oO ty Awakening to Shavuos Number 477 index Reference chosen wmrds wor Total Torah he Torah at Mount Sinai? We don’ have to specialawe—the ‘Norah itself commands us detail to memory ‘and pass the men ‘ur children, What ate tial acts? We knoe th swe sted at of uma filled with dread and fear, sweat bling as Hashem rade iis presence known te us. And that able « stand upright hear ah thunder wee the let ters of fire understand ul respond rateh sy Jew was im possession af all his faculties an abilities, Vivid detils certainly make abertce storys they piv usa bet recall andl repeat them? ‘They are essential because they create the foundation of what t ral is to us today, in four own lives, The “dread, fear, trembling | and trepidation” part of the episode has its obvious application today. A car of Hashem, a sense of hard work are still the essen {ial ingredients for Torah stud “The more completely we identify with the Torah, the more it fills us with pleasure.” But why must we know that there were no physical or men: tal disabilities among the Jews at Hae Sinai? "The answer to that question ‘comes from another detail—the pleasant fragrance that filled the earth with each of Hashem’s utterances. Pleasantness comes from harmony. An experience that is in harmony with a person's mood and inclination is pleasant to that person. A loud, lively hand will make a heel person feel ike dancing it will make a melancholy per som feel like running from the room. A profound lecture will captivate the intellectual, but bore or frustrate someone who thinks on a simpler level. The words of Torah filled the world with such pleasure, filled Kl Yisrael with such pleasure, that there was literally no more room for pleasure. ‘This fact tells us chat Klal Yisrael was in perfect ha mony with the ‘Torah— ideal_medium for absorbing its beauty. There were no gaps or voids in our complete and perfect comprehension, our total Acceptance. Had there boen one Jew who couldn't grasp the ‘meaning, orone whose physical condition precluded him from hearing and seeing each detail, the pleasantness would not I pervasive as it was, Each sense, each limb, cach ability was attuned and responsive to the Torah’s call, Ihave been Then were no obstacles—n0 sther priorities, no distrac tions or weaknesses-noth: ng stood between Klal Yisrael and the Torah, That wallingness to mele com pleely wih tastes wil is see: Tora that fille all of creation, "The completeness of each Jew at Har Sint is therefor rich more than a detail to remember Isa vivid picture of what Torah can be For ws sill, today, When e bring our tal selves to the Tora i becomes the abet of all out effort, and the root ofall our please Shabbos Table Discussion ow das this otal spproatcl fie inte ‘versa Tile where ther Mordechai Published for Congregation Beth Jacob Alana, Georgia by the Chofetz Cha Rabbi Haw D. Feldman, Rev sponsored focally by Zakava Kartand