Saturday, December 17, 2011

Beginning with Adam



Though the 10 Commandments are made up of 10 separate articles, they include more than 10 of the torah's 613 commandments. 

Indeed, even the earliest commentators on the Torah write that the text of the Ten Commandments alludes to all 613 commandments.

The most important allusion to this is that the orignal Hebrew text of the Ten Commandments (as they appear in exodus 20:2 tru 20:13) contains exactly 620 letters. 620 is 7 more than 613.

According to some Rabbinic authorities, the 7 commandments that complement the 613 commandments given to the Jewish people are the 7 Laws of Bnei Noach, that were given to the first generations of man, beginning with Adam.

- from Kabbalah and Meditation for the Nations, Rabbi Yitzchak Ginsburgh



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