The jewish Ebionites do not have priests, leaders, rabbis nor teachers of religion. They reject the interpretations of the Torah in the Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmuds. They have their own equivalent of the Talmud. They also have their own interpretation of the 613 Injunctions.

They are not allowed to live in cities of their own or base their economy on farming. They must remain essentially herders. They may cluster in small villages with an exception made for administrative and marketing centers. The administrative centers coordinate the activities of healers, judges and defenders and are allowed to be considerably larger than a village.

Every seventh year, and for two years in a row on the 49th and 50th year they must refrain from all farming and usage or involvement in products of farming. That means, with the exception of certain required celebrations, they must eat no bread nor drink any beer during those years. Also during those years they must not wear linen or cotton or any mass produced fiber such as silk. They are allowed the use of garden products but not in any quantity more than could be produced in their own garden if they had one. So a family can drink as much wine as could be gotten from a grape arbor but not a vineyard's worth. As many apples as might come from a single apple tree but not an apple orchard.