CHABAKUK'S PRAYER
About what did Chabakuk pray?
THE TORAH IS OFFERED TO THE NATIONS
What is the connection of this Haftarah to the Yom Tov of Shavuos and the Giving of the Torah?
What nations do "Teiman" and "Paran" refer to? What did Yisrael commit to doing, in contrast to these nations?
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How can "Har Paran" refer to Hashem's having offered the Torah to the nations - if the Gemara (Shabbos 89a) counts it as one of the names of Har Sinai?
Was Hashem genuinely offering to give the Torah to the nations? If so, in what sense did "Hashem "select us from all the nations, and give us His Torah"?!
What is the Midah of "Hod" (splendor)? How was Hashem's Hod revealed through the Giving of the Torah?
THE NATIONS ARE RELEASED
What does "va'Yater" mean, and what Halachah is derived from this Pasuk? What is the rationale?
In the Gemara (Bava Kama 38a), Rav Yosef derives that once Hashem saw that the nations were not observing their seven Mitzvos, now they would not be rewarded even should they fulfill them - at least not on the level of a "Metzuveh v'Oseh." But why is this just?
What occurred to the standing of the nations when they rejected the Torah, whereas Yisrael accepted it?
