
Chag Same’ach from Riverdale
By Rabbi Avi Weiss It was during the time of Shavuot that the Jews at Sinai declared to God, “na’aseh ve-nishma, we will do and we will listen (to the commandments).” (Exodus 24:7) This order is perplexing as one usually does the opposite, and listens before deciding to act. In his Michtav M’Eliyahu, Rabbi Eliyahu […]