Dylan Singer
The First Commandment Dvar Torah
6th Grade
Usha Chumash
In the 1st of the 10 commandments G-d said “I am Hashem your God, I have freed you from egypt the house of bondage””.אָֽנֹכִ֖י֙ יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑֔יךָ אֲשֶׁ֧ר הוֹצֵאתִ֛יךָ מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרַ֖יִם מִבֵּ֣֥ית עֲבָדִ֑͏ֽים “
My question is why did He state the Egypt miracles rather than any other ones. Rashi’s opinion about why he mentioned Egypt out of all the miracles is that in G-d’s opinion “That act of bringing you out is alone of sufficient importance that you should subject yourselves to Me”. He says “alone” because Hashem has done countless other miracles for Bnei Yisrael. The 1st commandment is often referred to as the most important one because above all, you should love and respect G-d with all your heart.That also leads into doing all the other commandments. Since G-d saved Bnei Yisrael, the least they can do is make him their god.