[Avodah] All transgressions are sins?

[Zev Sero]

saul mashbaum wrote:
> RMB:
> 
>  >Not only the 7 mitzvos benei Noach, but even the other 606, are 
> subject to judgment.
> 
> I have wondered about this. All the mitzvot b'nei  Noach are of course 
> incumbent on Jews. It would thus seem that there are 606 *additional* 
> mitzvot Jews have that BN do not.

Ruth is gematria 606, for the extra mitzvot that she accepted.

> However, I have seen sources (which I 
> can't quote  precisely now), that there are a total of 620 mitzvot, 613 
> for Jews and 7 for BN  (I think that there are 620 words  in the aseret 
> hadibrot). Intuitvely, RMB's formulation seems more sensible. Can anyone 
> support and  explain the alternate formulation?

The 620 includes the 7 mitzvot derabbanan.  


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