Shavuot
With Desire and by Force
The gemara (Shabbat 88a) learns from the pasuk, “They stood at the bottom of the mountain” (Shemot 19:17) that He held the mountain over them like a tub, threatening them that if they did not accept the Torah, “There would be your grave.” So it turns out that after Bnei Yisrael willingly accepted upon themselves, before the Torah was given, to keep all the words of the Torah, they still needed to be threatened. Many commentaries wonder about the need for this, and several answers have been given.
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Lessons For Shavuot: "Rav Kook on The Necessity for Humility to Learn Torah"
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Lessons Why is the night of Shavuot called "Tikun Leil Shavuot?"
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Lessons Cooking for Shabbat at the End of Yom Tov
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Lessons Conversion and the Giving of the Torah
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Lessons Why is the night of Shavuot called "Tikun Leil Shavuot?"
Lessons Conversion and the Giving of the Torah
Lessons For Shavuot: "Rav Kook on The Necessity for Humility to Learn Torah"
Humility is always important but Rav Kook stresses here and proves it's essential necessity for Torah study.
Lessons As Shavuot Approaches...
Each year, time returns once again to the same point it had reached the previous yearץ
Questions Staying Up to Learn on Shavuot
On the holiday of Shavuot, is the practice of learning Torah all night long a commandment or a just a custom?
Lessons What My Wife Cooks – I Eat!
Two men arguing amongst themselves as to whether one should eat meat or dairy dishes on the night of Shavuot. As they heard the sound of Rabbi Eliyahu’s car approaching, they thought to themselves to ask Rabbi Eliyahu’s opinion on the matter.