The Torah is an essential text to world culture. Regardless of religious affiliation, it has influenced the formation of law and community life across a variety of peoples since it's conception. The Torah is also a masterwork of literature. In this episode, we unpack the 10 Commandments as an essential piece in the plot of The Bible as a work of literature.
Topics Covered:
- Mountains as Archetypes
- Animal sacrifices as transmutation
- Moses' two trips up and down the mountain
- Shattering of the tables of stone
- Tikkun--rectification and gathering of divine characteristics
- 10 commandments=10 divine characteristics=10 fruits of the spirit.
- 5 loaves and 2 fish=5 worlds and 2 witnesses
- The 5 worlds: Assiyah, Yetzirah, Beriyah, Atzilut, Adam Kadmon
- The 5 corresponding souls: Nefesh, Ruah, Neshama, Yechida, Chaya
- How each command requires 5 layers of revelation and application
