Bible Studies 101 : The 10 Commandments

Shalom Aleichem Chevra, so glad you're here with us today! What does it actually mean that God spoke to the Jewish people face to face at Sinai — and what does that have to do with every relationship in your life? In this shiur we dig into Deuteronomy chapter 5 and the Ten Commandments, and we start by unpacking something Moshe says right before he repeats them: that you have to learn, guard, AND do. Not just know — but live it. We bring the famous story of the guy who was deep in the Kabbalah of charity while a poor man stood right in front of him, to show what applied wisdom really looks like versus just accumulating knowledge for its own sake. We then explore one of the most powerful ideas in Kabbalah — the three types of relationships: face to face, face to back, and back to back. When the Torah says God spoke to the Jewish people panim el panim, face to face, it's telling us something huge about the nature of that covenant at Sinai. We talk about what it looks like when one person in a relationship is fully turned toward the other while the other checks their phone, and why this framework matters for marriage, for friendships, for your relationship with your kids, and for y