Sara Wolkenfeld
Sara Tillinger Wolkenfeld is a Rabbinic Fellow of the David Hartman Center, and serves as Chief Learning Officer at Sefaria, a new online database and interface for Jewish texts. She writes about Jewish texts and Jewish law, and her current projects focus on applying Talmudic ideas to questions of advancements in digital technology. Sara is also a member of Class Six of the Wexner Field Fellowship. Her previous experience includes serving as Director of Education
“The spiritual high of the revelation at Mount Sinai is a core component of the traditional understanding of Shavuot. Fire, smoke, and shofar blasts set the stage for the rousing chorus of na’aseh ve-nishma, “we will do and we will listen,” issued by a people willing to commit to observance immediately.
The Tosefta (Bava Kama 7:3), however, tells a very different story of the revelation at Sinai.”
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