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613 steps to total Torah observance? Not really.

June 18th, 2007 by Craig Hansen

While most folks understand that there are 613 points in the written laws of Moshe, not all people understand that no one could possibly keep all 613 points of the Torah faithfully. Even many messianic Web sites and synagogues don’t grasp this.

No one can keep all 613 point of the written Torah for one very simple reason: not all of the points are for everyone.

Some can be observed only by women. Some can be observed only by men. Some can be observed only by the priests. Get the idea? No one person can observe all 613 points of the written Torah because there are plenty you cannot fulfill personally depending on your gender, depending on whether or now you are a priest and so forth.

The Torah is extremely detailed because it is setting up all the rules for holy living for an entire people in the promised land. Sure, it stops just short of endorsing a particular brand of organic dog food, but otherwise it’s pretty comprehensive. It’s also there to cover folks of every stripe.

Being Torah-observant isn’t the overwhelming task the 613 points of written Torah would make it seem. And when Yeshua takes his place as messiah of your life, the hardest part is already done for you.

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