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From: Russell Hendel <rhendel@mcs.drexel.edu>
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Subject: The amazing "613 mitzvah" Talmudic Statement

STAN asked about the source for the concept of 613 mitzvoth. I heard
this from the Rav, Rav Soloveitchick:

>>Just as people have mazal (luck) so do Talmudic sayings. Some Talmudic
>>sayings are repeated often and never get studied while some sayings
>>are hardly ever mentioned and do get studied. There is only ONE SOURCE
>>for the concept of 613 mitzvoth. Yet this one statement seems to have
>>mazal and we have an entire literature on where the 613 are?

Russell Jay Hendel;Phd ASA RHendel @ mcs drexel edu