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talmud- lol, that’s the worst thing u could’ve done, is watch ‘the 10 commandments’! now ur whole perspective on kabbolas hatora is messed up for life, lol! jk

to answer baalhabooze, i will first note for you that the Ten Commandments actually have eleven or fourteen commandments (mitzvas) depending how you count. the whole name “Ten Commandments” is a mis-nomer. A far better translation of the Hebrew aseres hadibros is Decalogue or Ten Utterances.

i once heard a series of lectures by Rabbi Moshe Eisemann (from baltimore) on the theme, that the commandments which are part of the Decalogue are special not in the commandment value, per se, but that together they define a kind of “constitution” of the Jewish people. that these are a basic framework, and 10 yesoidos, which defines the relationship that God wants with His people, and which make up His nation as the ‘mamlechess kohanim v’goy kodosh’.