All posts in: Shavuos

• Shavuos

  7 years ago

  Not just a history lesson

  Not Just a History Lesson Moshe received the Torah from Sinai and gave it over to Joshua and Joshua to the Elders and the Elders to the Prophets and the Prophets ..

  Written by Anonymous
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• Shavuos

  7 years ago

  Why did the Jews fall asleep???

  Why Did the Jews Fall Asleep when the Torah was Given? It says in the Zohar (Emor 97), “The early Chassidim would not sleep on this night (of Shavuos), but would ..

  Written by Benjamin A Rose
• Shavuos

  7 years ago

  Shavuous

  This week we celebrate Shavuos – the time of Kabalas HaTorah. The Chumash tells us that three months after leaving Metzrayim, Bnei Yisrael reached the desert ..

  Written by Anonymous
• Shavuos

  7 years ago

  Two Torah’s??

  A careful reading of the text reveals that the Jewish people accepted the Torah at Sinai not once but twice. First it says, “Moses came and told the people ..

  Written by Benjamin Rose
• Shavuos

  7 years ago

  SHAVUOS

  This week we celebrate Shavuos – the time of Kabalas HaTorah. The Chumash tells us that three months after leaving Metzrayim, Bnei Yisrael reached the desert ..

  Written by Anonymous
• Shavuos

  7 years ago

  Kasher on a Midrash on Shavuos

  This is a kasher that was asked by Rabbi Shneibalg, the rav of the Blockbuster shteeble (I believe more formally called the Yeshurun) with some help on the concepts ..

  Written by Anthony Cowen
• Shavuos

  7 years ago

  Shavuous

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  Written by Anonymous
• Shavuos

  7 years ago

  The sound of Silence

  Have you noticed in a car how the radio usually comes on with the engine? Or the first thing you do after starting up is to put on a CD? I never noted this until ..

  Written by Anonymous
• Shavuos

  7 years ago

  HELP NEEDED

  i have a question which i felt i would put to the shortvort.com readers, Please help!! The possuk says that Shavous falls out on the 50th day of the omer. (There ..

  Written by B Rose
• Shavuos

  7 years ago

  WHY SINAI

  What does the name ‘Sinai’ mean? The Talmudic interpretation is surprising – and somewhat shocking: “What is Mount Sinai? The mountain that ..

  Written by B Rose