I am G‑d, your G‑d who took you out of the land of Egypt to be your G‑d…Do not steal. Do not kill. Do not covet. Why did G‑d begin the delivery of Torah at Sinai with these words? And at the moment of the greatest revelation in history, why is the message such an anticlimax—simple, obvious morals such as don’t steal, don't kill, don't covet. Shouldn't divine wisdom be exclusively far beyond such matters? And why the thunder and lightning? Shouldn't spiritual wisdom enter the world in a spiritual, peaceful way? No. Because this is G‑d's way of telling us that from this point on, everything will be turned on its head. Abraham, Noah, Methuselah, Adam…they all knew the wisdom of Torah. But where was Torah before Sinai? Torah was with an enlightened soul sitting beneath a tamarisk contemplating wisdom, communing with the oneness of the universe. And where is Torah after Sinai? Torah is with a h