LIST605y (C) Dr Hendel, Jan-03
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Query of When I AM GOD stated in commandments
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VERSE
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COMMANDMENT INVOLVED *1
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Lv18-03
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Sexual sins
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Lv19-02
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Holiness obligations
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Lv19-04
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Prohibition of making personal idols
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Lv19-16
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Dont avoid saving your friend if he is in danger
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Nu15-41
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Making Tzitzith to REMIND ONE OF ALL COMMANDMENTS
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Lv19-14
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Dont put a stumbling block before the blind*10
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Lv19-32
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Stand before the elderly*10
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Lv25-17
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Dont tease people*10
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Lv25-36
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Dont (directly) take interest on loans*10
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Lv25-43
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Dont overwork your slave*10
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COMMENTS
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*1 All the commandments and prohibitions in this list
have an element of HIDDENNESS. They are not sins
in public (For example if you arent wearing Tzitzith
it is something public but the fact that you dont
use the tzitzith to remind you of the other
commandments is private). Hence since ONLY GOD can
see what you do in private the commandment concludes
I AM GOD *10 In this case the commandment to wear
Tzitzith is coupled with the requirement that the
Tzitzith remind one of all commandments of God
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LONGER FOOTNOTES
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*10 There are five commandments that have the fuller
phrase FEAR YOUR LORD I AM GOD -- in these 5
commandments the performance is TOTALLY HIDDEN
(While in the other commandments there is a HIDDEN
and PUBLIC component)
Let us look at a few examples:
- Whether I wear Tzitzith is a public phenomena;
Wheter they remind me of all the commandments
is private
- Sexual sins are usually privately done, though
a few people know about them
By contrast
- The difference between teasing someone and
giving constructive criticism is TOTALLY HIDDEN
(dependent on intention) and not public
- The difference between OVERWORKING a slave
and giving him meaningful assignments is TOTALLY
A MATTER OF INTENTION.
So indeed I AM GOD, and FEAR YOUR LORD I AM GOD
are said on commandments that have some, or total,
aspects of hiddenness
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