Humility And Strength

Behar-Bechukotai | Leviticus, Vayikra

Why G-d chose Mount Sinai, the smallest of mountains, as the site for the giving of the Torah. The insight is that humility is a prerequisite for Torah learning, as expressed in Midrashic teaching that Mount Sinai's lowliness was a divine lesson about the humility needed to receive divine wisdom.

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