Jews - You do believe in the 10 commandments that God gave Moses right, or do you have a different set?

Answer 1

Of course we do.
We also believe in the Noahide Laws,a set of seven moral imperatives which, according to the Talmud, were given by God to Noah as a binding set of laws for all mankind. According to Judaism any non-Jew who lives according to these laws is regarded as a Righteous Gentile and is assured of a place in the world to come (Olam Haba), the Jewish concept of heaven. Adherents are often called "B'nei Noah" (Children of Noah) or "Noahides" and may often network in Jewish synagogues.
The Noahide Laws were predated by six laws given to Adam in the Garden of Eden. Later at the Revelation at Sinai the Seven Laws of Noah were regiven to humanity and embedded in the 613 Laws given to the Children of Israel along with the Ten Commandments. These laws are mentioned in the Torah. According to Judaism, the 613 mitzvot or "commandments" given in the written Torah, as well as their reasonings in the oral Torah, were only issued to the Jews and are therefore only binding upon them, having inherited the obligation from their ancestors. At the same time, at Mount Sinai, the Children of Israel were given the obligation to teach other nations the embedded laws. It is actually forbidden by the Talmud for non-Jews on whom the Noahide Laws are still binding, to elevate their observance to the Torah's mitzvot as the Jews do.

Answer 2

Actually, the Ten Statements (that's really a more accurate translation of what they're called in Hebrew) are actually representative of a much more extensive code of Law. There are in fact, 613 commandments - and that's just in the Pentateuch, not including thousands of years' worth of rabbinic enactments. And they are right.

In one of history's little ironies, subsequent monotheistic and quasi-monotheistic religions have sought to incorporate the story of Israel into their own religious heritage. Their premise invariably seems to be that the Torah was true, and revealed by G-d, but now G-d has changed his mind (perhaps because the Jews became nasty and mean) and issued a new revelation to supersede the old, or has issued a new revelation because the Jews corrupted the old one, or whatever. This is ironic because the one factor that all these later religions share in common is that they agree that the Torah is true, or at least was true originally. But if you check the Torah itself, it includes numerous safeguards against adding to it, subtracting from it, or distorting it in anyway. And it is explicit within the Torah itself that the Torah's commandments are meant to be observed eternally. Just within the framework of the three Abrahamic faiths, let me break it down for you:

Chiristianity: The Torah is true, and G-d given, but G-d has freed us from the Law with the new revelations of Christianity, and these scriptures supersede the old Torah and its commandments.

Islam: The Torah was true (as were the Gospels), but the Jews (and Christians) have corrupted their scriptures, and now our revelation, the Qur'an, replaces the old Torah and its commandments.

The Torah itself: Neither add to nor subtract from this Torah. Anyone who comes along and says they have a revelation that supersedes it is a liar, and it is just a test to see if you truly love G-d - don't even take miracles for proof. Anyone who tries to alter or replace the Torah, or who teaches you to follow a different G-d, is a false prophet and deserving of death.

It's almost as if the commandments contain within them a warning system to prevent Jews from converting to Christianity or Islam or any other religion. Seeing as these safeguards predate both religions by thousands of years, it seems unlikely that they were a reaction to them. So yes, the Ten Statements that G-d gave Moses (the first two were actually spoken to the Jews directly, who were gathered at the foot of Mt. Sinai) are right, as are the 613 commandments they represent. And the commandments themselves contain safeguards against us being tricked into taking on a different set. What the other nations do is their concern.

If you're interested in learning more about this topic, I recommend giving some of these lectures by Rabbi Leib Kelemen a listen: http://www.simpletoremember.com/audio/Rabbi_Lawrence_Kelemen.htm

- particularly his "rational approach to the divine origin of Torah," and "rational approach to the divinity of the Oral Tradition". Both of them make for good listening.

I hope you find this information helpful.

Answer 3

And to add to kismet77's answer: there are actually *two* sets of Ten Commandments in the Torah. I've put a link to this below.

Answer 4

Considering they are from OUR book- yes, we believe in them. Of course- we state them as Aseret Hadibrot (the Ten Utterances) since they are merely the ten stated directly to the nation at Sinai. However- these ten are more like chapter headings into which the other 603 commandments fit into.

Answer 5

The TEN COMMANDMENTS that God gave first to the people of Israel embody all of the 613 plus commandments in the Law of God.

Answer 6

http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=rCz0-HY1TLU&feature=related

george carlins 2 commandments

Answer 7

Mostly….not…
Or how can you explain "thou shall not kill"; while they slaughter the innocent Palestinians.

Answer 8

yes
watch plz
http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=h1dZ0YddG7w

Answer 9

Jews use the same Ten Commandments handed from God to Moses as Christians do. The only difference is how they're separated. Jews and Protestants have the same separation, while Catholics divide "thou shalt not covet" into two separate commandments.

Answer 10

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