The First Commandment
How the First Commandment, "I Am the
L-rd your G‑d", and the Sixth Commandment, 'Do not
kill", are one and the same
The Jealous Wife
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
Tom's House and Harry's Car
"The world," states the Psalmist,
"and all it contains, is G‑d's." It would seem that
the Eighth Commandment is superfluous — since in the final
analysis, it's not possible to steal anything
Life on the Witness Stand
To observe the Shabbat is to make a
statement about G‑d's world; and making a statement about the
world is a greater feat than making the world
A Blurry Line
The connection between "Honor your
father and your mother" and "Do not covet... anything
of your fellow's": both straddle the distinction we
commonly make between the human and the divine, the physical and
the metaphysical, between desire and deed

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