Broken Tablets

Acknowledgments
Introduction by Rabbi Lawrence Kushner
Perspectives on the Ten Words by Rabbi Rachel S. Mikva

1. The First Commandment
I, Adonai your God, [am the one] who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from a slavehouse.
First Words: I [Am the One]
by Rabbi Eugene B. Borowitz

2. The Second Commandment
Have no other god before Me....
First Words: No Other
by Rabbi Zalman M. Schachter-Shalomi (z"l)

3. The Third Commandment
You shall not lift up the name of Adonai your God for vain purpose, for Adonai will not clear one who uses the Name in vain.
First Words: Thou Shalt Not Take the Name
by Rabbi Nancy Fuchs-Kreimer

4. The Fourth Commandment
Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy....
First Words: The Meaning of Shabbat: A Virtual Domain in Time
by Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman

5. The Fifth Commandment
Honor your father and mother that your days may be prolonged on the soil that Adonai your God is giving you.
First Words: I Was Young, and I Have Also Grown Older
by Leonard Fein

6. The Sixth Commandment
You shall not murder.
First Words: Undoing Creation
by Rabbi Levi Weiman-Kelman

7. The Seventh Commandment
You shall not commit adultery.
First Words: Sacred Boundaries
by Rabbi Peter S. Knobel

8. The Eighth Commandment
You shall not steal.
First Words: A Bit of a Thief
by Rabbi Richard N. Levy

9. The Ninth Commandment
You shall not answer against your neighbor as a false witness.
First Words: Competing Values
by Rabbi Laura Geller

10. The Tenth Commandment
You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male or female slave, or his ox or his ass, or anything that is your neighbor's.
First Words: Desire
by Dr. Menachem Kellner

Ten More Words
by Rabbi Arnold Jacob Wolf
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