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Is there debate about what the 10 statements are?
I see in this webpage it says "The passage in Exodus contains more than ten imperative statements, totalling 14 or 15 in all. However, the Bible itself assigns the count of '10'..." So is there debate about which constitute the 10 statements? Or…
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10 Commandments, Round or Square?
So i have two questions. This upcoming Shavu'oth i'll be giving a talk on the history of the physical tablets that the ten commandments were written on. i will be focusing on three topics, the alphebet, the division (which commandments on which…
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Why do we need both the Two Tablets as well as the Sefer Torah?
The sefer Torah, i.e., the full scroll containing all 5 Books contains the 10 Commandments, which was inscribed on the 2 luchot ("tablets"). All of Israel heard the 10 Commandments (according to midrash, they heard the 1st directly from G-d, then…
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why specifically these Ten Commandments
if the torah has 613 commandments, why the need for singling out ten commandments? Why are these more special than the rest?
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Why Weren't Zachor and Shamor Written in Each Set of Tablets?
There were two sets of tablets. The text of the first set is recorded in Exodus 20. The Second set is in Deuteronomy 5. The first set states:
זָכוֹר אֶת-יוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת, לְקַדְּשׁוֹ. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
The second set…
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Prosecuting for the 10th commandment
In the times of the Sanhedrin and when courts existed in Eretz Yisrael, how were people found guilty of violating the commandment, 'לֹא תַחְמֹד בֵּית רֵעֶךָ לֹא תַחְמֹד אֵשֶׁת רֵעֶךָ וְעַבְדּוֹ וַאֲמָתוֹ וְשׁוֹרוֹ וַחֲמֹרוֹ וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר לְרֵעֶךָ' (…
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The Luchos Connected or separate
Were the Luchos two separate stones or were they connected somehow?
If we look at the versers that discuss the tablets it uses plural and singular language
שמות כ״ד:יב
ויאמר יהוה אל משה עלה אלי ההרה והיה שם ואתנה לך את לחת
האבן והתורה והמצוה אשר…
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Why a Stumah Break Between Coveting Another's Wife and Other Possessions, if they are the Same Commandment?
In the Jewish way of numbering the 10 commandments, all the "do not covets" are part of the same commandment (that is, the 10th commandment.) However, in the text there is a stuma break between coveting another's wife and coveting another's…
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Ayin miraculously holding it's place in the second tablets?
The Gemara (Sanhedrin 21b-22a) records a discussion about the script of Torah scrolls (ashiri or ivri).
Many commentators look at the first opinion in the discussion and wonder if it means that the tablets were also written in ashuri or ivri script.…
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10 Commandments and Non-Jews
Are there any sources that discuss the non-Jew's connection to and/or obligations regarding the 10 Commandments (i.e. the 10 Dibrot)
I've heard from rather learned (if not conventional) people claim that the 10 Commandments are the moral code for…
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How many stones of the Luchos were there?
We know there were two sets of tablets that Moshe got. We know that each tablet was double-sided. How many actual side-by-side stones were there in each set? The pictures usually show there were two side-by-side stones. Is this true?
In other words…
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All of the Torah contained within the Ten Commandments
I have heard (read?) that all of the Torah is contained within the Aseret HaDibrot. Where is this from?
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Punishment for breaking the 10 commandments
I would like to find the Mishna juridicial decision of the 10 Commandments (Exodus 20:2-13, Deuteronomy 5:6-17) which states the punishments for breaking said commandments in summary form.
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Why are there 40 commandments in 10 commandments?
When do one commandments stop and the next one start? Who's counting? Who got the number 10?
I am Hashem
your God
You shalt have no other gods before me
You shalt not make any graven image (So no 3D printing?)
You shall not bow down to them
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'An eye for an eye' and the sixth commandment
If 'an eye for an eye' is how the Hebrew people delineated the law of retaliation, is going beyond the law of proportional response with respect to killing then a breaking of the sixth commandment, in that disproportionate killing becomes murder?
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