From 10 Commandments to 10 Amendments: A Jewish Re-Reading of the Bill of Rights ETZ talk with with Aviv Matzkin. The ten commandments were written with a deep structural pattern in mind, but it takes study and close readings to find the design. Once the structure is revealed these commandments take on new meanings and help us understand why these specific 10 were chosen for Mount Sinai. And once we understand how the writer(s) ordered and constructed these sentences, we can use a similar method to help us interpret the structure and probable intention of the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution.