... in our daily life that the world which we live in was created by Hashem. Furthermore, the fact that the commandments are repeated further emphasises the importance of them to Jewish people and hence Jewish life. The Ten Commandments are the fundamental rules of the Jewish faith, the foundation of which is ethical monotheism. The word monotheism means belief in one G-d and in order for the term to be considered as 'Jewish' the word ethical must be added to it. Dr Rabbi Louie Jacobs explains this as "there can be no religion without ethics and no ethics without religion"; they are each based upon each other. Furthermore he continues to say, "Unless ethics and religion are wedded together, neither constitutes the Jewish way" and this Jewish way is, ethical monotheism. The commandments one, two and three are concerning belief in G-d, idolatry and taking the Lords name in vain. It is debateable ...

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