Seeking God’s Face

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Featuring Rabbi Eliezer B. Diamond, Rabbi Judah Nadich Associate Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, 91ถถา๕, with Bronwen Mullin (RS โ€™17)

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 Yaโ€™akov 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: โ€œThe 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 ืื‘ื“ื™ืžื™ ื‘ืจ ื—ืžื ื‘ืจ ื—ืกื ืžืœืžื“ ืฉื›ืคื” ื”ืงื‘”ื” ืขืœื™ื”ื ืืช ื”ื”ืจ ื›ื’ื™ื’ื™ืช ื•ืืžืจ ืœื”ื ืื ืืชื ืžืงื‘ืœื™ื ื”ืชื•ืจื” ืžื•ื˜ื‘ ื•ืื ืœืื• ืฉื ืชื”ื ืงื‘ื•ืจืชื›ื

ื”ืจ ืื—ื ื‘ืจ ื™ืขืงื‘ ืžื›ืืŸ ืžื•ื“ืขื ืจื‘ื” ืœืื•ืจื™ื™ืชื

ืืžืจ ืจื‘ื ืืขืค”ื› ื”ื“ื•ืจ ืงื‘ืœื•ื” ื‘ื™ืžื™ ืื—ืฉื•ืจื•ืฉ ื“ื›ืชื™ื‘ (ืืกืชืจ ื˜, ื›ื–) ืงื™ืžื• ื•ืงื‘ืœื• ื”ื™ื”ื•ื“ื™ื ืงื™ื™ืžื• ืžื” ืฉืงื™ื‘ืœื• ื›ื‘ืจ