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Enumeration of the taryag mitzvot (613 commandments) arranged to be said weekly by R. Samuel ben Ezriel Jehiel Ruben. At the top of the title page is the suggestion that the booklet be attached to the siddur so that it is immediately available for perusal. The text of the title page states that it is in an order that is good for remembering. It is fit for every Jew to read them daily and repeat them once weekly, referencing the Shakh and Hida. One should accustom himself to learn them after prayers, morning and evening. The name of the author is not given. Nevertheless, it is assumed that it was R. Samuel ben Ezriel Jehiel Ruben who, in the same year, brought out a much larger work on the same subject and that this practical edition is a precise of that work. The mitzvot are divided into the seven days of the week. Moreover, they are given according to the limbs of a human being, that is those dependent upon the hear, the ears, mouth, etc. At the end of the volume is a prayer to be said against the yetzer ha-ra. An interesting and practical way to review, memorize, and retain the taryag mitzvot in a relatively short and easy manner.
The taryag mitzvot (613 commandments are the total number of biblical commandments (precepts and prohibitions) as given in rabbinic tradition as 613. R. Simlai, a Palestinian teacher, states: "613 commandments were revealed to Moses at Sinai, 365 being prohibitions equal in number to the solar days, and 248 being mandates corresponding in number to the limbs of the human body" (Mak. 23b). The number 613 usually known by the Hebrew mnemonic, תַּרְיַ״ג (Ta-RYa-G – ג = 3 ,10 = י ,200 = ר ,400 = ת), is found as early as tannaitic times in the sayings of Simeon ben Eleazar (Mekh. Yitro, Ba-Hodesh, 5, only in ed. by I.H. Weiss (1865), 74 [75a]), Simeon b. Azzai (Sif. Deut 76 where the 365 prohibitions are mentioned), and Eleazar b. Yose the Galilean (Mid. Hag. to Gen. 15:1) and is apparently based upon an ancient tradition (see Tanh. B., Deut. 17; Ex. R. 33:7; Num. R. 13:15–16; 18:21; Yev. 47b) which crystallized in the school of R. Akiva.
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בסדר טוב ויפה לזכרון ... נחלק לז' ימי השבוע.
שם המחבר לא נזכר. כנראה הוא ר' שמואל רובין, שהוציא באותה שנה מהדורה רחבה: תרי"ג מצות, ווראנוב תרצ"ד. נראה שהמהדורה הנוכחית נערכה אחרי המהדורה הרחבה.
המצוות מסודרות לפי אברי האדם: מצוות התלויות בלב, באזנים, בפה וכדומה. בשולי העמ': "טוב לזכרון", סימנים לזכור מצוות שונות.
בראש השער: "נא להדביק קונטרס הנוכחי כל אחד בסידור תפלה שלו ...".
מעבר לשער תפילה קצרה לפני אמירת תרי"ג מצוות ("אתה בחרתנו מכל העמים ...") ו"תקוני טעות הדפוס".
[2] עמ' האחרונים: דברים בחשיבות התפילה ו"נוסח מסירת מודעה נגד היצה"ר [היצר הרע]". |
