce his victim.
  29. A sterilized man many not marry a Jewish girl.
  30. A child from an adulterous or incestuous relationship may not marry a Jewish girl.
  31. A male from Amon or Moav may not marry a Jewish girl.
  32. Not to make peace with Amon or Moav prior to a war.
  33. A descendent of Eisav may not marry a Jewish person.
  34. An Egyptian or the first-generation child may not marry a Jewish person even after conversion.
  35. A tameh person may not enter the place of the Leviim (in the Bais haMikdash).
  36. To prepare a toilet outside the Jewish encampment during wartime.
  37. To prepare a shovel for each person in the army so one may cover his excrement.
  38. Not to oppress a slave who flees from his master outside Eretz Yisrael into the law.
  39. Not to be intimate with a woman out of wedlock.
  40. Not to bring the wage of a harlot or the exchange-price of a dog as an offering in the Bais haMikdash.
  41. Not to borrow at interest from a Jew.
  42. To charge interest to a non-Jew.
  43. Not to delay a vow to make an offering or to delay the offering of a consecrated animal for the three festivals.
  44. To fulfill one’s vows and oaths.
  45. To permit a hired worker to eat certain types of produce while he is under hire.
  46. A hired worker should not take more produce from this employer than he is allowed.
  47. A hired worker should not eat from his employer’s crop during his actual work.
  48. One who wishes to divorce his wife must do so with a get (written document).
  49. A divorced man may not take back his ex-wife after she has married another (and then divorced or widowed from the second person).
  50. A bridegroom may not part from his wife during the first year of marriage.
  51. A bridegroom must remain with his wife during the first year of marriage.
  52. Not to pawn any objects with which sustaining food is prepared.
  53. Not to pluck out signs of tzaraas.
  54. Not to take an object in pledge from a debtor by force.
  55. Not to withhold a pledged object from its owner when he needs it.
  56. To return a pledged object to its owner when he needs it.
  57. To pay the earnings of a hired worker on the day that he earned them.
  58. A person may not give testimony of a close relative at trial.
  59. Not to pervert justice in the case of a convert or an orphan.
  60. Not to take anything in pledge from a window.
  61. To leave forgotten sheaves for the poor.
  62. Not to take a forgotten sheave of grain or forgotten fruit.
  63. To administer lashes to a person who transgresses certain prohibitions.
  64. Not to give additional lashes, or hit any Jew.
  65. Not to muzzle to a domestic animal during its work.
  66. A childless widow should not may any person other than her late husband’s brother.
  67. A childless widow should marry her late husband’s brother.
  68. The mitzvah of Chalizah (release from marrying the late husband’s brother).
  69. To save a person pursued by a killer, by attaching the killer.
  70. Not to have mercy on a pursuing killer.
  71. Not to keep inaccurate scales or weights, even if they are not used.
  72. To remember what Amalek did to the Jewish people in the Midbar.
  73. To eradicate the descendants of Amalek.
  74. Not to forget what Amalek did to the Jewish people when they came out of Egypt.
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