Liturgy su Esodo 20:76

Before reciting the Ten Commandments,

“Preserve” and “Remember”⁴⁴“Preserve” and “Remember” refers to the discrepancy between the two texts of the fourth commandment. Exodus (20:8) reads, “Remember the Sabbath day,” while Deuteronomy (5:12) reads, “Preserve the Sabbath day.” The Talmud (Shavuos 20b) explains that both words, שָׁמוֹר and זָכוֹר were miraculously pronounced by God simultaneously.

Remember the Sabbath day to sanctify it.⁷Exodus 20:8.

Remember the Sabbath day to sanctify it.⁷Exodus 20:8.

“Preserve” and “Remember”⁴⁴“Preserve” and “Remember” refers to the discrepancy between the two texts of the fourth commandment. Exodus (20:8) reads, “Remember the Sabbath day,” while Deuteronomy (5:12) reads, “Preserve the Sabbath day.” The Talmud (Shavuos 20b) explains that both words, שָׁמוֹר and זָכוֹר were miraculously pronounced by God simultaneously. in a single utterance the One Almighty caused us to hear; Adonoy is One, and His Name is One; for fame, for glory, and for praise.⁴⁵These words revert back to the first lines of this stanza: “The One Almighty God caused us to hear for our fame, for our glory, and for our praise.” This thought is based on the verse in Deuteronomy 28:18,19, “Keep the commandments, and He will make you high above all nations—in praise, in name, and in glory.”—Iyun Tefilah

Remember the one [Moses] who was drawn out, in a reed basket, from the water.²⁴See Exodus 20:5.

Remember the Sabbath day to sanctify it.⁷Exodus 20:8.

You were revealed in Your cloud of glory to Your holy people to speak to them. From the heavens, You let them hear Your voice, and revealed Yourself to them in pure clouds. So too, the entire world quivered before You,⁶¹When the Torah was given to the people of Yisrael, Hashem’s voice was heard to the ends of the world, and all the people trembled in their dwellings.—Maseches Zevachim 116a and the works of creation⁶²The “works of creation” (בְּרִיּו‍ֹת בְּרֵאשִׁית) refers to those works that came into being as a direct result of Hashem’s command, such as the sun, moon, the stars, etc. that have existed since the Creation.—S.R. Hirsch trembled before You,⁶³When Hashem’s voice was heard at Sinai, the heavens, and the earth were shaken, the oceans and the rivers retreated, the mountains and the hills collapsed, and all the trees bowed down.—Pirkei d’R’Eliezer (41) when You, our King revealed Yourself upon Mount Sinai to teach Your people Torah and mitzvos. You let them hear the majestic splendor of Your voice, and Your holy words from flames of fire; amidst thunder and lightning You revealed Yourself to them, and with the sound of a shofar, You appeared to them, as it is written in Your Torah: “And it was on the third day, as morning dawned there was thunder and lightning, and a dense cloud over the mountain, and the sound of a shofar was exceedingly loud; and all the people in the camp trembled.”⁶⁴Shemos 19:16. And it is said: “And the sound of the shofar became increasingly louder;⁶⁵When a man blows a trumpet, the longer he blows the weaker the sound becomes; but the shofar blast on Mount Sinai grew louder and louder.—Rashi Moshe spoke and God answered him by voice.”⁶⁶Shemos 19:19. And it is said: “And all the people saw the sounds⁶⁷They saw that which was normally heard.—Rashi and the flames, and the sound of the shofar, and the mountain in smoke; and the people saw and were shaken, and stood from afar.”⁶⁸Shemos 20:15.

You were revealed in Your cloud of glory, to Your holy people, to speak to them. From the heavens, You let them hear Your voice, and revealed Yourself to them in pure clouds. So too, the entire world quivered before You, and the works of creation trembled before You, when You, our King revealed Yourself upon Mount Sinai to teach Your people Torah and mitzvos. You let them hear the majestic splendor of Your voice, and Your holy words from flames of fire; amidst thunder and lightning You revealed Yourself to them, and with the sound of a shofar, You appeared to them. And it is said: All the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the blare of the horn and the mountain smoking. (Exodus 20:15)

as it is written in Your Torah: “And it was on the third day, as morning dawned there was thunder and lightning, and a dense cloud over the mountain, and the sound of a shofar was exceedingly loud; and all the people in the camp trembled.”⁶⁵Shemos 19:16. And it is said: “And the sound of the shofar became increasingly louder;⁶⁶When a man blows a trumpet, the longer he blows the weaker the sound becomes; but the shofar blast on Mount Sinai grew louder and louder.—Rashi Moshe spoke and God answered him by voice.”⁶⁷Shemos 19:19. And it is said: “And all the people saw the sounds⁶⁸They saw that which was normally heard.—Rashi and the flames, and the sound of the shofar, and the mountain in smoke; and the people saw and were shaken, and stood from afar.”⁶⁹Shemos 20:15.

in a reed basket, from the water.²⁴See Exodus 20:5.