Reading the Ten Commandments through a New Lens: A Shabbat Message from Rabbi Berkman for Parashat Yitro
February 2, 2024 This week in our Torah portion, the Israelites receive the Ten Commandments (Aseret HaDibrot – more accurately translated as “the Ten Sayings.” ) Imagine, just about three months after being freed from Egyptian slavery, miraculously crossing the Sea of Reeds on dry land, our ancestors who had known only slavery are now …