Aseres HaDibros - The God Gene

A fundamental idea to understand the function of the Aseres Hadibros.

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In one of the most monumental events in Jewish history, the Bnei Yisrael received the Torah on Har Sinai. This was literally an awe-inducing event. The climax of this was Hashem speaking out the Aseres HaDibros to Moshe and the Bnei Yisrael. The Meforshim teach us that in fact all 613 mitzvos were given at Sinai, and we can derive all the other mitzvos from these ten.¹

Let’s delve into this idea a bit deeper to bring out a fundamental idea in understanding the function of the Aseres Hadibros.

The Zohar teaches us that Hashem looked at the Torah and used it as a blueprint to create the world.² The Nefesh Hachaim goes on to explain that Hashem continues to use the Torah to continually enhance and perfect the world, bit by bit.

Hashem took the Torah and gave it to us, the Bnei Yisrael, as a gift.  With this gift comes the ability to interpret and …