Giving of the Torah

In the Hebrew year 2448See Exodus 19:1 that Matan Torah took place in the same year as the Exodus from Egypt. It is widely accepted that the Exodus took place during the year 2448. See here, for example. (1313 BCE), on the 6th (or 7th—see The Events secti...

What’s the Occasion? Each year the festival of Shavuot is celebrated in commemoration of “the occasion of the giving of our Torah” (zeman matan torateinu):Text of the festival liturgy. the climactic revelation at Sinai to the recently liberated Israelite ...

The big question of history is: why is there any history at all? Meaning, why is there a story, that which we call progress? How did history get its arrow?

The greatest conspiracy theory of all time is materialism. The second greatest conspiracy theory is that the Jews invented the Torah...

To explain that, I would need a long conversation with you about what is G-d and how G-d talks to people and why....

Debunking the legal argument the angels used to try keep the Torah. (Based on Likkutei Sichos vol. 18 Shavuos)

A taste of Shazak Parsha, where the weekly Torah portion comes alive! Geared for kids... Great for adults!

This Shavuot (5781 on the Jewish calendar; 2021 on the secular calendar) gets a quadruple three: 3,333 years of Torah. That’s 3,333 years since we stood together as a single nation at Mount Sinai, trembling in awe as we accepted the entire Torah for all g...

Rabbi Yosef, the Talmud relates, would celebrate Shavuot, the Festival of the Giving of the Torah, with a unique banquet. The puzzling statement he said in connection with the feast is the subject of this class. Probing the layers of the Sage’s words reve...

The double miracle at Mount Sinai tells us when to aim upwards and when to bring it down.