Seeing Layers in the Ten Commandments

A video for Parashat Vaetchanan

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Commentary on Parashat Vaetchanan, Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11

We’ve seen the text of the Ten Commandments so many times, but how does the Torah pack so much meaning into so few words? The video below shows us how the Torah layers meaning into the Ten Commandments, giving us a sample of the subtleties of the Torah.

 

This video was created by AlephBeta.org.

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