1)

How will we reconcile the current Pasuk - which compares the fire on Har Sinai tqo the fire of a furnace, with the Pasuk in Va'eschanan Devarim, 4:11, which describes the fire on Har Sinai as "a burning fire that reached the heart of the Heaven"?

1.

Rashi: The Pasuk in Devarim teaches us that, in reality, the Fire was much greater than that of a furnace, and the reason that the Pasuk plays it down here is because it is the way of the Torah to describe Divine actions in human terms 1 so that we should be able to connect to it.

1

Like we find in Hoshe'a (11:10), where the Navi describes Hashem as a roaring lion, even though He is the one who enables the lion to roar in the first place (Rashi) .

2)

What are the ramificationss of the statement "Vayecherad Kol ha'Har Me'od"?

1.

Oznayim la'Torah: a. It shot out hail-stones and flashs of lightning 1 : b. The Mountain moved from its place, and Hashem held it over the heads of Yisrael. 2

1

Oznayim la'Torah (citing Targum Yerushalmion Pasuk 13): Which would kill anyone who attempted to ascend the Mountain.

2

Oznayim la'Torah (citing Chazal); And with reference to Chavakuk, 3:3 & 6.

3)

Bearing in mind that Heavenly fire does not generally produce smoke - as the Gemara states in Yoma 21b, what is the significance of the "Eshen ha'Kivshan"?

1.

Moshav Zekenim #1 (citing R. Yeshayah): The smoke was to frighten B'nei Yisrael.

2.

Moshav Zekenim #2 (citing R. Yehudah ha'Chasid): Wherever there is Shechinah, there is smoke.

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