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be like Hashem, Who is completely holy, when we are a mixture of the Hashem took David’s life on exactly the day He had decided, not one day
holy and the mundane. earlier or later. This demonstrates the significance of life. Either a dearth
or surplus of days is liable to damage a person.
This question can be resolved in the words preceding Matan Torah,
“Hashem descended upon Har Sinai.” Hashem brought His Presence
down to the mountain to prove to everyone that Torah is no longer
in Heaven. We have the Torah with us; whoever wishes, may partake
of it. Each person is required to utilize the tools at his disposal in
order to advance in spiritual matters, not dodging his duty with all
types of excuses.
“But Hashem became angry with me because
Hashem’s descent upon the mountain enables us to emulate His middot. of you, and He did not listen to me: Hashem
Furthermore, when Hashem proclaimed, “I am Hashem,” the neshamot of said to me: It is too much for you! Do not
the nation departed and cleaved to Hashem. This, too, injected us with the continue to speak to Me further about this
ability to cling to His middot.
matter”
The letters of the word (but you) can be transposed to spell the word (Devarim 3:26)
(and truth). One who clings to the truth of Torah fulfills the verse,
“But you who cling to Hashem, your G-d,” and merits the promise of
“You are all alive today.” He will merit life in this world as well as in the
World to Come.
The angels wanted to burn Moshe with the steam of their mouths. Hashem
told Moshe to grasp His Holy Throne and respond to them. He was not
afraid to do this. He understood that whoever holds on to the Holy Throne,
There is a specific prohibition against forgetting words of Torah, which
the symbol of Torah, merits the Torah’s protection from all harm.
we learn from the pasuk “Only beware for yourself… lest you forget.”

How can one be commanded not to forget? Isn’t forgetting a natural
tendency?

Rav Shach, zt”l, said that Hashem is called , because He said
“Enough” to His world. But He did not say “Enough” regarding the
Torah. There were Torah giants who learned during the night, as well
as the day. The Maharsha would immerse his feet in cold water, and
Rabbi David Chazan, zy”a, would tie his payot to the walls, to keep from
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