shewing mercy unto
thousands of
them that love me and keep my commandments
”- Deut.
5:9-10. In the former verse, the word translated as “my commandments” is “Mitzvotav”, which is the plural
possessive noun for “Mitzvah”.
Again, Moses seems to have hinted at this simple faith [a faith that needs nothing else], when he went on to
say: “
These words [the Ten Laws] הוהי (the Lord) your God; andthe Lord) spake unto all your assembly in the mount
out of the
midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice:
and He added no more
. And he
wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me”- Deut. 5:22
Likewise, though not supposed to be around, king Solomon seems to have hinted at the self sufficiency of
this basic religion, when he is quoted saying the following: “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter:
Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man [nothing else is needed!]
”-
Ecclesiastes 12:13. Of course, in the former verse, the word translated as “His commandments” is
“Mitzvotaiv”-- another plural possessive form of the Hebrew noun “Mitzvah”.
Curiously, even the Jewish tradition seems to hint at the same idea, when it goes on to say that, once upon a
time, prophet Elijah appeared to a venerable rabbi while the latter was visiting a busy street market. Seeing
that the market was full of Jewish merchants, the rabbi asked: “Master, besides you and me, is there anybody
here destined for life in the world to come?”; to the rabbi’s surprise, Elijah answered: “None whatsoever!”;
but, suddenly, a certain man appeared. Then Elijah said, “This man is destined for life in the world to come”.
As soon as Elijah departed, the rabbi went over to that man and immediately asked him: “What special merit
is in your hands, that you should deserve to be granted a good share in the world to come?” Surprised by the
question, the man answered: “My master, I have no special merit, as I’m just one of the many guards keeping
the local prison. The only thing I do differently is that, whenever a woman under my custody, I make sure to
secretly spill some red wine upon her skirt, so that my fellow guards feel no desire to rape her”. At that, the
rabbi exclaimed: “My most honorable friend, you are indeed worthy of life in the world to come!”
“
Judaism is for Jews; But as for Torah, as well as the entrance it provides into God’s Holy assembly, they
both are freely available unto all the nations of the World”
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