Shavuot—beginning tonight—is our annual occasion to revisit the meaning of “Torah” and our relationship to it.

In Ramban‘s teaching, it’s truly the 8th day of Passover when our freedom journey reaches it’s climax.

As Rav Hirsch says throughout his Commentary, moral freedom requires Torah. So when we contemplate and embrace the Torah on Shavuot, we are contemplating and embracing moral........

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