What looks like the Ten Commandments, sounds like the Ten Commandments, but isn’t the Ten Commandments? Torah Portion Kedoshim would be a good answer. Kedoshim, however, is more than the Decalogue. Kedoshim- part of Leviticus’ Holiness Code- serves a different purpose. The Torah Portion Kedoshim, while covering most of the Decalogue’s commandments, also contains additionalContinue reading “Kedoshim: Ten Commandments Plus?”
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The Name: Psalm 113’s Ten Commandments’ Moment
I’ve Got a Name, I’ve Got a Name Jim Croce The Tetragrammaton- God’s four letter name- plays a central role in the Ten Commandments. In the Hebrew letters, it is spelled “yud, hay, vav, hay.” For this discussion’s purposes, The Name or the Lord refers to the Tetragrammaton. In Jewish Orthodox scriptural publications, the wordContinue reading “The Name: Psalm 113’s Ten Commandments’ Moment”
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