Chapter 163 – Circumcision

179.1) It is good to lend money to a poor Jew. 179.2) You are bound to lend money even to a rich man if he is in need of the loan. 179.3) You must have a witness present to lend money. 179.4) Do not demand payment from the borrower when you know he cannot pay….

186.1) Do not prevent an animal from eating when he is working. 186.2) Do not muzzle the beast of a non-Jew. 186.3) Provide drink to a thirsty animal. 186.4) You may muzzle an animal if the product of the field he is working in would harm him if eaten.

203.1) Observe the rite of mourning for fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, and married sisters, wives, and husbands. 203.2) Observe partial mourning for other relatives. 203.3) For a child who died within thirty days from its birth, you need not rend your garments. 203.4) For twins, if one dies within the thirty days and…

176.1) Do not wear garments mixed with wool and linen. 176.2) You may make garment of sheepskin with linen thread. 176.3) Do not join wool and flax (linen) with something intervening between. (See source for details, or consult a rabbi.) 176.4) If ten mattresses are stacked and the bottom one is shatnez (wool mixed with…

168.1) Do not make images. 168.2) Do not draw the full face picture of a man. 168.3) Do not keep a ring which has a seal consisting of a man’s image. 168.4) Do not build a house modeled after the Holy Temple. 168.5) Do not make a seven-branched candelabrum by shaping six branches in a…

192.1) Plead for mercy when you fall ill. 192.2) Go to a rabbi to ask him to plead for mercy for you. 192.3) You may see a physician when sick. 192.4) A physician is duty bound to treat you. 192.5) If you are not critically ill, you may not use a forbidden article as a…