Ep. 591: What’s the Most Important Way to Prepare for Matan Torah?
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especially to the members of the IDF and the Armed Forces of the USA
May G-d protect them all
In loving memory of Miriam bas Eliyahu Althaus a”h
And in merit of Boruch Benyomin ben Menucha Lana Althaus
Yekusiel ben Leah Rochel and Rochel bas Liba Farkash
Dedicated by Pinchas Todros ben Miriam and Sarah bas Rochel Althaus
Topics:
Rosh Chodesh Sivan
- What is the unique power of this day?
- What does “like one person, with one heart” mean?
- What’s the most important way to prepare for Matan Torah?
- It’s gratifying to see that Rabbis in Jerusalem reacted to your program last week, warning against harassment.
Shavuos – Matan Torah
- What are we celebrating on Shavuos?
- What is the historic and cosmic significance of the Giving of the Torah?
- What exactly is Torah?
- Since Torah is the purpose of creation, why was it not given to Adam in the beginning of creation?
- What was the purpose of the patriarchs keeping the Torah before it was given?
- Why is the holiday called Shavuos?
- What is its connection to oaths?
- Is Shavuos the anniversary of our nation’s birth?
- Why is the 50th day not counted?
- Why don’t we begin the new cycle of reading the Torah after Shavuos, when we received the Torah?
- Why don’t we dance with the Torah on Shavuos as we do on Simchas Torah?
The Ten Commandments
- Why were there thunder and lightning when the Torah was given?
- What did we receive at Sinai – the entire Torah, or just the Ten Commandments?
- Why do the Ten Commandments begin with an Egyptian word – Anochi?
- Is there any connection with Adam using that word when he hid from G-d after eating from the Tree of Knowledge?
- Why are there differences between the two texts of the Ten Commandments documented in the Torah?
Naaseh V’Nishma and the Crowns
- Why is naaseh v’nishma considered a great act?
- What is the virtue of committing and acting before listening and understanding?
- If action is primary, why the need to understand?
- What is the meaning of the two crowns given to us at Matan Torah?
- What does the Rebbe Rashab say about this in his magnum opus Hemshech B’Shaah She’hikdimu Ayin Beis?
Why don’t we recite the chapter about Manna in our daily prayers? Follow-up
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