Ten Utterances

The world was created with ten Divine utterances. What does this come to teach us? Certainly, it could have been created with a single utterance. However, this was in order to make the wicked accountable for destroying a world which was created with ten u...

The world was created with ten utterances. What does this come to teach us? Certainly, it could have been created with a single utterance. However, this is in order to make the wicked accountable for destroying a world that was created with ten utterances...

Humans seemed hard-wired to fail. Why would G-d especially design His world to allow so much failure? To address this topic, we explore the teaching in Ethics of Our Fathers that the world was created with ten statements (ch.5:1).

The world was created with ten utterances. What does this come to teach us? Certainly, it could have been created with a single utterance...

Did Hashem create the world with wicked people in mind? Examine the Mishnah on why the world was created with ten utterances.

A fascinating look at the passage in Pirkei Avot on why Hashem spoke ten sentences to create the world, instead of just one. The mishnah’s explanation seems mysteriously negative. Also, why no mention of the Ten Commandments in the list of special tens.

The Sustaining Utterance The most significant step in internalizing that G-d is the only existence and heaven and earth exist in bittul is the appreciation of two ideas taught by the Baal Shem Tov:In the generations before the Baal Shem Tov, several sages...

What happens when someone chooses to sin instead?

Hebrew has evolved over time. Stay up to date with the facts about this ancient language.

The world was created with ten utterances. What does this come to teach us? Certainly, it could have been created with a single utterance. However, this is in order to make the wicked accountable for destroying a world that was created with ten utterances...