Biblical Faith – with Shmuel “Sam” Peak
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Chapter 5
Mishnah 1b
Ten
The following illustrate the sanctity that is associated with the numbers ten:
a) The Divine Presence comes to a group of ten people gathered for joint study or prayer.
b) The Ten Commandments
c) The creation of the World to Come is hinted at in Scripture through the letter yud, which is the tenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
d) The number ten expresses the following properties of holiness:
e) Holiness is a total, encompassing principle; it is not specific items.
f) It is complete, whole and not divisible.
g) Holiness exerts a unifying influence, since it is a quality of the one G-d.