What did we “see” at Sinai? What was revealed? The Sefat Emet says that, as part of this intense revelation of God and Torah, what the people saw was their very own essence; they saw the divine part from above that was placed inside them. They realized who they really were. The Torah is like […]
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Kabbalat HaTorah — to receive the Torah. That is our goal on this holiday. What does it mean to receive? How does one go about receiving? We tend to worry primarily about giving, about what we are contributing to this world, what we are doing to earn our precious lives. These pursuits often
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Ki shamah, ki shamah Elokim. For there — there — that is where God is. So goes the chorus to Shuli Rand’s song “Arafel.” There, in the arafel , in the thick cloud, in the fog, in the darkness, there, that is where God is. This line is based on the Torah’s description of the Har Sinai experience
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