What are the ramifications of "bi'Heyos ha'Boker"?
Rashi: It implies that Hashem was thesre before Yisrael and was waiting for them, 1 even though it is usually the Talmid who waits for the Rav.
Rashi: The same occurred with Yechezkel - See Yechezkel, 3:22 & 23.
What is the significance of the thunder and lightning that preceded Matan Torah?
Seforno: It is similar to the storm wind which appeared to Eliyahu 1 ha'Navi, followed by an earthquake and by a fire, which preceded the quiet Voice, which was the Voice of the Shechinah.
Oznayim la'Torah #1 (citing the Yalkut Shimoni): The nights in Sivan are short, and sleep is so pleasant! So Hashem sent the thunder and lightning already early in the morning to awaken them from their sleep in order to receive the Torah.
Oznayim la'Torah #2: To instil into Yisrael Yir'as Shanayim. 2
See Melachim 1, 19:11 & 12.
Oznayim la'Torah: Which explains why Hashem did it, in spite of the fact that the pomp and ceremony would cause the first Luchos to be destroyed. See Rashi, Ki Sisa, 34:3.
What is the significance of the trembling that siezed Yisrael?
Oznayim la'Torah: It was the automatic result of the tone of the Shofar, as the Pasuk states in Amos, 3:6 "Im Yitaka Shofar ba'Ir ve'Am Lo Yecheradu"?
