Acts 2:3 commentary

Zakhor Et Yom HaShabbat LeKadsho (Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.) This is the seventh sentence of the Ten Commandments (counting Anochi at the beginning of the first sentence) and it starts with the letter Zayin, because Sabbath is the seventh day of the week. There are five words in the sentence, to teach us that whoever keeps the Sabbath is like one who observes all the laws of the five books of Moses (See Shemot Rabba, Parashah 26,12).

The Ten Commandments commence with the letter Alef (Anokhi) and conclude with the letter Khaf (LeRe’ekha). These two letters form the word AKH alluding to Psalms 73:1 Akh tov Leyisrael. He is, surely good to Israel.

There are 620 letters in the Ten Commandments, representing the 613 commandments of the Torah and the seven Noachide Laws. 620 is the numerical value of the word Keter (crown). It tells us that whoever studies the Torah for its own sake (Lishma) will be crowned with the glory of the Torah, but one who doesn& Commentary on the book of acts!