January 26th, 2019 — Shabbat Yitro
It is the most significant event in the Torah, and the foundation for all of Jewish theology: The Revelation at Mount Sinai. But what did the people actually experience, there at the foot of the mountain? What did they see? What did they hear? A careful reading of the text reveals a very different story than the one we usually imagine – and a very different understanding of what revelation is.