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To: malakhi
I think its more like the 10 commandments can be condensed to "Love God, and love your neighbor as yourself".

IOW, the 613 were condensed to the 10 Commandments?

65,099 posted on 08/17/2003 5:42:34 AM PDT by ET(end tyranny) (Psalm 146:3 -- Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.)
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To: ET(end tyranny)
IOW, the 613 were condensed to the 10 Commandments?

There is a midrash which states that the whole of the Torah is contained in the Ten Commandments. Further, the Ten Commandments are contained in the the First Commandment: I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. The first commandment is contained within its first word: anokhi. The word anokhi is contained within its first letter, aleph. And the letter aleph is silent.

65,187 posted on 08/17/2003 7:14:15 PM PDT by malakhi (Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.)
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