[Avodah] The Torah was not given on Shavuos!!
Ben Waxman
ben1456 at zahav.net.il
Wed May 19 12:01:04 PDT 2010
It may have been given on Yom Kippur but the application of TSBP is
celebrated in Shavout with the story of Rut.
Ben
----- Original Message -----
From: "Micha Berger" <micha at aishdas.org>
> A different question -- was the Torah received on Shavuos, or on Yom
> Kippur?
>
> Why are we celebrating zeman matan Toraseinu is we weren't ready to
> truly accept it until the 2nd luchos -- on Yom Kippur? And don't chazal
> say that the Torah associated with the first luchos was different in
> kind, tht the whole concept of TSBP starts with the 2nd luchos? (R'
> Chaim Brisker famously discusses this notion.) So the Torah as we have
> is isn't even what was given on Shavuos!
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