Why Are There Exactly 613 Mitzvot? Rabbi Yitzchak Botton

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mitzvot, not one, not less. Why? Why 613? So, the Zohar says that these 613 mitzvot are 613 limbs of the king. They are 613 accesses, things, directions, avenues that we can access to connect with the king. Why 613? We were created in the divine image. Since we were created in his divine image, there's 613 physical limbs and sinews in our body. Now, these 613 limbs and sinews sinews in our body also

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1. 0:02mitzvot, not one, not less. Why? Why 613? So, the Zohar says that these 613 mitzvot…
2. 0:32limbs and sinews sinews in our body also correspond to something because our body and soul…
3. 1:04soul, and together body and soul connect us and in fact the entire world to Hashem…

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