Shavuot: Isn’t 613 Enough? | Rabbi Ariel Mizrahi

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Good morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us on this beautiful Monday morning. It is Shavuot, the holiday of Shavuot is coming up, my friends, just a few days. And we began Rosh Chodesh Sivan yesterday. Which means that we are at the foot of the mountain. We are at the We are about to receive the Torah. We arrive at Har Sinai, my friends. And so it is incumbent upon us to study and prepare ourselves. This way when Hashem comes down in a few This way when Hashem comes down in a few nights, we will all be able to say Na'aseh v'Nishma. We we will do and we will observe and we will listen. Just like our ancestors did many, many, many hundreds and thousands of years ago. We will be able to do as well ourselves. Wherever we are to be able [clears throat] to fully accept the Torah this Shavuot. Which is a Thursday night, Friday. And in America, in Chutz La'aretz, it's actually also Friday night, Saturday. So it's a two-day holiday in in anywhere So it's a two-day holiday in in anywhere outside of Israel. Which means which means that you will that this Shabbat outside of Israel we will not be reading the parashah. But instead we will be reading Shavuot. So that means we have an entire week to study We have an entire week to study the holiday of Shavuot. So let's begin, my friends. And there's so much to talk about, obviously. But Baruch Hashem, we have great commentaries, we have great rabbis today that help us. And I want to share with you some themes

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2. 3:04why did God have to threaten us? We said, "Na'aseh venishma." Didn't we willingly accept it?…
3. 6:36Hashem's Torah. So, the rabbis, based on this pasuk, U'shmartem et mishmarti, are being given not…
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5. 13:47Mitzvah violating a mitzvah is not like eating a little allergies. It's like a guy who,…
6. 17:24time a God Hashem could show a guy favor even if the guy technically doesn't deserve.…
7. 20:28almost wiped out. 2,000 years in exile and we're still kicking. We're still punchy, we're still…
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9. 27:36you an easier program. And baruch Hashem, a lot of times a lot of times they…
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