2. \u201cA Psalm of David. Lord, who may dwell in Your tabernacle? Who may dwell in Your holy mountain? He who walks in wholeness, and works with justice, and speaks the truth in his heart.\u201d The ten things are mentioned in this psalm correspond to the Ten Commandments that the children of Jacob are destined to observe in His holy mountain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3. Are they not eleven things? One thing is as it is written, \u201che who does not backbite with his tongue, nor does evil to his neighbor,\u201d meaning that anyone who spies on his friend immediately does him harm. This is why \u201che who does not backbite with his tongue, nor does evil to his neighbor.\u201d And what do these ten things do that will correspond to the Ten Commandments?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
4. All of the Ten Commandments are heard from them. \u201cWalks in wholeness\u201d corresponds to \u201cI am the Lord your God,\u201d teaching that one should take upon himself the fear of the burden of the kingdom of heaven, and he has no permission to think of what he cannot attain, as is implied from the words \u201cI am the Lord your God.\u201d That is, you have no permission to think of what you were not permitted to, which is like \u201cI am the Lord your God.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
5. \u201cWorks with justice\u201d corresponds to \u201cYou shall have no other gods over Me,\u201d you shall not bow to them or worship them. Nothing stands against desecration of the Lord, as it is written, \u201cAnd you shall stone him with stones until he dies.\u201d Why? Because as it is written, \u201che sought to entice you away from the Lord your God.\u201d And if he kills him, he is called righteous, zealous, and works in justice. This is the meaning of \u201cand works with justice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
6. \u201cAnd speaks the truth in his heart\u201d corresponds to \u201cYou shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.\u201d \u201cHe who does not backbite with his tongue\u201d corresponds to \u201cYou shall not bear false witness against your neighbor,\u201d and \u201cnor takes up a reproach against his friend\u201d corresponds to desecrating the Shabbat [Sabbath] openly, and corresponds to \u201cYou shall not steal,\u201d as it is written, \u201cIf the sun has risen on him,\u201d who is his father, \u201cthere shall be guilt for his bloodshed.\u201d This is \u201cnor takes up a reproach against his friend,\u201d who is his father.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
7. \u201cIn whose eyes a vile person is despised\u201d corresponds to \u201cYou shall not kill,\u201d for one who is despised in his eyes does not cause strife, to kill others or to be killed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
8. \u201cBut he honors those who fear the Lord\u201d corresponds to \u201cHonor your father and your mother.\u201d One must honor his father and his mother in everything. It follows from this rule that if he is told to breach the words of Torah or to commit idol-worship, which he need not honor, as it is written, \u201cBut he honors those who fear the Lord,\u201d then he will honor them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
9. \u201cHe who swears to his own hurt and does not change\u201d corresponds to \u201cYou shall not commit adultery.\u201d If his inclination wants to control him, he should cast an oath on his inclination, like Boaz, who said, \u201cAs the Lord lives, lie until morning,\u201d meaning he swore to the Creator that he would not touch her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
10. \u201cHe who does not put out his money in usury\u201d corresponds to \u201cYou shall not steal,\u201d for if he does not perform usury, he will certainly not go and steal. \u201cNor does he take a bribe against the innocent\u201d corresponds to \u201cYou shall not covet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
11. Corresponding to these ten things, ten others are written in Jacob: 1) He came to a place, 2) and slept there, 3) for the sun had set, 4) and he took of the stones of the place, 5) and put it under his head, 6) and lied in that place. 7) And he dreamed and behold, a ladder was set up on the earth, 3) and its top reaches heaven, 9) and behold, angels of God, 10) ascending and descending in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
12. \u201cHe came to a place.\u201d It is written, \u201cDo not see me, that I am dark, for the sun has tanned me. My mother\u2019s sons were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have not kept.\u201d This verse relates to Jacob, since the governance of Jacob was initially the sun, and that governance was given to Esau, and was removed from Jacob.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jacob said, \u201cDo not see me that I am dark,\u201d since I was given the governance of the moon, who is black at certain times. \u201cFor the sun has tanned me,\u201d since the governance of the sun has been removed from me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
13. \u201cMy mother\u2019s sons were angry with me\u201d is Esau, who was his mother\u2019s son, as it is written, \u201cAnd Esau hated Jacob.\u201d \u201cThey made me the keeper of the vineyards,\u201d for I was with Lavan, as it is written, \u201cAs it was, the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night.\u201d \u201cBut my own vineyard I have not kept,\u201d as it is written, \u201cAnd now, when shall I also provide for my own house?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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