{"id":35337,"date":"2013-05-01T21:14:36","date_gmt":"2013-05-01T21:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/?p=35337"},"modified":"2020-09-08T12:47:49","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T12:47:49","slug":"what-is-judaism-all-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/what-is-judaism-all-about\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Judaism All About?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Two Tablets\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/two-tablets\/\">Next video<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-266x266 size-266x266 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Mount-Sinai-2-e1462267239945-768x512.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Mount-Sinai-2-e1462267239945-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Mount-Sinai-2-e1462267239945-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Mount-Sinai-2-e1462267239945.jpg 945w\" alt=\"Mount Sinai &amp; the giving of the Torah on Shavuot\" width=\"266\" height=\"177\" \/>The Ten Commandments&#8217; prominence in Judaism and in Western Civilization has been trumpeted in movies, and throughout history. But what spiritual message do the Commandments teach us? The Commandments and their deceptively simple structure betray deep meaning and the underlying principle of Judaism.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alephbeta.org\/playlist\/hidden-structure-of-ten-commandments\">View the video here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Aleph Beta Academy: Not just knowledge. Understanding. \u00a0For additional material, see:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alephbeta.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.alephbeta.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How are the Ten Commandments spiritual? 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