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332: The Ten Commandments
Commandments One, Two and Three

Honor God

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As a boy in religious school, Shalom Auslander is informed that his name, Shalom, is one of the names of God, and so he must be very careful not to take his own name in vain. (9 minutes)

Shalom Auslander is the author of Beware of God: Stories and Foreskin's Lament.

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