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The Ten Commandments


The holiday of Shavuot is the day on which we celebrate the great revelation of the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai, 3,323 years ago. You stood at the foot of the mountain. Your grandparents and great-grandparents before them. The souls of all Jews, from all times, came together to hear the Ten Commandments from G‑d Himself.

This year, on Wednesday, June 8, go to your local synagogue to hear the Ten Commandments and reaffirm the covenant with G‑d and His Torah.

Since we all stood at Mount Sinai, we must all reaffirm our commitment. Babies, young children, the elderly, all that are able should attend.

Click here to find a synagogue closest to you.

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Posted: June 7, 2011
Shavouous
The Ten Commandments are the greatest marketing tool ever devised. The Torah would not have reached as many people had it not been for the magnificent Ten.
Posted By Bruce Egert, Hackensack, NJ

Posted: May 19, 2010
Shavuot Festival
As always you continue to inspire, teach and re-awaken me as a proud Jew to my Heritage. Thank you for this article as well as all I continue to learn on Chabad.org.

My mitzvah is to follow this path of learning, and to continue to contribute both financially through contributions, and orally by telling everyone I know about this great website.

Great Shavuot to you!

Deba
Posted By Anonymous, Bellevue, WA

Posted: June 11, 2008
RE: pregnant
Hearing the Ten Commandments is not a mitzvah mentioned in the Torah. Rather it is a time honored custom to make a special effort to ensure that everybody is present at this special Torah reading. If the efforts involved would cause a person great pain, or place them in actual danger, they should not go to the synagogue to hear them.
Posted By Menachem Posner for Chabad.org

Posted: June 10, 2008
SHAVUOT
I have only just heard of how Jewish people celebrate this religious holiday. It is truly beautiful. I am Catholic.
Posted By Anonymous, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA

Posted: June 8, 2008
pregnant
What about pregnant women who are very close? Is it actually a mitzvah of Rambam's? Can they fulfil the mitzvah by reading the giving of the Torah in a chumash at home?
Posted By Anonymous



 


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