Ten commandments

The Epstein scandals and the collapse of moral restraint - opinion

Trust in today's world feels increasingly fragile, and Judaism offers hope that societies can recover not by lowering standards to match disappointment, but by reaffirming religious values.

 US financier Jeffrey Epstein appears in a photograph taken for the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services' sex offender registry March 28, 2017 and obtained by Reuters July 10, 2019.
The God one seeks is found precisely in the confusing, unclear place.

Parashat Yitro: Illuminating the fog

 The slab displaying the Ten Commandments rests just north of the Capitol in Austin, Texas.

US appeals court to reconsider Louisiana's Ten Commandments law it struck down

Tiltan – The College of Design and Visual Communication

"You Shall Not Covet": Tiltan graduates interpret the Ten Commandments through graphic design


The many faces of Shavuot harvest, revelation, and tradition

The Torah is described as the Tree of Life, and there is a legend that Mount Sinai once was a “green mountain” covered with trees and shrubs.

 Another biblical name for Shavuot is Yom HaBikkurim (Day of the First Fruits), referring to the joyful pilgrimage to Jerusalem, where the Israelites offered up baskets of their first ripe fruits and bread baked from the newly harvested wheat.

Texas legislature passes bill mandating Ten Commandments in public school classrooms

Critics argue it infringes the Constitution's separation of church and state and the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.

 Texas legislature passes bill mandating Ten Commandments in public school classrooms.

Proposal requiring classroom displays of Ten Commandments passes Texas House

The underlying measure is among Republicans’ efforts this session to expand religion in public classrooms. Lawmakers voted Friday to send a bill to Abbott allowing prayer time in public schools.

 The slab displaying the Ten Commandments rests just north of the Capitol in Austin, Texas.

Beyond the Headlines: Unity, Identity and the Torah Within

A weekly glimpse into the Israel you won’t read about in the news

 READING FROM the Torah in synagogue: Shavuot celebrates the giving of the Ten Commandments. These commandments, like the Torah, offer stories, insights, values and actions as ways in to God

Ancient Ten Commandments tablet sells for $5 million at Sotheby's auction

Some experts question the tablet's authenticity and its purported dating between 300 and 800 CE.

A stone tablet thought to be about 1,500 years old with a, worn-down chiseled inscription of the Ten Commandments.

The oldest known stone tablet of the Ten Commandments to be auctioned by Sotheby's

For thirty years, the plaque served as a paving stone at the entrance of a house, with the inscription facing up and exposed to foot traffic.

 An ancient marble tablet inscribed with an ancient Hebrew version of the biblical Ten Commandment.

Louisiana's ten commandments mandate: Culture war or constitutional crisis? - opinion

Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry's recent legislation mandating the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms has sparked controversy and legal threats.

 HATS WITH the slogan ‘Make America Pray Again’ are displayed at the National Religious Broadcasters Association International Christian Media Convention, addressed by Donald Trump, in Nashville, in February.

Jewish parents join lawsuit challenging Louisiana law requiring Ten Commandments in schools

The lawsuit has longstanding precedent on its side: In 1980, the US Supreme Court ruled that a Kentucky state law mandating the Ten Commandments in all classrooms was unconstitutional.

 Ten Commandments display at the Texas State Capitol in Austin

Shavuot: The beauty of the Jewish Torah, agricultural holiday

There are several underlying principles to Shavuot, from agriculture to the Torah.

 A POSTER from the late 1940s depicting the Shavuot festival in Israel.

Parashat Bechukotai: Why work hard?

There is no more appropriate preparation for Shavuot than profound Torah study.

 Torah study must  involve toil.