You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. (Deuteronomy 6:7) One of the greatest treasures in this life, perhaps the greatest, is our children....

And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. (Deuteronomy 6:6) In Jewish thinking, the statement above alludes to the notion that God's Words are to be upon our heart just as certainly as His Words were inscribed by His finger upon the two tablets...

You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. (Deuteronomy 6:5-6) Yesterday, we addressed the fact that true followers of the Messiah should be...

You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. (Deuteronomy 6:5-6) In Judaism, the phrase “And you shall love” is known as the v’ahavta –-...

Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. (Deuteronomy 6:4-5) In Hebrew, the word שמע Sh'ma ("hear") is written with the Hebrew letters ש shiyn, מ mem and ע...

Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. (Deuteronomy 6:4-5) These verses, known as the Sh'ma, essentially sum up the first two commandments given to Israel...

Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. (Deuteronomy 6:4-5) After relating the Ten Commandments to the next generation of Israelites, Moses proceeded to...

These words the Lord spoke to all your assembly, in the mountain from the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the thick darkness, with a loud voice; and He added no more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me. (Deuteronomy 5:22) There is...

You shall not murder. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife; and you shall not desire your neighbor’s house, his field, his male servant, his female servant,...

You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain. (Deuteronomy 5:11) Growing up, many of us considered this instruction to mean that we were not to attach God's Name to a swear word. While I...

For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments. (Deuteronomy 5:9-10) This is...

You shall have no other gods before Me.You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve...