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I'm not religious I'm just in love with God so I do all of these things okay friends we are back so the Jewish people are approaching Mount Si they're about to receive the Torah they're about to experience God for the first time in history and up until this point the last time in history until the coming of Messiah it's an incredible experience to have that exposure of God and to get the Torah directly from God and God opens up this incredible siai Revelation with the phrase the first of the Ten Commandments I am the Lord your God who had taken you out of Egypt from the house of servitude from the house of bondage and commentaries wonder why is God starting this Monumental moment with telling us I took you out of Egypt Why not start this moment with telling us I created you I created the Heaven and Earth I mean taking us out of Egypt is is is I mean it's great for us God took us out of our misery it's not that big of a deal he took us from point A to point B in contrast to Creation there was no World God created this world that's a big deal taking us out of Egypt is relevant to us creating the world is globally relevant and globally meaningful Why not start this Revelation with something great with something Global with something relevant to everybody creation of the world I am the Creator this is what's important I mean Egypt is just a part of history but this is the start of History this is a question that several commentaries address and if you know an answer to this question I'd love for you to share it in the comment section below but I'd like to share with you the perspective of in his book K that so long as we are in Egypt we are in we have the slave mentality we have this mentality of I'm going to do what I need to do because I was told to do it and that is not very romantic that's not very meaningful and God is essentially saying I want this relationship to be meaningful not just to be dutiful don't just do it because you have to you're Jewish you get to be Jewish you get to do it you get to do the Mitzvah you get to study the Torah you get to engage in this relationship I had a friend who once told someone I'm not religious I'm just in love with God so I do all of these things we get to the sages tell us that the event that took place at Mount Si the giving of the Torah is euphemistically referred to as the wedding of the Jewish people in God and this is actually described quite clearly in King Solomon's Book Song of Songs shashir where it poetically describes this romantic relationship that we have with the Jewish people in God and this is what Judaism is supposed to be like it's supposed to be like this romantic meaningful relationship not just just a dutiful relationship so God says I've taken you out of Egypt I've taken you out of the house of servitude do this as a child do this as a spouse do this with meaning do this with love understand how Judaism is Meaningful how it's going to bring joy to your soul how it's going to enrich your life how it's going to make you a better person don't just do it blindly because you have to let me give you the context to this relationship of Judaism described in shashir this romantic relationship described in the book Song of Songs by King Solomon there are 24 books of the tanak 24 books of of the Bible the truth is there were many many more writings than 24 I you have the book of antias you have the book of the makes and you had many many other books you had thousands of prophets some of them had writings but the sages compiled 24 of them that are relevant for all times and that what that we need to know that comprises the Bible that comprises the tanak when the sages were deciding what what they should include and what they should shouldn't include they were very hesitant to include The Book Song of Songs shashir describing our romantic relationship with God they felt that it was inappropriate perhaps describing our relationship with God as a marriage as a romantic marriage is just theatrical or Fantastical it's certainly they didn't feel that it was appropriate so they were going to exclude it RAB yiva gets up this is what the tells us that Raba gets up and says if all of the books of the Bible are KES are sacred The Book Song of Songs by King Solomon is kesak is the holy of holies having a relationship with God is the holy of holies of Judaism investing in our relationship with God in a very deep and meaningful way where it's not just I have to but I get to I'm not just religious but I'm in love with God because God took me out of the house of bondage out of the house of servitude I and I can now serve him from a much more deeper and more meaningful Paradigm this is the holy of holies of Judaism this is what Judaism is all about that's my story and I'm sticking to it