Moses on Mount Sinai

The Revelation of Purpose Beyond its importance in solidifying our internal awareness of G-d, Sinai had another important theme. Central to Judaism is the realization that the physical universe, and all that exists within it, has been created deliberately...

What did Moses feel ascending Mount Sinai for the third time, on the early morning of the 1st of Elul, 3,308 years ago?

Being a Jew requires forcefulness and a commanding nature—qualities seemingly incompatible with humility . . .

Rebellion, Aaron Plays for Time, Moses Return:, Punishment of the Guilty, Atonement, Second Tablets, G-D Forgives the People

The Preparations, The Revelation on Sinai, The Ten Commandments, Moses Receives the Torah

Moses was born in Egypt during the enslavement of the Jews. His parents, Amram and Yocheved, were from the illustrious tribe of Levi.

After the Giving of the Torah, Moses went up Mount Sinai for 40 days. What’s up with the number 40?

This Midrash raises more questions than it answers.

The greatest prophet who ever lived, Moses (Moshe) transcribed the Torah (also known as the Five Books of Moses), the foundational text of Judaism.

On the early morning of the 1st of Elul of the year 2448 from creation (1313 BCE) Moses ascended Mount Sinai, taking with him the stone tablets he had hewn by divine command (see "Today in Jewish History" for yesterday, Av 30), for G-d to re-inscribe the ...