Tonight, I will be staying up all night. And, eating dairy meals for the next two days. Because it will be Feast of Weeks, Shvuot.
50 days ago was the holiday of Pesach, the day freedom was granted to the Jewish slaves and they left Egypt. We’ve since been attacked by the Egyptians, who realized that we were not coming back. We’ve crossed the Sea of Reeds on relatively dry land.
And, now, we’ve been waiting at the bottom of Har Sinai…Mount Sinai… to get the Tora, the story of our people and the laws to which we adhere.
And, when the Supreme Being utters the words of these laws, the words were visible. Don’t scoff. Years ago, when I was already a middle-aged man, I finally understood how that happened.
I was in the Nevada desert, near Henderson. When a rocket fuel production facility blew up. It was loud. It was scary. And, I saw the sound waves. (You can see a version of those waves about 20 seconds into this video.)
I finally understood that portion. And, tonight, I will wait to feel that revelation once again and I stay up and study various texts all night long.
May the Supreme Being bring you peace. Happy Shvuot holiday to all.
I’ll be back on Thursday, when the holiday is over…
