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It couldn't have happened on a better day than today - the day we receive the Torah. Here is a little something about the holiday of Shavuot:
The Torah is a unique force that can alter our nature and enable us to sense the will of the Creator. It is the power we are meant to discover, if we ever want to really change. Without it, we don't really stand a chance of ever reaching any contact with any force that leads us.
Torah is the connection that enables us to escape the authority, to escape the rule of our egoism.
He who attains this strength, discovers it is given from above, with no limitations. But who can accept it? Only he who wants to change and acquire a new vision of reality, who understands that without Torah he will forever be unsatisfied, anxious and concerned, only he will search for it and utilize for correction.
The Torah tells us that Israel came out of Egypt and walked in the desert for fifty days before receiving the Torah. The exodus is a revelation, given to a man from above. It is a gift he receives, that shows him the Creator's rule over reality. Once he has seen how his inner Pharaoh, his evil inclination, grows within him, and how Moses defeats him with the help of the Creator, a man searches for a way to attain the will of the Creator on his own. He searches for guidance, clear instruction that will bring him to full recognition of his Maker; he searches for Torah (in Hebrew also means instruction).
In order to attain the Torah independently, there is a need for gradual preparation. Moses is the people's representative before the Creator. It is the inner power, the purest, that can come in contact with the Creator, but it is not enough. We have to reach a state where the people as a whole, meaning all the desires that aspire to attain the Creator (Israel), will come in contact with Him and acquire His attributes.
For that a man has to go through forty-nine special corrections, one each day, for seven weeks (Hebrew: shavuot). Only after those seven weeks is it possible to receive the Torah. That is why the celebration of the receiving of the Torah is called Shavuot.
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