The holiday begins Thursday evening, May 20,
and continues until Saturday evening, May 22, 1999.
(In Israel, ends Friday evening, May 21.)

How Do We Know Torah is True?? Should a rational person believe the Jewish claim of "national revelation?" What is the standard criteria for verifying any historical event? How does the origins of Judaism differ from other religions? Find out!   Integrity of the Torah Text How do we know that the Torah which was given at Mount Sinai is the same text we have today? How is a Torah scroll written? What degree of accuracy does the Torah possess compared to other holy books? Find out! What in the World is the Oral Torah? Was the Oral Torah invented by the rabbis? Why wasn't everything just written down in the first place? Find out! Integrity of the Oral Transmission How do we know that the Oral Torah has not been garbled throughout history? Why are the Sages of the Talmud always arguing? How reliable is the process of transmitting the oral tradition? Find out! Unbroken Chain of Transmission The transmission from Moses until us today is an unbroken chain of 120 generations. How exactly did we get from here to there? Find out! Immutability of the Torah Does the Torah ever change? Can the obligation to observe the mitzvahs be abrogated? Find out!

All Nite "Torah-thon" Why do we stay up all night on Shavuos learning Torah? Why is Torah study so important anyway? Who is exempt from study? Find out! Shavuot on RealAudio! • Receiving the Torah - Rabbi Yitzchak Berkowitz (48 min) • Events at Mount Sinai - Rabbi Avi Geller (49 min) Humility and Mount Sinai Why wasn't the Torah given on the tallest mountain? Is humility an important character trait? Who has more "charisma" - the humble or the arrogant? Find out! Evidence Versus Faith Should our acceptance of Torah be based on a blind faith - or on rational investigation? Is acceptance of Torah an "all-or-nothing" proposition? Find out! The Boundary of Love and Fear Why did G-d tell the Jews to build a boundary around Mount Sinai? How do we strike a balance of closeness and distance in our relationships? Find out! Description of Sinai Event Go straight to the source for prophecies concerning national revelation. Plus an account of: Who stood at Mount Sinai? What did they hear and see? Find out! Maimonides on National Revelation The greatest rabbi of all-time asks: What is the significance of the Sinai experience? What is the foundation of Jewish belief that the Torah is true? Find out!

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