[Avodah] Counting the Aseres Hadibros

[Akiva Miller]

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Data point: Fourteen of the Taryag Mitzvos as listed in the Sefer HaChinuch
are sourced in the pesukim of the Aseres Hadibros in Parshas Yisro.
Clearly, we do not have a one-to-one correspondence between what
constitutes a mitzvah and what constitutes a dibbur. Thus the question of
"Is Anochi Hashem a mitzvah or not?" is irrelevant to whether or not it
counts as the first of the Aseres Hadibros.

My question: Are there any authoritative Jewish sources which clearly
identify these ten? Do Chazal ever say "This is the first, and this is the
second"?

I have always understood that different religions count the ten
differently. I will not give examples, because then we'll get bogged down
in the specifics of that example. Suffice it to say that, as far as I can
recall, every Paroches and Torah Mantel that I've ever seen (counting the
ones that give words, not numerals) breaks them up the same way: "Anochi
Hashem" is first, "Lo yihyeh" is second, etc.

But do we have any *writings* which tell us the proper breakdown? Something
more authoritative than the consensus of the Embroiderers Union?

Akiva Miller
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