SOURCES
For extensive commentary about the Giving of the Torah, see the "Torah Reading" category above (in the Torah Reading for First Day; and Haftarah for Second Day). Selected questions will follow.
1. Moadim Page for Shavuos section 11, til section 15
DATE
Was the Torah given on the 6th of Sivan, or on the 7th of Sivan? How many days had elapsed since the Exodus?
2. Mafteach to Shemos 19:15:1.5:1, and see note 3
3. Yosef Da'as to Shabbos 87:p3, "ששי שהוא שביעי"
4. Lecture for Shabbos 87 from 31:00, by Rabbi Yehoshua Hartman
RECEIVING THE TORAH
In what ways should we prepare ourselves for our own personal Kabalas ha'Torah, every year?
1. Lecture for Shavuos 5764 from 10:05, by Rabbi Dov Zupnik
In order to acquire Torah, what should be our objectives in learning?
1. Lecture for Shavuos 5763, by Rabbi Dov Zupnik
2. Lecture for Shavuos 5770, by Rabbi Michel Berniker
Why refer to "Matan Torah" (giving of the Torah) rather than Kabalas ha'Torah (accepting the Torah)?
1. Lecture for Shabbos 87 from 31:00 til 38:00, by Rabbi Yehoshua Hartman
Why did Hashem force us to accept the Torah by suspending the mountain over our heads? It would later be "a great disclaimer" against our acceptance of the Torah (Shabbos 88a)!
THE REVELATION AT HAR SINAI
What suggestions have been raised as to the identification of Har Sinai? What do the sources tell us about its characteristics?
1. Rabbi Landy's Lecture for Shavuos 5764 from 17:40
2. Marei Mekomos for lecture on Shavuos 5764, sections 3 and 6
https://dafyomi.co.il/lectures/marei-shavuos64.htm
