Ten Commandments

To be an idealist you cannot consider the resistance that you may encounter while implementing your dreams. Pure idealism follows the dictates of truth alone. On the other hand, without realistic thinking my dreams would stay in the world of fantasy...

Seeing as in this week’s Parshah Moses reviews the Big Ten, why not go through the list to see how we score?

Revolutions may come and go but revelation is eternal

A person can be expected to think a certain way, but a person cannot be expected to feel a certain way.

The 10 Commandments had no echo. What was the point of this miracle?

The awesome sounds of G‑d resonated throughout the universe... but there was no echo. The greatest sound and light show in history was a strictly one-time production with no residuals or encore.

In our nation's 3,300 year history, G‑d has directly addressed us exactly once. In doing so, G‑d also left us a perfect prototype to follow on those occasions when we really want our words to be taken seriously...

“Who took you out of Egypt”? Talk about sweating the small details! What about “who created heaven and earth”? Surely stage-managing the Exodus doesn’t even approach His role as designer and creator of the universe!

The Ten Commandments lay the foundation for our relationship with G‑d and our fellow man. Here’s how . . .

The Ten Commandments are really five: the sixth commandment is but an extension of the first, the 2nd commandment and the 7th commandmenment are likewise one and the same, and so on