Comments on: Reading the Ten Commandments in Synagogue http://menachemmendel.net/blog/2008/06/06/reading-the-ten-commandments-in-synagogue/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reading-the-ten-commandments-in-synagogue Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:07:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Yehuda_r http://menachemmendel.net/blog/2008/06/06/reading-the-ten-commandments-in-synagogue/comment-page-1/#comment-847 Yehuda_r Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:51:27 +0000 http://menachemmendel.net/blog/?p=500#comment-847 You said that the question was about the "Aseret ha-Dibrot" which suprised me. I went back to the original site and I saw that this was the original question, which is legitimate: "When did the expression "Ten Commandments" (specifying commandments) first come into use as opposed to Decalogue or its Hebrew equivalent (aseret hadevarim/dibrot)?" You said that the question was about the “Aseret ha-Dibrot” which suprised me. I went back to the original site and I saw that this was the original question, which is legitimate:

“When did the expression “Ten Commandments” (specifying commandments) first
come into use as opposed to Decalogue or its Hebrew equivalent (aseret
hadevarim/dibrot)?”

]]> By: Menachem Mendel http://menachemmendel.net/blog/2008/06/06/reading-the-ten-commandments-in-synagogue/comment-page-1/#comment-839 Menachem Mendel Sun, 15 Jun 2008 23:01:22 +0000 http://menachemmendel.net/blog/?p=500#comment-839 The question was about the phrase "Ten Commandments", so my mention of "statements" was incorrect. The question was about the phrase “Ten Commandments”, so my mention of “statements” was incorrect.

]]> By: Yehuda_R http://menachemmendel.net/blog/2008/06/06/reading-the-ten-commandments-in-synagogue/comment-page-1/#comment-835 Yehuda_R Fri, 13 Jun 2008 23:05:05 +0000 http://menachemmendel.net/blog/?p=500#comment-835 Surely you jest! עשרת הדברים is mentioned in the תורה itself! דברים ד' יג וַיַּגֵּד לָכֶם אֶת-בְּרִיתוֹ, אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה אֶתְכֶם לַעֲשׂוֹת--עֲשֶׂרֶת, הַדְּבָרִים; וַיִּכְתְּבֵם, עַל-שְׁנֵי לֻחוֹת אֲבָנִים. ושם י' ד וַיִּכְתֹּב עַל-הַלֻּחֹת כַּמִּכְתָּב הָרִאשׁוֹן, אֵת עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדְּבָרִים. Surely you jest! עשרת הדברים is mentioned in the תורה itself!

דברים ד’ יג

וַיַּגֵּד לָכֶם אֶת-בְּרִיתוֹ, אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה אֶתְכֶם לַעֲשׂוֹת–עֲשֶׂרֶת, הַדְּבָרִים; וַיִּכְתְּבֵם, עַל-שְׁנֵי לֻחוֹת אֲבָנִים.

ושם י’ ד

וַיִּכְתֹּב עַל-הַלֻּחֹת כַּמִּכְתָּב הָרִאשׁוֹן, אֵת עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדְּבָרִים.

]]> By: ephraim http://menachemmendel.net/blog/2008/06/06/reading-the-ten-commandments-in-synagogue/comment-page-1/#comment-831 ephraim Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:06:05 +0000 http://menachemmendel.net/blog/?p=500#comment-831 The term Asseret Ha-dibrot appears in Yerushalmi Berakhot (CH. 1). The term Asseret Ha-dibrot appears in Yerushalmi Berakhot (CH. 1).

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