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June 10, 2008 | 12:22 pm

God’s Blog #2: Ten Commandments

Posted by Brad A. Greenberg

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“Thou shalt have none other gods before me.”

“Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it.”

“Thou shalt not kill. Neither shalt thou commit adultery. Neither shalt thou steal.”

I don’t mean to kvetch, but are these five commandments, and the others I gave you, really so hard to follow?

There are 613 mitzvot, but only Ten Commandments. And, despite what you may have heard or seen on the big screen—“The Lord Jehovah has given unto you these fifteen…” Moses on film proclaimed before dropping and shattering of one of three tablets. “Oy!... Ten! Ten Commandments! For all to obey!”—there were only Ten Commandments.

Moses had a stutter, but he was no klutz. And Mel Brooks was one of my better comedic creations, but he’s no historian.

There were other commandments I could have included—caring for the poor, protecting My physical creation—but I knew 10 would be challenging enough. Coveting is pleasurable and lying can get you out of a bind. But they only amplify your problems. I, of course, knew this.

It is not (always) my nature to anger; I have been incredibly patient. And yet too many see burden where I offered a gift. I spent a lot of time working on these Ten Commandments, knowing that without them the Israelites would follow there flighty hearts. Remember, what Moses found when he returned from Mount Sinai with My Law: My chosen people worshiping a golden calf fashioned by his own brother who would become My first priest.

So while a minority of you spent Sunday night reciting Torah and thanking Me for delivering The Law, too many ingrates ignored My benevolence.

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Well, what are the implications of this?

The Jews, the righteous remnant of Jews, those adhering to classical Judaism which accepts that God is Who He says He is, and wants what He says He wants, continue to hear, learn, study, accept, practice and transmit God’s will as communicated in the Torah, and by a living process in the Oral Law. What you say is meaningful to them, and if they are not perfect as a whole nevertheless they can be found to a unique and unsurpassed degree having no other gods, keeping the Sabbath day to sanctify it, not committing murder, adultery, kidnapping and so forth.

Not speaking here of people ‘with a Jewish mother’, or a Jewish heart, or a Jewish appetite, or a Jewish sense of humor or who like klezmer music. I am speaking of a fraternity of outlook and committment.

A classical Jewish formulation, the Jewish Trinity if you will has it that God, Torah and Israel are one. The physical, the spiritual, the process, the consciousness, have it your way of understanding.

Now what if a religious movement of spiritual guidance system insists that God is not the Jewish God, or the Torah is not the will of God, or that Israel is not the friend, lover, son, agent, nation of God? Well obviously that movement is not going to achieve success within the system framed by the Ten Commandments.

Correct me if I am wrong.

Comment by Ben Plonie on 6/10/08 at 10:56 pm

excellent post

Comment by fitness on 6/11/08 at 12:49 pm

Yes it was, wasn’t it? To bad the compliment was from a spam operator.
A lesson in humility…

Comment by Ben Plonie on 6/11/08 at 2:56 pm

That’s alright. God doesn’t need the plaudits. I, on the other hand ...

Comment by Brad A. Greenberg on 6/11/08 at 3:01 pm

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Comment by RICHARD BROOKES on 6/12/08 at 1:50 pm

Thank you very much for encouraging people to look at the game.Many people are the children enjoying playing. we have received several reports how the children are learning the Ten Commandments.
Thanks again
Richard

Comment by RICHARD BROOKES on 8/08/08 at 5:03 pm

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