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Lesson 4 of 5·Words That Changed the World: The Meaning of the Ten Commandments

The Seventh and Eighth Commandments

Family and the Seventh Commandment: Adultery is not only a private failing—it strikes at the covenantal heart of marriage. This commandment shows how Jewish tradition links faith in family to faith in God.

Life, Liberty, and Judaism: The Eighth Commandment and the Birth of Human Rights: "Thou shalt not steal." Just two words in Hebrew—but within them lies a revolutionary idea: that liberty and property are moral concepts, and that justice begins with respecting what belongs to others.

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