Sinai

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The Giving of the Torah

1 February 2017

This discourse of 1974 was later edited by the Rebbe in honour of his late wife. It concerns the eternally transformative effect of the Giving of the Torah at Sinai.

The Smoking Mountain

2 February 2016

This discourse, said by the Rebbe in 1965, discusses the way Mt. Sinai is described as smoking, which expresses the interface between the physical and the spiritual which is the goal of creation.

A Path Through the Smoke

29 January 2019

This discourse for Sedra Mishpatim, taught by the Rebbe in 1965, discusses the cloud on the mountain which Moses enters as he ascends the mountain in order to be there for 40 days and nights. This...

The Smoke on the Mountain

25 January 2022

This discourse was said by the Rebbe on Shabbat Mishpatim in 1965. It discusses the 'cloud' or 'smoke' on Mount Sinai.  The smoke represents the negativity and coarseness of the world; but G-d makes...

Transforming The World

5779

The same theme as the 5770 sheet on transforming the world through the Ten Commandments, exploring the connection between the Ten Statements of creation and the Ten Commandments at Sinai. The...

Constant Revelation Of Torah

5778

The continuous revelation of Torah, noting that the blessing before Torah reading uses the present tense: G-d gives the Torah, not gave. The Sinai revelation was unique and unrepeatable, yet Torah...

Transforming The World

5770

The significance of numbers, connecting the Ten Statements of creation to the Ten Commandments at Sinai, and asking what the revelation at Sinai achieved. The Giving of the Torah is presented as the...

Revealing The Hidden

5776

The revealed outer Torah and the hidden inner Torah, arguing that both were present at Sinai. The detailed commandments heard at Sinai represent the outer body of Torah, while the spiritual...

The Foreigner Within

5772

The division between our Jewish and non-Jewish sides, using the arrival of Jethro at the Jewish camp as a lens. Jethro's declaration upon hearing of the Exodus that now he knows G-d is greater than...

The Ten Commandments

5771

On the Ten Commandments as described in the Sedra, exploring what the Jewish people were looking for: a reasonable lifestyle or a gateway to the infinite holiness of the Divine. The Sages teach that...

Unity In Diversity

5769

The diversity of opinions among the Sages as an expression of the infinite depth of the Torah, using the Shammai-Hillel debates as the opening theme. The 600,000 Jews at Sinai each represented a...