Hi,
We have mentioned that on the first day of Shavuot we read the Ten Commandments from the Torah. The Haftorah portion is also about an incident of Divine revelation, albeit a personal one - Yechezkel's vision of the Divine throne room.
Because the topic of this Haftorah is so lofty, we generally have a scholar or person of great piety read this Haftorah.
(Mishneh Berurah 494:4)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
Showing posts with label Shavuot: Torah reading. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shavuot: Torah reading. Show all posts
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
The Torah reading of Shavuot
Hi,
On the first day of Shavuot, we read the presentation of the Torah at Sinai in order to commemorate that event.
We traditionally use a unique set of musical notes to read the "Ten Commandments" portion of that reading. This altered way to read the musical notes serves one purpose of marking this reading as special, but there is a second purpose as well: the different set of notes actually breaks up the sentences differently from the regular set of notes, providing another layer of meaning for the text.
(Chizkuni to Shmot 20:2)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
On the first day of Shavuot, we read the presentation of the Torah at Sinai in order to commemorate that event.
We traditionally use a unique set of musical notes to read the "Ten Commandments" portion of that reading. This altered way to read the musical notes serves one purpose of marking this reading as special, but there is a second purpose as well: the different set of notes actually breaks up the sentences differently from the regular set of notes, providing another layer of meaning for the text.
(Chizkuni to Shmot 20:2)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
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