Shavuos: What Day Was Matan Torah

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

On what day of Sivan was the Torah given? In the Gemara everyone agrees that Klal Yisrael reached Har Sinai on Rosh Chodesh and received the Torah on Shabbos, and the dispute is which weekday Rosh Chodesh fell on. Following each view day by day, we see Moshe Rabbeinu add a day of prisha on his own, and Hashem agree. The Magen Avraham's kasha on our saying the sixth is asked but not yet answered.

Key points

• In the bracha on an aliyah, Hashem first chooses us and then gives us the Torah.
• In the Gemara, Rabbi Yossi has Rosh Chodesh Sivan on Sunday, the Rabbanan on Monday.
• The Gemara reads hayom u'machar as two days of prisha, a kasha on Rabbi Yossi.
• In the beraisa, Moshe added a day of prisha, left Tzipora, broke the luchos, and Hashem agreed.
• The Magen Avraham asks why we say the sixth when the Shulchan Aruch follows Rabbi Yossi.

In this shiur

1. 0:00Matan Torah in the pesukim
2. 3:16Choosing us before giving the Torah
3. 8:38Background: tumah and prisha
4. 10:56Sixth or seventh of Sivan
5. 16:43Day by day at Har Sinai
6. 24:49The kasha from hayom u'machar
7. 27:57Three things Moshe did on his own
8. 38:04Why Moshe added a day
9. 40:47The Magen Avraham's kasha

Topics

• Matan Torah
• Shavuos
• Prisha
• Hagbalah