This is a cartoon suggesting additional commandments to the Ten Commandments. It was printed in Davar LeYeladim, a Hebrew-language children’s magazine that was published from 1936 to 1985 as a supplement to the Davar newspaper.
The title of the cartoon is “To Add to the Festival of the Giving of our Torah.” Next to the title there is an image of a girl looking pensive, accompanied by the words: “Ronit’s dream.” The cartoon is divided into eight segments, each with an image of the tablets printed with the words of the alternative commandment. The segments include illustrations of the problems that the commandments refer to. In modern Hebrew, the phrase “Ten Commandments” has come to symbolise any important rules.
This cartoon, created by Peretz, provides a new interpretation of the Ten Commandments. The artist expresses his opposition to the way people act in the public sphere. Each image contains a drawing of a wild animal about to transgress the commandment. Wild animals are used to symbolise the disorderly and uncontrolled actions of transgressors concerning issues such as nature conservation, behaviour at sporting events, road accidents, and littering.
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Davar LeYeladim - Davar LeYeladim, the magazine that printed this cartoon, can be seen to reflect the lives of children at the time. It printed nature stories, poetry, articles on science, nature, and geography by many well-known authors as well as jokes, crossword puzzles, and articles written by children.
