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: Shavuos
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 Post-Shavuos Avodas Hashem
Q:Now that we finished counting the Omer and we had Shavuos and we already received the Torah, so what should be the focus of our service of Hashem from after Shavuos until Rosh Hashana?
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 Springtime Holiday
Q: What is the Torah so interested that Pesach should fall out in the Chodesh Ha’aviv? What’s the difference which season we celebrate Pesach?
Rav Avigdor Miller on The Purpose of Chol Hamoed
Q: What is the purpose of Chol Hamoed? A:Chol Hamoed is meant to be an opportunity for people to think over what the Yom Tov is all about. On Yom Tov we’re very busy; we’re busy bringing korbanos and making seudos and sometimes we forget to think about the lessons we’re supposed to learn from the Yomtiv. And therefore Chol Hamoed…
Rav Avigdor Miller on The Avos and Har Sinai
Q: Why didn’t Hashem give the Torah to our Avos, Avraham, Yitzchok and Yaakov, instead of waiting till Har Sinai?
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?