Mitzvat lo te'aseh

Mitzvat lo te'aseh (Also called: Negative commandment, Hebrew: מצוות לא תעשה, lit.'mitzvah you will not do', Also called Lavim, Hebrew: לאווים) is a Jewish term describing a group of mitzvah's with negative imperatives, for example: Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal etc. The most common punishments for breaking these mitzvah's include malkot or arba mitot beth din.