The
entire history of the People of Israel revolves around the day of Shavuot, the most important day in our
history. It is Independence Day, and Constitution Day, the day on which the
Children of Israel voted to accept their national constitution, without knowing
its exact contents, when they said “na’aseh v’nishmah.”
When
we stood at Mount Sinai to receive God’s law, we reached our goal (or more exactly,
God’s goal for us), completing the process of freedom which began seven weeks
earlier with the exodus from Egypt.
Yet,
beyond its significance to Israel, Shavuot
celebrates the greatest event in human history: God’s revelation to mankind.
This day is the greatest in man’s history, but not only Israel’s, because it
changed the course of mankind.
In truth, Shavuot should be celebrated by all
civilized nations, for when Israel accepted Torah they laid the foundation for
civilization. Without Torah, without the message of Sinai, there would not be a
Jewish people, but neither would there be civilization. God’s law and the
realization that all people are His creation must be the foundation of any
civilized nation.
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