The Chag (Festival) is celebrated for two days Friday and Shabbat, one going straight into the other.
The festival recalls the miraculous events at Mt Sinai in the Jewish year of 2448. The Jewish people gathered around the Mount Sinai to hear the one and only time that G-d spoke to the Jewish people directly, giving the Torah, His prize possession.
The midrash reveals that G-d chose this mountain because it was small and unimposing. With this G-d conveyed a vital lesson: the gateway to Torah is humility.
Seemingly, then, it would have been appropriate for the Giving of the Torah to have occurred on level ground or perhaps in a valley. G-d chose a mountain, albeit a low one, to inform us that together with humility, we must nurture a degree of self-assurance, without which we would fail to uphold the Torah’s dictates in a difficult setting.
G-d empowers us to be filled with uplifting joy at our partnership with Him, and to be confident about our mission to implement His goal for creation.
Please join us or your local Synagogue to hear the 10 Commandments read again as new of Friday, the first day of Shavuot.
Our Chabad Centres all have an array of exciting programmes and “milky” kiddushim to celebrate this special commemorative event.
With our continued prayers for everlasting peace in Isarel the protection of our soldiers and peace across the globe.
Wishing you a joyful and meaningful Chag Shavuot.
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