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Why The Scriptures start with the letter "bet"? –Part 2

Another reason to start the Bible with the letter bet is that the word blessing in Hebrew starts with this letter, while the word for a curse in Hebrew starts with the letter aleph. Another word that starts with the letter aleph is the one who is agnostic, the one who is skeptic. Therefore The [...]

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The Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments, or the Decalogue (10 words), are ten mitzvoth in Holly Scriptures that God has command the people of Israel just after The Exodus. God himself wrote the Ten Commandments on two stone tables (luchot Ha’brit) and gave them to Moses on Mount Sinai to serve as principles of moral behavior for all [...]

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