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Over
the last 50 days from Pesak, we count
the Omar leading up to Shàuot. Now,
people ask a simple question. What
happened on the 50th day? We say we got
the Torah on Shàuot. But here's the
truth. We actually received the Torah on
the 51st day, not the 50th. So why do we
celebrate matan tora on the 50th day if
we got it on the 51st? The mahasha gives
an extraordinary answer. He explains
that in order for us to receive the
Torah, we had to go from the 49th level
of impurity to the 49th level of purity
from tour. We needed to prepare
ourselves. You cannot just receive
something pure without being prepared
for it. The whole holiday of Shàuot
is not actually about Matanto itself. It
is about the preparation to receive the
Torah.
Each day during the Omar was supposed to
be a day where you prepared yourself to
get close to the Torah.
The biggest part of learning Torah is
making yourself into a vessel that can
accept pure Torah. That is why we call
it Shabot, which means weeks. The
holiday is about those seven weeks of
preparation. If you prepare for seven
weeks, then you will be worthy to
receive the Torah on Shabot. If you do
not prepare at all, then your Shàuot
will just be about cheesecakes.
When we arrived at Halai, something
extraordinary happened. At least 2
million people stood before the mountain
and heard the voice of Hashem directly.
When Hashem spoke the first commandment,
everyone died from the intensity,
Hashem brought them back to life.
When he spoke the second commandment,
they died again. The people could not
handle hearing directly from Hashem. So
they told Moshe Rabenu, "You go talk to
him. We will do whatever he says. We
accept everything. Just please let him
stop talking directly to us. This is the
most important day in history. Why?
Because the Torah is the entire purpose
of this world. That is why Hashem
created the Torah 974 generations before
he created the world. If we had rejected
the Torah like all the other nations
did, Hashem would have destroyed the
world and brought it back to chaos.
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