Torah & Eternal Commandments from Mount Sinai
Click here for a short audio lesson by Rabbi Yosef Eisen, from his book Miraculous Journey. It recounts what happened when G-d spoke the 10 Commandments to the entire Jewish people at Mount Sinai:
For the timeline of G-d’s re-affirming the 7 Noahide Commandments at Mount Sinai, where He commanded them with specific details as part of the eternal Torah of Moses [1], CLICK HERE.
The Jewish Festival of Shavuot (Feast of Weeks) commemorates and coincides with the calendar date of G-d’s speaking the Ten Commandments. It begins on the 6th of Sivan, which falls in late May or early June.
Moses descending from Mount Sinai with the Second Tablets on Yom Kippur
More Audio Lessons for Shavuot!
Commandments & Conscience: Lessons for Shavuot
Shavuot: Oral Torah and Ethics from Sinai
Footnote:
[1] The recounting and recording of the Seven Noahide Commandments by Moses took place at Mount Sinai on the fourth day after they arrived. That was two days before G-d spoke openly to the entire Jewish nation. In Ex. 24:3, it says “Moses came and told the people all the words of G-d and all the laws…” Here, “all the laws” refers to the Seven Noahide Commandments and a few of the Jewish Commandments. The Israelites had already been commanded about them before they arrived at Mt. Sinai. (Moses told these commandments to the Israelites at Marah, after they crossed through the sea – see Exodus 15:25.)
Exodus 24:4 states, “Moses wrote all the words of G-d.” This means that at that time, he wrote down the Book of Genesis – that contains the verses which inform us of the earlier Covenant of the Rainbow and the Noahide Commandments – and the Book of Exodus up to that point. Thus, G-d commanded upon the Jewish people that based upon the revelation at Mount Sinai, they would have the responsibility for preserving and publicizing the Noahide Commandments and all their details, which are for all the nations of the world for all generations.
