[Avodah] Counting the Aseres Hadibros

[Akiva Miller]

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R' Micha Berger wrote:

> Taam Elyon has one sof pasuq per diberah.

If so, then I count only nine dibros.

I can't find a sof pasuq anywhere from "Anochi Hashem" until "Ulshomrei
mitzvosai". The word which I *thought* ended the first diberah, namely
"avadim," has a revi'i in Taam Elyon. (Even if it were an esnachta I'd
question it, but a revi'i? I'd really like to see someone who wrote, "Even
though there's no sof pasuk here, this is where the first dibrah ends and
the second begins.")

If anyone is wondering why I brought up this whole question, it is because
of what Rabbi Jonathan Sacks wrote in his new chumash, on page 529. After
mentioning the idea that the first five dibros are Bein Adam L'Makom, and
the next five Bein Adam L'Chaveiro, he adds:

> ... it seems to me that the commandments are also structured,
> like the ten plagues, in three groups of three, with a tenth
> that is set apart from the rest.
>The first three - no other gods besides Me, no graven images,
> and no taking of God's name in vain - define the Jewish people
> as "one nation under God."

This struck me as odd. My understanding is that Christians consider "I am
Hashem..." to be an introduction, and then the first three of the ten are
numbered as Rabbi Sacks wrote. I contrast, I've understood the Jewish view
to be that "I am Hashem..." is the first, and the second is "no other gods"
together with "no graven images". I suppose it is possible that Rabbi Sacks
was simply following a minority view, and I'd like to see where it is
discussed.

Akiva Miller
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