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You
shall not covet
Upper left-hand
quadrant: Moses
held out his arm toward the sky and thick darkness descended upon all
the land of Egypt for three days. Exod. 10:22
Upper right-hand
quadrant: One the one was written, 'Honor your father and your
mother,' and opposite it: 'You shall not covet your neighbor's wife.'
Mekhilta According to Rabbi Ishmael. Bahodesh Ch. 8.
Lower left-hand
quadrant: After R. Hutzpit was slain, they brought out R. Hanina
ben Hakinai for execution. The Ten Martyrs
Lower right-hand
quadrant: A woman once came to the Magid of Kozhnitz and was weeping
because of her husband who claimed that he hated her and that she was
loathsome in his eyes. S.Y. Agnon, Atem Re'item, p. 98.
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