It begins with a little-known fact. There was a time when there were not three paragraphs in the prayer we call the Shema, ...
The Decalogue, which most people mistakenly call “The Ten Commandments,” is contained in the fifth Exodus biblical portion, Yitro, which Moses repeats with many changes in the fifth chapter of ...
The custom of including the Ten Commandments as part of the Shema was once widespread, but from a certain point in time it was systematically opposed by the Sages. Why did they object to it?
As a pastor, it seems many Christians have watered down God’s purpose of love in the Ten Commandments to just be a set of ...
The move echoes a decades-old fight over religion in government, reigniting memories of Moore’s defiant stand in the early ...
Some sages call this Torah portion of Yitro – a miniature Shavuot. Though we are not gathering publicly to stay up all night, of course you are welcome to do so privately. It is the portion where we ...
The Ten Commandments are displayed on a monument near the Civic Center in Fargo, North Dakota, on Jan. 14, 2025. North Dakota ...