Shavuot – Not Just Stories
By Avner Friedmann On Shavuot we relive the experience of the most significant event in all of history; the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai. The Holy Zohar states,[1] “Woe to those...
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Shavuot – What’s the Point?
By Rabbi Dovid Markel The 6th of Sivan commemorates the giving of the Torah to the people of Israel. What is curious though, is that the Talmud (Yuma 28b) states, “Our ancestors were...
Shavuot – Torah-The Essence of Existence
Torah the infinite wisdom of Hashem is the essence of all existence.
Having Your Cake and Eating It
By: Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui Anybody who is somebody, wants more of a spiritual connection in life. Some of us are not sure why that is so but the desire is there. For some they...
It Would Have Been Enough
In the Pesach Haggada, in the famous “Dayenu” section, a perplexing line is said: “If you would have brought us to Mt. Sinai and not given us the Torah—it would have been enough.” But why?
Seeing Commandments
When the Torah was given the Jewish nation witnessed the revelation of G-d and received the Ten Commandments.
The G-d Who Took You Out of Egypt
Why is the opening verse to the Ten Commandments the exodus from Egypt and not the greater accomplishment of the creation of the world?
Shavuot – A Torah Of Three
What is the connection between the Torah and the number three?
