Episode 71 The Day We Stood at Sinai
Jews have an obligation to remember the revelation at Mount Sinai. But how do we “remember” an event that we never experienced personally?
Supplemental Materials:
- Click here to watch Rabbi Soloveichik’s lecture on the film The Ten Commandments.
- Click here to read about Rabbi Soloveichik’s visit to Cedars-Sinai and see an image of Rabbi Soloveichik holding the tablets from The Ten Commandments.
- Click here to see an image of the plaque accompanying the tablets at Cedars-Sinai.
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Rabbi Soloveichik’s yearlong “Ten-Minute Mitzvah” podcast is generously sponsored by Ivan and Suzana Kaufman.
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