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The Second Commandment

You shall have no other gods...

"You shall have no other gods before Me. You shall not make for yourself a graven image, nor any manner of likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them, nor serve them. For I the Lord your G-d am a jealous G-d, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children of the third and fourth generation of them that hate Me; and showing mercy unto the thousandth generation of them that love Me and keep My commandments."

The Jealous Lover
The Jealous Lover
 By Yanki Tauber
Commandments Two and Seven: Ultimately, you will be no more and no less faithful to your spouse than you are to your G-d -- and vice versa
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The Evolution of Pleasure
The Evolution of Pleasure
 Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
What attraction could the idol Pe'or, and the particularly repulsive rituals associated with it, possibly hold for the Israelites who succumbed to its influence?
Unidolatry
Unidolatry
 By Tzvi Freeman
When we would be at odds with G-d and He with us, the two angels would turn away from one another. But when the two of us would be in harmony, the temple priests would open the curtains and show us the two figurines entwined in embrace...
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A Little Arrogance
A Little Arrogance
"Can't live with it; can't live without it." According to our sages, this is precisely the case with arrogance...
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Monotheism in Rostov
Monotheism in Rostov
 From the writings of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak of Lubavitch
The three emissaries from the court of death entered the room, dressed in their uniforms of red and black, rifles in hand, their belts filled with bullets and hung with a pair of revolvers and another pair of Cossack knives, with helmets of brass and their faces aflame
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What's So Terrible about Idolatry?
What's So Terrible about Idolatry?
 By Tzvi Freeman
I don't mean massive temples with human sacrifices. What about a civilized idolater, in the privacy of his own home? What's so terrible?
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