Shavuot: Moshe's Heavenly Battle with the Angels - Rabbi Yitzchak Botton

when you look at all the Jewish holidays one of the less known is the holiday of Shavuot so out of fact it doesn't even have its own day in the Torah essentially once you start counting to only 50 days later becomes this holiday of Shiva now I would like to help convince all of you here that that day the day of Shiva load the first day that it took place in history was the greatest day that the world ever saw it's the day that Hashem came back to his world to give us the Torah and that's what marks the specialty of the holiday she wrote it's the day of martin torah moshe rabbeinu went up to mount sinai to get this wonderful tour and brought it down for us what nada all of us are aware of is that wasn't so simple when he gets there the angels are asking Hashem Hashem what is this human being flesh and blood doing here and I sham told the Angels that Moshe came to get the Torah they said what you want to give the Torah to human being on earth what are they they're nothing to consider give us your Torah in heaven angels it'll be so beautiful little bit so perfect so I sham said to Moshe Moshe give them an answer and mulches answer is not so easy to understand what he essentially says is that basically it says in the Torah to honor your parents not to kill not to steal we have a gate Sahara an evil inclination so he told angels these ideas and the angels after hearing it said you know what he's right Hashem give the tar to the people and they agreed and even befriended Moshe and gave him different gifts different secrets so what I'd like to understand is what change know what Moshe essentially is it was repeat what's written in the Torah which the end is already new and then they then said ok so to appreciate what calls the angels to change their mind I'd like to tell this short story there were two kings that were friends and they were discussing and debating which of them had a stronger hold on his kingdom which one was essentially a better King so the first king invited his friend to his kingdom and he brought him to the capital city to see this awesome site of authority and control and rulership in the Capitol building itself in his palace nobody moved everywhere you walk you felt the presence of the king it was very impressive and at the end the second king said to him now let me show you my kingdom found their way he said I hope you don't mind instead of taking you to my palace I'd like to take you to one of the small towns on the outskirts of my country I'd like to remain in our carriage so that nobody really knows that we're here and they drove around all day watching just you know life in that town and they did all night spent all night out on the streets driving around and when Dawn arrived the first king got up from his seat and said bye my life your kingdom is greater anywhere where there's no crime and the king never shows his face so far from the palace is a greater Kingdom than mine and with that story we can appreciate really what change and why the Angels agreed to give the Torah to mankind the angels are so perfect and everything is so perfect in heaven that had the Angels fulfilled the Torah in heaven it would have been without any challenge angels do in heaven what God wants because God's presence is so felt in heaven that angels are more like robots they have no choice but to do what God wants but God hides himself so to speak in this world he gives man free choice and an evil inclination and challenges and difficulties and so when we with these physical bodies that we have do the torrent mitzvahs it becomes a true expression from our interessant and in that we fulfill the Torah in a more truthful and a more way of Emma's that makes alpha from of the Torah Emma's the lesson for us is this had the tourists stayed in heaven it would have been forever trapped in heaven but by taking the Torah from heaven in bringing it down to earth we free the Torah because here through the Jewish people and the world fulfilling God's will we really give the Torah and its ideas a true and full eternal expression [Music] [Applause]