It's Happening Right Now - Yitro 5786
It was the moment all of Creation was waiting for. For 2448 years the universe was incomplete. The purpose of Creation was in the balance. Would the people accept the Torah? Would they take in the challenge to transform the world from a purely physical place to a home for Hashem? Would they accept the role of “priests” to teach the world and spread Hashem’s light to all the nations? Hashem gave the Jews the choice, as he did to all the nations, and the Jews said yes. “We will do and we will learn.” First we committed to do whatever Hashem commanded, without limit and without question. Then we committed to learn and understand as much as we could about these Mitzvot, in order to bring understanding and excitement to our actions. The “Sinai Experience” that culminated in the giving of the Ten Commandments began six days earlier. “In the third month after the Israelites had left Egypt, on this day they came to the Sinai desert.” (Shemot 16:1.) Which day exact...