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On Shavuot, we read special sections from the Torah. One of those is the Ten Commandments. The first five are engraved on the right tablet. The second five on the left. The first five, according to the rabbis, fall into the category of commandments \”between humans and God\” — like: Do not make idols or worship other gods. The second five fall into the category of \”between human and human.\” But the commandment \”Honor thy father and mother\” is on the second tablet. Is this a commandment between humans and God?

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