Aliya Summary: Six weeks after leaving Egypt, the Israelites arrived
in the Sinai Desert and encamped at the foot of Mount Sinai. Moshe
ascended the mountain where G‑d gave him a message to transmit to the
people. Included in this message was G‑d's designation of the Israelites
as "His treasure out of all peoples" and a "kingdom of princes and a
holy nation."
In the third month following the Exodus,
on "this" day, they arrived at the Sinai Wilderness. Why "this" day, and
not "that" day? The answer is because the Torah is a living guide for
our lives, to be constantly rediscovered and relived. Some say that the
custom that some people follow of standing for Torah reading is based on
this idea. Just as the People stood at Sinai, so too do we experience
anew "the standing at Har Sinai" each time we hear the words of the
Torah being read to us.
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