TEN DIBROS

1) Sequence -

According to Maharal, how can we explain the sequence of the Aseres ha'Dibros?

2) Two Luchos -

Why were the 10 Dibros divided among 2 Luchos? What is the correlation between the first 5 and the last 5?

3) Significance -

What is the significance of the number 10 in the Aseres ha'Dibros?

READING OF THE ASERES HA'DIBROS

4) Ten "Commandments"? -

What is the accurate translation of the term "Aseres ha'Dibros"?

5) Standing up -

What is the rationale for the congregation to stand up during the public reading of the Aseres ha'Dibros? Is this a proper custom?

6) Ta'am Elyon and Ta'am Tachton -

Why are there two different sets of Ta'amei ha'Mikra (Trup) for the Aseres ha'Dibros? When is each used?

"ANOCHI"

7) What is our Mitzvah? -

What does the Mitzvah of "Anochi Hashem Elokecha..." entail? [It is not phrased as a command ('I shall be for you as G-d'), but rather as a statement of fact!]

8) אָנֹכִי -

Why does Hashem use the term "Anochi," rather than 'Ani'?

9) In First-Person -

Why are specifically the first two Dibros stated in first person - from "I" to "you"? Why are Bnei Yisrael addressed in the singular?

WHO TOOK YOU OUT OF EGYPT

10) אֲשֶׁר הוֹצֵאתִיךָ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם -

Why does Hashem reference His taking us out of Egypt, rather than His having created the world?

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