commandments
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The Jewish dietary laws of kashrut derive from Torah commandments and centuries of tradition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
It's one of the great dental commandments - brushing twice a day - and that's what the NHS recommends.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2025
They've inspired great works of art and literature, motivated countless believers to obey God's commandments and driven some of the bloodiest conflicts in the collective biography of our species.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2023
The words, taken from a Protestant version of the commandments from the King James Version of the Bible, are the same as those that appear on a monument on the grounds of the Texas Capitol.
From New York Times ● May 24, 2023
Looking back, she thinks, Ay, Mama, ease up a little on those commandments.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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