ARRIVAL AT SINAI
What is the significance of "the third month" as the time of Matan Torah?
Why does Pasuk 19:1 tell us only the destination of their journey - Midbar Sinai - and not its point of origin (only to clarify in Pasuk 2 that they journeyed from Refidim)? (Usually the Torah first tells us the point of origin?)
Why was the Torah given in the Midbar - the wilderness?
What is the significance of the name "Sinai"? What are its other names?
What did Bnei Yisrael accomplish in Refidim, that enabled them to reach Sinai?
Why is the word "va'Yichan" in the singular; and why is "Yisrael" emphasized?
MOSHE'S FIRST ASCENT
When did Moshe ascend Har Sinai for the first time (19:3)? Why only then?
Did Moshe ascend Har Sinai -- without having been summoned?
Who is referred to as "Beis Ya'akov"?
Rashi comments that the women were given a softer message than the men, and that they were addressed first. Why?
What was the sequence of Hashem's directives to Moshe, in preparation for Matan Torah?
"ON EAGLES' WINGS"
To what events is this metaphor of the eagle referring?
Why is Hashem's guiding of the Bnei Yisrael, compared to the eagle?
"A HOLY NATION"
In what way will Am Yisrael be "a kingdom of Kohanim"?
What would we merit by becoming Hashem's "holy nation"?
Rashi comments, "These are the words [that you shall speak] - No less, and no more!" Would we have thought that Moshe would add on to the words of Hashem?!
