God’s Name in the 10 Commandments
An emperor asked a Rabbi: “Why is God’s Name mentioned in the first Five Commandments and not in the last Five?”
The Rabbi answered: “Your statue is placed in clean places, but not in unclean. By the same token, God did not care to place His Name in the Commandments dealing with thieves, adulturers, murderers, false witnesses and those who covet their neighbors’ goods.”
(Pesikta Rabbati, Piska, 21. Vide, Hezkuni to Jethro.)
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