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What is the 3rd Commandment?

3. You shall not take the Name of Hasem, your God, in vain.

"You shall not take the Name of Hasem, your God, in vain." This commandment includes prohibitions against perjury, breaking or delaying the performance of vows or promises, and speaking G-d's name or swearing unnecessarily

   
What is the 2nd Commandment?

2. Thou shalt have no other God before me.

"Thou shalt have no other God before me." This commandment refers to the concept of idolatry. It is forbidden to worship anything else. Only God can be worshipped, thus creating a monotheistic religion, Judaism.

   
What is the 1st commandment?

1. I am the Lord, your God

"I am the Lord, your God." This commandment refers to the belief in God. By making this declaration, it is believed that God commanded the Jews to believe in God. Believing in something else or nothing at all goes against the first commandment.

   
What are the Ten Commandments?

Ten Declarations

Judaism teaches that G-d gave the Jews 613 commandments, not merely ten. The biblical passage known to most people as the "Ten Commandments" is known to Jews as the Aseret ha-Dibrot, the Ten Declarations, and is considered to be ten categories of commandments, rather than ten individual commandments.

   
What holidays are celebrated in the Tishrei?

Holidays Celebrated

Tishrei is the most holiday intensive month of the Jewish calendar:

Rosh Hashanah (Days of Judgment & The New Year)
The Days of Awe (ten days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur)
Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement)
Sukkot (Days of Harvest)
Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah

   
When is the month of Tishrei?

Monthly Dates

Tishrei is the 7th month of the Jewish calendar year. It occurs in September-October and consists of 30 days.

   
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