Q:In this week’s parsha the Am Yisroel said “Naaseh v’nishma,” so it seems like they accepted the Torah willingly. So how do we understand the medrash that says Hashem held Har Sinai over the Jews like a barrel and threatened to drop it on them if they wouldn’t accept the Torah?
Tag: Matan Torah
Rav Avigdor Miller on The Nation That Knows the Shofar
Q:It states in Tehillim, אשרי העם יודעי תרועה – Praised is the nation that knows the shofar blowing (Tehillim 89:16). What is the meaning and significance of this quotation?
Rav Avigdor Miller on A Forced Acceptance
Q:You said before that the Am Yisroel’s greatness is that they accepted the Torah. But don’t we know that it was only because Hashem held the mountain over them and forced them into it. So what’s so great about that?
Rav Avigdor Miller on The Greatest Day In History
Q:In your opinion, what was the greatest event in all of history?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Why We Count Sefiras Ha’omer
Q:What should we think about when we count sefiras haomer?
Rav Avigdor Miller on The Barrel and the Mountain
Q: How do we understand the medrash that says Hashem held Har Sinai over the Jews like a barrel and threatened to drop it on them if they wouldn’t accept the Torah?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Remembering Mattan Torah
Q: Can we have some practical examples of חנוך לנער על פי דרכו – Train a child on his way (Mishlei 22:6)
Rav Avigdor Miller on Purim vs. Mattan Torah
Q:When the Am Yisroel experienced the neis of Purim, so it says, קיימו מה שקבלו כבר, that they they accepted the whole Torah again only this time it was willingly. Did the generation in the time of Mordechai actually become better than our forefathers were at Matan Torah?
Rav Avigdor Miller on The Nations Reject the Torah
Q: I heard that Hashem offered the Torah to all the Gentile nations but they didn’t accept. Where do we know that from? Is it really true?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Sefiras Ha’omer
Q: What is the reason for the mitzvah of sefiras ha’omer?