See below, Michael Alan Ross' original exhortatory poem, From Atonement to Good Deeds considering the 7th Commandment, No adultery.

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Boston Walks Publishers presents

The original exhortatory poem,

From Atonement to Good Deeds

From the New

The Ten Commandments Guidebook

With

Spiritual and practical ways
to self-struggle with our Ten Commandments

Copyright Michael Alan Ross, 2004-2007.
All Rights Reserved.

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Can a modern, post-denominational, committed, American Jew find meaningful ways to struggle with our Ten Commandments? Michael Alan Ross, author of the newly published, The Ten Commandments Guidebook, offers many such ways. Mr. Ross, author of BostonWalks' The Jewish Friendship Trail Guidebook - 6 Self-guided Jewish History Walk Tours of Downtown Boston, now has written The Ten Commandments Guidebook as a spiritual invitation to the Ten Commandments. In The Ten Commandments Guidebook, Mr. Ross offers a personal and creative perspective of the Ten Commandments by means of his original poetry, prose, and song lyrics. His writings are drawn from a lifetime of Jewish American experiences. As an example, his original, exhortatory poem, From Atonement to Good Deeds, considers the 7th Commandment in the following verses:

From Atonement to Good Deeds Copyright Michael Alan Ross 2004-2007. All rights reserved. Which nation, like a recovered alcoholic, now should refute hate? Which nation once was evil incarnate? Which nation does God obligate? Which nation could take responsibility to abate? Where parents' crimes against humanity were great? Who murdered in the millions rate? Which nation has an opportunity to remonstrate? Who can stop evil's repetition before too late? Whose citizens, in the Holocaust, did participate? Which nation knows well stopping anti-Semitism can't wait? Whose leaders had a policy to annihilate? Which nation committed murder by a state? Which nation has the credibility to condemnate? Who best, suicide bombers and gas chambers, can equate? Which nation should proclaim Stop mate! Which nation, Aushwitz, Treblinka, and Sobibor, did create? Which nation could teach radical Muslims not to hate? Who should teach love, need I reiterate?

Midrashim and Piyyutim

Mr. Ross' poetry about the Ten Commandments, his prosaic warm memories of family life, and his lyrical voicing of social concerns can be called by the Hebrew words piyyutim and midrashim, poems and commentaries, which offer uplifting, spiritual and, sometimes, challenging interpretations.
In addition, Mr. Ross offers many suggestions for the reader to consider in struggling with the Ten Commandments, making this Guidebook a fine teaching tool, usable not only for its inspirational reading but also for its suggestions of good deeds.
The Ten Commandments Guidebook, ISBN 0970082525, by Michael Alan Ross is available for purchase online at http://bostonwalks.tripod.com/TCbookorderform.html and for sale in selected bookstores such as Kolbo Fine Judaica and Israel Book Shop in Boston/Brookline, Massachusetts.
It also can be purchased in multiple copies for Hebrew, day school, and adult classes directly from the publisher.
The Ten Commandments Guidebook, ISBN 0970082525, by Michael Alan Ross, BostonWalks Publishers 2004. In paperback, 153 pages, list price: $19.95 (Wholesale purchase of 12 or more copies available at 40% discount.).
Contact information: BostonWalks Publishers, 50 Grove St., Belmont MA 02478, email: bostonwalks@hotmail.com, telephone: 617-489-5020.

Click on these links to read more on-line selections from Michael Alan Ross' new, The Ten Commandments Guidebook: The original humorous satirical song lyrics, Please Keep Us Wealthy, considering the 8th Commandment, Don't steal! The original song, Try to Smile and Love Your Neighbor, considering what Mr. Ross labels the 11th Commandment, Love your neighbor as yourself! The original, satirical, political song, Capitalist Commands, considering the 10th Commandment, Don't Covet! The original, acrostic poem, Anti-Semite, considering the 6th Commandment, You shall not murder The original Walter Mittyish style daydream, Dance before God, considering the 2nd Commandment, Have one God only! The original mystical, kabbalah vision-type, poem, Commit, considering the 1st Commandment, Recognize God/Goodness! The original, poetic blessing, for oneness, In Awe, considering the 1st Commandment, Appreciate God/Goodness!

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