The Jewish nation is celebrating Shavuot beginning this coming Saturday night. This holiday is also called the Festival of Weeks, and "Zman Matan Torateinu," the time we received the Torah. On this day, over 3,200 years ago, the Jewish nation that had just been liberated from Egypt stood at the foot of Mount Sinai and heard the Ten Commandments – the initial basis of the Torah's commandments.
A few days beforehand, the nation had arrived at Mount Sinai and camped. Moses, the leader of the nation, was called to ascend the mountain and from there he was sent to suggest to the nation to make a covenant with God:
"…If you obey Me and keep My covenant, you shall be to Me a treasure out of all peoples, for Mine is the entire earth. And you shall be to Me a kingdom of princes and a holy nation" (Exodus 19, 5-6).
