Seeking God’s Face
Featuring Rabbi Eliezer B. Diamond, Rabbi Judah Nadich Associate Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, 91ถถา๕, with Bronwen Mullin (RS โ17)
Images of Mount Sinai and the Red Sea from a hand-painted in the 91ถถา๕ Library collection.
BT Shabbat 88a
Rabbi Avdimi bar Hama bar Hasa said: This teaches that the Holy Blessed One overturned the mountain above [the Israelites] like a tub, and said to them: If you accept the Torah, excellent, and if not, this will be your grave.
Rav Aha bar Yaโakov said: this is the basis for a serious objection against [the binding nature] of the Torah!
Rava said: despite this, the generation of Jews in the time of Ahasuerus accepted it willingly, as the Megillah says: โThe Jews established it, and took it upon themselvesโ (Esther 9:27). This means that they established what they had previously taken upon themselves [at Sinai].
ื”ืจ ืืืืืื ืืจ ืืื ืืจ ืืกื ืืืื ืฉืืคื ืืงื”ื ืขืืืื ืืช ืืืจ ืืืืืืช ืืืืจ ืืื ืื ืืชื ืืงืืืื ืืชืืจื ืืืื ืืื ืืื ืฉื ืชืื ืงืืืจืชืื
ื”ืจ ืืื ืืจ ืืขืงื ืืืื ืืืืขื ืจืื ืืืืจืืืชื
ืืืจ ืจืื ืืขืค”ื ืืืืจ ืงืืืื ืืืื ืืืฉืืจืืฉ ืืืชืื (ืืกืชืจ ื, ืื) ืงืืื ืืงืืื ืืืืืืื ืงืืืื ืื ืฉืงืืืื ืืืจ