"WE WILL DO!"

1) וַיַּעֲנוּ כָל הָעָם -

What do we learn from the word "Kol" - the entire people?

2) וַיָּשֶׁב מֹשֶׁה אֶת דִּבְרֵי הָעָם -

When did Moshe relay this response to Hashem?

A NATIONAL REVELATION

3) בְּעַב הֶעָנָן -

What is the significance of the thick cloud? Why did it have to be thick?

4) בַּעֲבוּר יִשְׁמַע הָעָם בְּדַבְּרִי עִמָּךְ -

Why was it important for Yisrael to hear when Hashem would speak to Moshe?

5) וַיַּגֵּד מֹשֶׁה אֶת דִּבְרֵי הָעָם -

What did Moshe now tell Hashem? (The Torah has not recorded any new response of the people, since the last time Moshe relayed a response, in the preceding Pasuk!)

SANCTIFYING THE PEOPLE

6) לֵךְ אֶל הָעָם וְקִדַּשְׁתָּם -

What did these preparations entail?

7) הַיּוֹם וּמָחָר -

According to Hashem's instructions, what days were for preparation, and when should the Torah have been given?

HAGBALAH: EMPLACING A BOUNDARY

8) וְהִגְבַּלְתָּ אֶת הָעָם -

Why were the people forbidden to ascend the mountain?

9) כָּל הַנֹּגֵעַ בָּהָר מוֹת יוּמָת -

Why was this seemingly minor infraction, passing the boundary, punishable by death?

10) כִּי סָקוֹל יִסָּקֵל -

Would this death penalty be administered by Beis Din, or at the hands of Heaven?

11) אִם בְּהֵמָה אִם אִישׁ -

Why were even the animals forbidden to ascend the mountain?

THE SHOFAR

12) בִּמְשֹׁךְ הַיֹּבֵל -

Rashi writes that the "Yovel" was the Shofar from the ram of Akeidas Yitzchak. Why that particular Shofar? Hadn't it been consumed on the Mizbe'ach?

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