The Ten Commandments
"Elohim spoke all these words saying: I am YHVH your
Elohim, Who has taken you from the Land of Egypt." Ex 20:1-2
These words introduce the Ten Commandments. It is a Jewish custom to stand up for the reading
the Torah. The reason: each one of the 613 commandments belongs to one of the Ten Commandments. For
example, the laws of the Festivals come under Shabbat, those of paying on time under theft, and so on. The Ten Commandments are
the complete microcosm of Torah observance.