Ira Glass

They sold two dozen salt and pepper shakers?

They sold two dozen salt and pepper shakers?

He says it doesn't happen often, this dealing. But there is a pattern he's noticed. When a woman walked over to a display and took some food and then sat down and ate the food, and he tried to charge her, she argued with him. When a man tried to take a huge stack of napkins, like this huge stack, and a son caught him, he didn't even seem embarrassed.

He says it doesn't happen often, this dealing. But there is a pattern he's noticed. When a woman walked over to a display and took some food and then sat down and ate the food, and he tried to charge her, she argued with him. When a man tried to take a huge stack of napkins, like this huge stack, and a son caught him, he didn't even seem embarrassed.

Now, the people who steal, are they good tippers or bad? Like the woman with the salt and pepper shaker, would they tip? They were good tippers. And the lawyer with the umbrella, good tip or bad?

Now, the people who steal, are they good tippers or bad? Like the woman with the salt and pepper shaker, would they tip? They were good tippers. And the lawyer with the umbrella, good tip or bad?

Which brings us to the ninth commandment. This hour is going so fast. Ninth commandment, do not bear false witness. Don't lie. To understand this next story, you have to understand this idea of a mitzvah. For religious Jews, a mitzvah is a good deed. They're supposed to fill their days doing these good deeds. But mitzvah is also the Hebrew word for commandment.

Which brings us to the ninth commandment. This hour is going so fast. Ninth commandment, do not bear false witness. Don't lie. To understand this next story, you have to understand this idea of a mitzvah. For religious Jews, a mitzvah is a good deed. They're supposed to fill their days doing these good deeds. But mitzvah is also the Hebrew word for commandment.

And when religious Jews count the commandments in the Bible, they don't just have the big ten. They count specifically 613 commandments they're supposed to follow. Well, the woman in this next story wanted to do one of the biggest mitzvot ever. She was going to save somebody's life, a stranger's life.

And when religious Jews count the commandments in the Bible, they don't just have the big ten. They count specifically 613 commandments they're supposed to follow. Well, the woman in this next story wanted to do one of the biggest mitzvot ever. She was going to save somebody's life, a stranger's life.

But to do this, she was going to have to break another one of the commandments, the one about lying. In this case, she was going to be lying to her own mother. Sarah Koenig tells more.

But to do this, she was going to have to break another one of the commandments, the one about lying. In this case, she was going to be lying to her own mother. Sarah Koenig tells more.

Sarah Koenig, she's the host of Serial. She did this story back when she was a producer for our show. Since we first broadcast this story, Chaya's mom has died. Over the years, Chaya has facilitated dozens of kidney transplants. So many, she says, that she's stopped counting. You can learn more about her kidney matchmaking project at donateakidney.org.

Sarah Koenig, she's the host of Serial. She did this story back when she was a producer for our show. Since we first broadcast this story, Chaya's mom has died. Over the years, Chaya has facilitated dozens of kidney transplants. So many, she says, that she's stopped counting. You can learn more about her kidney matchmaking project at donateakidney.org.

And so we arrive at the end of our list, the end of God's to-do list for humanity, commandment number 10.

And so we arrive at the end of our list, the end of God's to-do list for humanity, commandment number 10.

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass.

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass.

You shouldn't covet anything that is thy neighbor's.

You shouldn't covet anything that is thy neighbor's.