So great is human dignity that it supersedes a negative commandment of the Torah.

Maimonides, however, attributed to this parashah only the following 4 positive and 3 negative commandments:

In the Jewish faith there are 365 "negative commandments".

All Jews are duty bound to adhere to the restrictions as legislated by the negative commandments.

According to Sefer ha-Chinuch, there are 14 positive and 27 negative commandments in the parshah.

Maimonides cited a verse in the parashah for one negative commandment:

One may violate most negative commandments of the Torah in order to save someone's life.

Maimonides cited verses in the parshah for three negative commandments:

According to Sefer ha-Chinuch, there are two negative commandments in the parshah.

Maimonides ruled that whoever strikes his fellow transgresses a negative commandment.