Shavuot: Torah and Commandments from Mount Sinai

We present these short audio lessons by Rabbi Yosef Eisen, reading from his book Miraculous Journey.

(1) What happened when G-d spoke the 10 Commandments to the entire Jewish people at Mount Sinai?

(2) The Jewish Festival of Shavuot (Festival of Weeks) celebrates the day of G-d’s speaking the Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai. While Moses stayed on Mount Sinai, G-d taught him the Oral Torah. Shavuot begins on 6th of Sivan, which falls in late May or early June.

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Before G-d made His covenant with the Jews through speaking the Ten Commandments, they accepted the Noahide Commandments. He commanded them through Moses as part of the Torah, two days before He spoke the Ten Commandments. [1] For the timeline of these events, CLICK HERE.

Audio lessons: Noahide Laws, Ethics, and Oral Torah 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.

– By Dr. Michael Schulman, Director, Ask Noah International