THE 3RD COMMANDMENT AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOU

By Roger Froikin - "THE 3RD COMMANDMENT People read the 10 commandments, but I think it is time to focus on one that is abused most frequently and often dangerously THE THIRD COMMANDMENT OF THE FAMOUS 10 IS GENERALLY MISUNDERSTOOD AND MISUSED The real meaning is much more serious and much more far-reaching than the popular translations appear to indicate. לֹ֥א תִשָּׂ֛א אֶת־שֵֽׁם־יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ לַשָּׁ֑וְא כִּ֣י לֹ֤א יְנַקֶּה֙ יְהוָ֔ה אֵ֛ת אֲשֶׁר־יִשָּׂ֥א אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ לַשָּֽׁוְא You shall not carry the Name of the LORD your God; for the LORD will not forgive one who does so. Note that my translation is quite a bit different from what you will find in the translations to English or other non-Semitic languages. There is a reason for that. It is because all those translations were wrong and are a demonstration of how translation not only loses meaning but changes meaning when under the influence of non-Jewish cultures. Why is this a serious issue? ...