Ten Commandments And Parshas Kedoshim

PARSHAT KEDOSHIM & THE TEN COMMANDMENTS On the words “Speak to the entire congregation of Israel,” Rashi writes: “This teaches us that this parshah was spoken at Hakhel [a great gathering of the entire Jewish people], because most of the corpus of the Torah depends on it.” Rashi’s commentary is based on the Midrash Rabbah, which also compares the content of our parshah with the Ten Commandments. Various other commentaries (like the Ibn Ezra, Nachmanides, and the Chizkunee) bring the full correspondence between the commandments in our parshah and the Ten Commandments, though each has his own variation (apparently based on the reading of the Midrash Rabbah that they had before them). Actually, the Ten Commandments appear twice. The first time is when the Torah narrates the receiving of the Ten Commandments at Mt. Sinai in parshat Yisro. The second time is in parshat Va’etchanan, when Moses retells the story of the giving of the Ten Commandments. Since the sages tell us that our parshah also contains direct parallels to the Ten Commandments, the difference being that the commandments as they are worded in the Ten Commandments (both in parshat Yitro and parshat Va’etchanan) are considered general rules that allude to all 613 commandments, while in our parshah they are worded in a more particular manner. (see inner.org for development of this issue) It's not very difficult to find the Ten Commandments 'hiding' in Parshat Kedoshim, at least most of them. (see Tanach.org for elaboration of the patterns and deeper meaning in the Parsha)

TEN COMMANDMENTS I. ANOCHI II. LO YIHIYEH

PARSHAS KEDOSHIM 19,2 19,4

III. LO TISA - [no apparent 19,5-10 (Pigul & Peah) parallel] properly Thinking selfishly about publicize the Name of oneself, causes G-d’s Name G-d to be desecrated IV. SHABBAT

19,3

V. KIBBUD AV

19,3

VI. LO TIRTZACH VII. LO TIN'AF

19,15- 'lo ta'amod al dam re'echa' 19,20-22 - the laws of 'shifcha charufa'

CONCEPT ANI HASHEM ELOKEICHEM mitzvot 'bein adam la-Makom' ANI HASHEM ELOKEICHEM mitzvot 'bein adam la-Makom' 'et kodesh HASHEM chillel ANI HASHEM ELOKEICHEM mitzvot 'bein adam la-Makom' ANI HASHEM ELOKEICHEM mitzvot 'bein adam la-Makom' ANI HASHEM mitzvot bein adam le–chaveiro ANI HASHEM mitzvot bein adam le–chaveiro ANI HASHEM mitzvot bein adam le-chaveiro

VIII. LO TIGNOV

19,11 - 'lo tignovu...'

IX. LO TA'ANEH

19,12 be-re'acha ED SHAKER - 'lo tishav'u bi-shmi laSHAKER..."

ANI HASHEM mitzvot bein adam le-chaveiro

X. LO TACHMOD

19,18- 'lo ta'ashok et re'acha ...'

ANI HASHEM mitzvot bein adam le-chaveiro