The POWER OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE!

Hey friends! What's up Chevra?! What would have been the one mitzvah that the Jewish people would have struggled with most at Mount Sinai? We dive deep into Exodus 19:11 and the incredible preparation for receiving the Torah at Mount Sinai. We explore what it means to wash our clothing, both physically and spiritually, as we prepare for the ultimate encounter with Hashem. We discuss the fascinating Rashi about how every blind person could see, every mute person could speak, and every deaf person could hear when God descended on the mountain. The discussion takes us through the nature of prophecy according to the Rambam versus the Ramban, the proper approach to spiritual practices and gemstones, and the qualities that make a true prophet versus a false one. We examine the beautiful teaching from the Rebbi about what would have been hardest for the Jews if we had asked "what does it say in the Torah" like other nations did. The answer? The mitzvah of hagbalah, making boundaries around the mountain, because our Jewish soul just wants to run toward Hashem with no limits. Through stories of the Yanuka and insights about humility being the source of miracles, we see how our crazy love