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רַק הִשָּׁמֶר לְךָ וּשְׁמֹר נַפְשְׁךָ מְאֹד פֶּן תִּשְׁכַּח אֶת הַדְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר רָאוּ עֵינֶיךָ וּפֶן יָסוּרוּ מִלְּבָבְךָ כֹּל יְמֵי חַיֶּיךָ, וְהוֹדַעְתָּם לְבָנֶיךָ וְלִבְנֵי בָנֶיךָ: יוֹם אֲשֶׁר עָמַדְתָּ לִפְנֵי ה' אֱ-לֹקיךָ בְּחֹרֵב, בֶּאֱמֹר ה' אֵלַי הַקְהֶל לִי אֶת הָעָם וְאַשְׁמִעֵם אֶת דְּבָרָי, אֲשֶׁר יִלְמְדוּן לְיִרְאָה אֹתִי כָּל הַיָּמִים אֲשֶׁר הֵם חַיִּים עַל הָאֲדָמָה, וְאֶת בְּנֵיהֶם יְלַמֵּדוּן: וַתִּקְרְבוּן וַתַּעַמְדוּן תַּחַת הָהָר, וְהָהָר בֹּעֵר בָּאֵשׁ עַד לֵב הַשָּׁמַיִם, חֹשֶׁךְ עָנָן וַעֲרָפֶל: וַיְדַבֵּר ה' אֲלֵיכֶם מִתּוֹךְ הָאֵשׁ, קוֹל דְּבָרִים אַתֶּם שֹׁמְעִים וּתְמוּנָה אֵינְכֶם רֹאִים זוּלָתִי קוֹל: וַיַּגֵּד לָכֶם אֶת בְּרִיתוֹ אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה אֶתְכֶם לַעֲשׂוֹת, עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדְּבָרִים, וַיִּכְתְּבֵם עַל שְׁנֵי לֻחוֹת אֲבָנִים:

Devarim 4:9-13

Only guard yourself, and take great heed for your soul, lest you forget the matters that your own eyes saw, and lest they depart from your heart, all the days of your life; and tell them to your sons and grandsons. The day that you stood before Hashem your G-d, at Chorev, when Hashem said unto me, 'Gather for Me the people, and I shall make heard unto them My words; that they learn to fear Me all the days that they live upon the earth; and teach their children thus!' And you approached and stood beneath the mountain; the mountain was alight in fire to the very Heavens - dark, cloud, and thick darkness. Hashem spoke unto you from amidst the fire; the sound of the words you did hear, but an image you did not see -- only a Voice. He told you His covenant which He commanded you to do, the Ten Statements; and He wrote them upon two tablets of stone.

1) -

For extensive commentary about the Giving of the Torah and the Aseres ha'Dibros, see the "Torah Reading" category above (in Torah Reading for First Day; and Haftarah for Second Day). Selected questions will follow.

DATE

2) -

Was the Torah given on the 6th of Sivan, or on the 7th of Sivan? How many days had elapsed since the Exodus?

1. Insights to Shabbos 88:1

2. Mafteach to Shemos 19:15:1.5:1, and see note 3

3. Yosef Da'as to Shabbos 87:p3, "ששי שהוא שביעי"

Rabbi Landy's 4. Lecture for Shavuos 5769 from 12:55

5. Lecture for Shabbos 87 from 31:00

6. Mafteach to Vayikra 23:16:153

7. Mafteach to Bereishis 1:31:2.2

GIVING OF THE TORAH

3) -

Why refer to "Matan Torah" (giving of the Torah) rather than Kabalas ha'Torah (accepting the Torah)?

1. Lecture for Shabbos 87, from 31:00

4) Coerced Acceptance -

Why did Hashem force us to accept the Torah by suspending the mountain over our heads? It would later be "a great disclaimer" against our acceptance of the Torah (Shabbos 88a)!

1. Mafteach to Shemos 19:17:151

2. Mafteach to Shemos 19:17:153

3. Discussion for Shabbos 88:0

THE REVELATION AT HAR SINAI

5) The Shofar -

What was the function of the loud Shofar blasts that preceded Matan Torah?

1. Parasha-Page for Shavuos 5758

2. Mafteach to Shemos 19:16:2.1

6) Ten Commandments? -

What is the accurate translation of the term "Aseres ha'Dibros"?

1. Discussion for Berachos 11:1

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