1) To recognize God.
2) Not even to speculate that there might be a god other than
God.
3) To unify God.
4) To love God.
5) To have fear of God.
6) To sanctify God's Name.
7) Not to desecrate God's Name.
8) Not to destroy things on which God's Name is written.
9) To listen to a prophet who speaks in God's Name.
10) Not to test God.
CHAPTER ONE
This chapter explains that God,
Lord of the universe and Master of the world, existed before
anything else did, that He has no body, and that there is none
other beside Him.
CHAPTER TWO
This chapter explains that it
is a commandment to love God, that all creations consist of
three parts, and starts the discussion of mystical and esoteric
speculation.
CHAPTER THREE
This chapter names the spheres
and discusses their physics, and also discusses the nature and
physics of the four elements.
CHAPTER FOUR
This chapter explains that all
creations are made from the four elements, discusses the form of
the soul, and the difference between mystical and esoterical
speculation and the Action of Creation
CHAPTER FIVE
This chapter explains that all
Jews are commanded to sanctify God's Name, when to transgress
when under a death a threat and when to die, and defines a what
constitutes a desecration of God's Name.
CHAPTER SIX
This chapter explains that it
is forbidden to erase any of the Holy Names, and states which
Names mat be erased.
CHAPTER SEVEN
This chapter discusses prophecy
and who warrants it, and explains the difference between the
prophecy of Moses and that of the other Prophets.
CHAPTER EIGHT
This chapter discusses the
signs that Moses performed and why he performed them, and that
he did not do so to make the people believe in him.
CHAPTER NINE
This chapter explains that a
prophet may not make any changes whatsoever in the Torah and the
commandments contained therein.
CHAPTER TEN
This chapter discusses which
signs a prophet has to perform before we believe him.
