I am the Lord your God, who brought you out
of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Exodus
20:2
Thus
God introduced the Ten Commandments. The greatest revelation of all time did
not begin with God proclaiming Himself as Creator of the Universe, the
Omnipotent, though He certainly is all of these things. Rather, God presented
Himself as the Redeemer, as One who takes an active interest in the welfare of
human beings and in their freedom. He is a personal God, concerned with the
fate of every one of His human creations.
The
first commandment teaches us not only to believe in God, but that there is a
close relationship between man and God. This concept is the basis of all the
commandments.
As
our Sages tell us, we are to imitate divine attributes. Just as God is kind and
merciful, so too, we are to be kind and merciful to fellow men.
This
indeed is the true message of Sinai.
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