“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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