<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">The two sets of luchos contain the same laws, with a slight change of <br>wording. The first tablet of each set contains the laws of <br>bein odom l'Makom, which are represented by the verse, "V'ahavta es HaShem Elokecha,,," </font></span><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">(D'vorim 6:5). </font></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">The second tablet contains the laws of bein odom l'chaveiro, which are represented by the verse, </font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; "><span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">"V'ahavta l'rayecha komocho; Ani HaShem." (Vayikra 19:18). </font></span></span></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; "><span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Both phrases have the identical gematria: <b>907</b> (<i>Mishnas Tzadikkim</i>). </font></span></span></font></span></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Thus the laws of how we should act towards other people carry an equal worth </font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">as the laws of how we should act towards God. The Torah reminds us that both are <br>essential, by pointing out that the word for tablets, Luchos, is written incomplete in the Torah.</font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">This informs us that neither tablet is whole on its own, and that a person must follow both sets of laws.</font></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">This is also reminiscent of the half shekel which teaches that we are never complete by ourself.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">ri</font></div></div></body></html>