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הלוחות
The Luchos

Shemos 31:18
לא:יח וַיִּתֵּן אֶל-מֹשֶׁה, כְּכַלֹּתוֹ לְדַבֵּר אִתּוֹ בְּהַר סִינַי, שְׁנֵי, לֻחֹת הָעֵדֻת--לֻחֹת אֶבֶן, כְּתֻבִים בְּאֶצְבַּע א-לקים.	31:18 And He gave unto Moses, when He had made an end of speaking with him upon mount Sinai, the two tables of the testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.
Shemos 32:15-32:16
לב:טו וַיִּפֶן וַיֵּרֶד מֹשֶׁה, מִן-הָהָר, וּשְׁנֵי לֻחֹת הָעֵדֻת, בְּיָדוֹ: לֻחֹת, כְּתֻבִים מִשְּׁנֵי עֶבְרֵיהֶם--מִזֶּה וּמִזֶּה, הֵם כְּתֻבִים.	32:15 And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, with the two tables of the testimony in his hand; tables that were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.
טז וְהַלֻּחֹת--מַעֲשֵׂה א-לקים, הֵמָּה; וְהַמִּכְתָּב, מִכְתַּב א-לקים הוּא--חָרוּת, עַל-הַלֻּחֹת.	16 And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.

APPEARANCE

1) -

On what sort of stone were the Tablets inscribed? What are the sources for this?

1. Discussion for Shabbos 87:3

2) -

What did the writing on the Luchos look like?

1. Rabbi Landy's Lecture for Shavuos 5769 from 18:45 til 27:25

2. Marei Mekomos for lecture on Shavuos 5769 section 3.1, and on

TWO LUCHOS AND TEN DIBROS

3) -

Why were the 10 Dibros divided among two Luchos?

1. Mafteach to Shemos 20:1:6:1

2. Mafteach to Shemos 20:1:11:1

4) "Twins" -

Why does the Pasuk in Shir ha'Shirim (4:5) allude to the two Luchos as 'twins'? What is the correlation between the first five Dibros and the last five?

1. Mafteach to Shemos 20:13:3

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Shemos 31:18

Shemos 32:15-32:16

APPEARANCE

TWO LUCHOS AND TEN DIBROS